Suriname News

Guyana has appointed a new Ambassador to Suriname. Merlin Udho The new diplomat, Merlin Udho, arrived in the neighbouring country on November 20 and assumed the position on November 23 following the presentation of her credentials to the authorities there, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues confirmed yesterday.

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Suriname's president Ronald Venetiaan at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, said that it is imperative that countries with a high forest cover and a low deforestation rate, so-called HFLD countries, be provided with unequivocal incentives to continue to maintain their forests.

By Ivan Cario PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- With the leasing of an Airbus A340-300 Suriname's national carrier, Surinam Airways, says it's on the path of expanding and improving services from Suriname to the Netherlands.

By Ivan Cairo Caribbean Net News Suriname Correspondent Email: ivan@caribbeannetnews.com PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Before leaving for Copenhagen, Denmark, where he will attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, president Ronald Venetiaan warned that the Surinamese people should not expect him to return with a bag of money as ...

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A US-based company has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Suriname's national telephone company Telesur and three company officials for alleged "breach of contract, defamation and tortious interference with business relationships", claiming US$ 100 million in damages.

GT&T attracted over 30,000 new subscribers this year, the companya s Director of Marketing Wystan Robertson said yesterday.

A monument has been unveiled in the Surinamese capital Paramaribo for the victims of the 'December murders' of 1982.

The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

CARICOM Youth Ambassadors on Monday, with the strong support from directors of youth affairs resolved to approach their mandate more seriously, and work assiduously to implement strategies to strengthen and sustain the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Programme .

Suriname's Health Minister, Celsius Waterberg, praised on Wednesday in Paramaribo the island's medical scientific development, as well as Cuba's cooperation with that South American country.

By Ivan Cairo Caribbean Net News Suriname Correspondent Email: ivan@caribbeannetnews.com PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A witness in the murder trial against Suriname's former military strongman Desi Bouterse described the ex-dictator as a psychopath for his alleged role in the December 1982 killings of 15 of his political opponents.

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- With the approval of the draft legislation by the Council of Ministers, Suriname moved one step closer to joining the Caricom Arrest Warrant Treaty, a government official has disclosed.

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- At the resumption on Tuesday of the mass murder trial against former Suriname dictator, Desi Bouterse, the widow of one of the victims gave a chilling account of the condition of her husband's body at the morgue in Paramaribo.

The high level of criminal activity among young people presents a challenge that Commonwealth nations must work to resolve together.

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture.

Pope Benedict XVI met on November 20 with President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan of Suriname.

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Republic of Suriname as they celebrate 34 years as an independent nation on November 25.

Reporters Without Borders said it is very worried about the telephone threats that reporter Ivan Cairo of the Paramaribo-based daily De Ware Tijd received on 7 November in connection with several articles about the unexplained disappearance of 90 kg of cocaine from a police station after it was seized.

Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions .

By Ivan Cairo Caribbean Net News Suriname Correspondent Email: ivan@caribbeannetnews.com PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- While Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch-Ballin has apologized to a Surinamese cabinet minister who was body searched at Schiphol airport, the Surinamese government is lodging a formal complaint and seeking an explanation for the ...