Suriname
Suriname acknowledges gold being smuggled from Guyana
May 17, 2012
PARAMARIBO – Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud has claimed in local Guyanese media that a large amount of gold is smuggled each year out of his country to Suriname.
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May 16, 2012
PARAMARIBO – Currently Suriname has a population of 534,000 people, 498,000 of whom are Surinamers and 36,000 foreigners.
IMF Mission for the 2012 Article IV Consultation with Suriname- Concluding Statement
May 16, 2012
Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions .
National holiday costs Suriname SRD 50 million
May 15, 2012
PARAMARIBO – The price tag for every holiday is SRD 50 million, but if the authorities decide to cut back on the number of national holidays, bringing the total from 15 to five, the country would be able to save SRD half a billion a year.
Two-thirds of Suriname high school teachers not qualified
May 12, 2012
PARAMARIBO – After a survey, the task force on educational innovation concludes that the percentage of fully qualified high school teachers has remained constant for the past four years.
Trial of Suriname president put on hold
May 11, 2012
The murder trial of Desi Bouterse, Suriname president, has been put on hold until a constitutional court can review an amnesty law adopted by legislators in April.
Suriname oil company invests US$30 million in search for new fields
May 11, 2012
PARAMARIBO – In the coming four months, Staatsolie will invest US$ 30 million in a search for new oil fields along the coast.
Suriname police union wants Santokhi-like minister
May 10, 2012
PARAMARIBO – The police union SPB expects new Minister of Justice and Police Edward Belfort to tackle crime with the same drive as former Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi, as both Belfort and Santokhi are former police officers.
Suriname court martial must apply amnesty act – jurist
May 9, 2012
PARAMARIBO – The court martial has no choice but to apply the Amnesty Act and end proceedings against Desi Bouterse and other suspects in the December murders trial, as it has no authority to rule on the applicability of laws, jurist Jennifer van Dijk-Silos tells de Ware Tijd .
Suriname and Brazil sign agri deal
May 8, 2012
PARAMARIBO – Relations between Suriname and Brazil are at unprecedented heights in terms of the fields of cooperation including energy, the agrarian sector, government policy and social development, says Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota.
