Suriname News

Attacks against migrant workers left a border town in ashes, the Rev. Jose Vergilio, a Brazilian priest aiding victims, said Sunday.

Gangs of men go on killing and raping spree as ethnic violence rears its ugly head in the town of Albina.

At least seven foreign migrants are dead and hundreds more are homeless after rioting and attacks against migrant workers in Suriname left a border town in ashes, a Brazilian priest aiding victims said Sunday.

At least seven foreign migrants are dead and hundreds more homeless after rioting and attacks against migrant workers in Suriname left a border town in ashes, a Brazilian priest aiding victims said Sunday.

A stabbing death in a Suriname border town set off rioting that targeted foreign workers, and at least 20 women were raped and more than 120 people had to be evacuated, the government said Saturday.

Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in violence which wounded 13 people, a government minister said.

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.

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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.