Suriname News

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A singer who was passed off as pop star Toni Braxton at a concert in Suriname has been released from custody.

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

A homeless man was beheaded in Suriname's poverty-stricken capital, police said Friday, the latest in a series of attacks on poor vagrants that has left roughly a dozen dead since 2006.

The Lions of the Caribbean Region came together this past week in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, for the International Association of Lions Clubs 29th Multiple District 60 Convention.

Suriname President Ronald Venetiaan has cautioned Caricom security ministers not to underestimate the threat of armed gangs to the Caribbean Community's stability.

A concert promoter testified Tuesday that he alone tried to foist off a Las Vegas-based entertainer as six-time Grammy winner Toni Braxton at a show that has since been dubbed the "Phony Toni" concert.

The touring party at the Ministry of Education with the Permanent Secretary and Deputy Permanent Secretary, centre, with tie.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname Caribbean Community and United States officials have concluded technical talks on security cooperation with both sides describing the dialogue as productive and explicit in its objectives for future cooperation.

The United States has promised to assist Surinam in its efforts to fight arms trafficking.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives signed a memorandum of understanding that will provide eTrace, an electronic system used to trace illicit firearms with the Ministry of Justice and Police of the Government of Suriname.

High blood pressure is now an important public health problem in non-industrialised countries.

Tiny in South American terms, Suriname still has the largest tract of unspoilt rainforest in the world F IRST P OSTED M AY 20, 2009 S uriname is one of the smallest countries in South America, dwarfed by neighbouring Brazil a ' yet it is home to the largest tract of pristine rainforest in the world, says Andrew Westoll in the Guardian .

WAVERLY: Marjory Maude Patton, 93, of 444 Cherry Street, Waverly, Ohio died Sunday, May 17, 2009 in Traditions at Bristol Village.

The United States and the nations of the Caribbean will gather in Paramaribo, Suriname, on May 20, 2009, for the U.S.-Caribbean Technical Meeting on Security Cooperation.

On a Thursday morning, I stop by the restaurant Shoarma Tel Aviv on the way to visit an ancient Jewish cemetery.

One wonders just how much monitoring of events in neighbouring territories the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does, given its limited resources.

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TO the uninitiated, Paramaribo is full of surprises. Surveying the buildings surrounding Independence Square, for example, one could be forgiven for mistaking the scene for a quad at a Northeast college, especially while taking in the red-brick Finance Ministry of Suriname , complete with its Doric columns, hipped roof, dormers and clock tower.