HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Fourth Cuba-Suriname Intergovernmental Commission concluded in Havana with the signing of several accords in healthcare, social welfare and agriculture. The agreements signed also include the framework for cooperation in high school and higher education,and sports. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The fourth Cuba–Suriname Joint Commission was due to commence on Thursday in Havana, concluding on May 8. Issues to be discussed in the sessions include new areas of co-operation between the two countries, archiving techniques, community development as well as health. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Industrial action taken by Customs Officers in Suriname is continuing to affect the Canawaima Ferry Service between Moleson Creek in Guyana and South Drain in the neighbouring country. The protest, in its second week, is aimed at pressuring the Surinamese government. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Venezuela president Hugo Chavez sent a high level delegation to Suriname this week in an attempt to defuse a possible deterioration of bilateral relations with that Caricom member state. Chavez's move came after private talks with President Ronald Venetiaan in Trinidad last month. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A fugitive show promoter, the main suspect in an ongoing fraud case, has been arrested by the Surinamese police, while his co-suspect, a Las Vegas-based tribute artist, who was arrested earlier, remains in jail. Meanwhile, a third suspect, Signet Sampson, is still on the run. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Industrial actions from customs officers in Suriname, now in its second week, are slowly paralyzing the country's import and export and raising concerns for an imminent shortage of several goods and products. Claiming millions of dollars in losses, business organizations are... read more...

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NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) -- Suriname Aluminum Company LLC (Suralco) said on Tuesday it would curtail approximately 40 percent, or 870,000 tonnes per year, of production at its Paranam, Suriname, alumina refinery. Suralco is part of the Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals group of companies. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A former Suriname government minister was sentenced on Monday to serve a jail term for money-laundering. Siegfried Gilds, a former trade minister in the incumbent Venetiaan-administration, was also found guilty of bribing a witness and slapped with a cumulative jail term of 12 months. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname; Until further notice, the Suriname government on Monday banned all importation of pigs and pork meat in response to the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the USA which claimed at least 150 lives. Pig farms are cautioned to minimize physical contact with other farms. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- US-based Alcoa World Alumina LLC through its Surinamese subsidiary Suralco LLC is to take over the bauxite and alumina refining interests of BHP-Billiton in Suriname, the companies announced on Wednesday. It is expected that the deal will be completed by end 2009. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuban specialists with the Miracle Operation in Suriname, have treated 414 patients in faraway territories of this South American country in April. Out of the 414 patients treated, 100 of them were diagnosed in need of surgery from cataracts, pterygium, glaucoma and other eye diseases. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP) -- Suriname Wednesday signed a deal with Swiss-based Glencore International inviting it to be a strategic partner in bauxite negotiations with US aluminum giant Alcoa. Natural Resources Minister Gregory Rusland said the memorandum of understanding was confidential. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- A group of seven Cuban doctors, who are part of the medical mission assisting the people of Suriname, concluded with success their two-year internationalist work in that sister South American nation. The health minister gave the Cuban medical doctors diplomas in recognition of their work. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Several sections of the public sector in Suriname will be on a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday, union officials have disclosed. The industrial actions are being taken in a bid to pressure the government to stop the implementation of a new but highly controversial salary scheme. read more...

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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Net News Group (NNG), a widely-read media publishing and communications company based in the Cayman Islands, has established a contributor partnership with McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), one of the largest media groups in the United States. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname; A human rights group in the Netherlands is investigating whether it is possible to sue the Netherlands before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its alleged role in a February 1980 military coup in Suriname, which toppled the democratic elected Henck Arron-administration. read more...

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As a syndicated columnist in Las Vegas, NV, for 47 years, I know that Johnson would not purposely pass herself off as Ms Braxton. The local agent is a responsible company that represents those actors who impersonate celebrities. "The Legends in Concert" revue has been here in Las Vegas for more than 28 years. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A new airline is expected to serve 12 Caribbean countries from next month. The airline intends to use the Fairchild Dornier 328 jet, the world's first 32-seat regional jet. A regional jet is a short-haul, turbofan-powered aircraft used for commuter flights and means shorter flight times. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Two Cuban health professionals have given a specialized course in haemodialysis to a group of fifteen nurses in Suriname. Lecturers Nancy González and Elsa Bernal, infirmary graduates, have been working since November 2007 at the Haemodialysis Center in Paramaribo. read more...

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I read an article stating that Suriname was to undertake a project to help fight Sexually Transmitted diseases and AIDS by doing free circumcisions on 100 individuals between the ages of 4 and 21. This is a backward and uninformed move. There is no truth that it helps to eradicate any STDs or AIDS. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS): The inaugural session of the Suriname-Barbados Joint Commission will be held in Paramaribo, Suriname next month. This announcement was made by Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Maxine McClean and her Surinamese counterpart Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): Suriname has launched a three-month pilot project in the capital Paramaribo offering free circumcisions in a bid to cut sexually transmitted diseases, Health Minister Celsius Waterberg said on Friday. Circumcision "could also minimize the risk of HIV infection," he said. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: While the rainy season is not expected until mid-April torrential rains have been lashing Suriname relentlessly since Sunday, resulting in massive traffic jams and forcing shops, offices, businesses and schools in the capital Paramaribo to close due to severe inundation. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Prosecutors in Suriname have issued wanted bulletins for the organisers of a concert claiming that R&B singer Toni Braxton would be the main act on Friday, February 27. Eventually it appeared to be a hoax, when Trina Johnson, a Braxton impersonator, entered the stage to perform. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: What was supposed to be a glamorous stage performance by six-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter Toni Braxton ended in a disastrous event in Suriname in the small hours of Saturday morning with angry patrons in the stands shouting for their money to be refunded read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Several investors in Suriname are among those hit by the recently discovered massive fraud through Antigua-based Stanford International Bank Ltd and other financial institutions linked to Texas financier Sir Allen Stanford an attorney representing victims disclosed on Monday. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: A former lieutenant told a military court here on Friday that he only followed orders from his superiors when he delivered a prisoner to the Fort Zeelandia military headquarters in 1982, who was subsequently killed by a firing squad. Jimmy Stolk, a prison warden testified during the hearings. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname; The Suriname government is buying three helicopters from India for its National Army, the Ministry of Defence here announced on Wednesday. Military sources indicate that the aircraft are mainly for transportation of army personnel, but if necessary they could also be used for combat activities. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The Director for Sports of Suriname's Education Ministry, John Sandriman, expressed the satisfaction of his office and the National Athletics Federation for the work carried out there by Cuban track and field trainer Oriol Hernandez. Cuba is currently helping several countries in sports. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President of Suriname, Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan is to receive on Monday his first official brief on the progress of the work of the Caribbean Community Commission on Youth Development. They will share with him critical issues emanating from preliminary research findings. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname; Rosebel Gold Mines (RGM), a subsidiary of Canada-based IAMGold, on Monday suspended, with immediate effect, all negotiations to reach a lasting solution with small-scale gold miners in Suriname. The suspension comes after over 100 so-called pork knockers invaded the concession. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN):  Three Cuban health professionals, members of the José Martí Column One Medical Brigade now working in Suriname, defended their theses for their master’s degrees at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health in Paramaribo. Suriname's Minister of Health presided over the activity. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Former military strongman Desi Bouterse (NDP) is to lose his seat in Suriname's National Assembly, due to prolonged absence from parliament. Records show that from December 1, 2007 until December 31, 2008 Bouterse didn’t attend debates in parliament. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The director of the hospital of the Nickerie district located in the coastal area of Suriname, Rawien Changoer, has thanked Cuba for the medical cooperation provided to his country. Three Cuban experts are currently providing their services at the Nickerie hospital. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname; A military court here on Friday rejected a request from former dictator Desi Bouterse to ban the media from further covering his murder trial. The ex-Army Commander is standing trial for the December 1982 murder of 15 of his political opponents in the then military headquarters. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Just days after he was convicted on corruption charges a former minister of Public Works reported to the authorities to serve his jail term. Carrying a black sports bag and accompanied by his attorney, ex-minister Dewanand Balesar arrived at the Public Prosecutor’s office early Wednesday. read more...

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname: A court here in Paramaribo has dismissed a motion filed by Suriname’s former dictator Desi Bouterse, who was seeking to remove the leading judge in his murder trial. The former army commander’s lawyer Irwin Kanhai submitted the motion on July 25th challenging the judge's impartiality. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Surinamese Eduard Tasjero Sjegnile, 8, has recovered his sight thanks to a surgery performed by Cuban ophthalmologists, members of Operation Miracle in the CARICOM country. The boy had surgery on his right eye, and next year the Cuban doctors will operate on the other eye. read more...

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For several years, at the International Whaling Commission , the six independent countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and Suriname have supported Japan’s yen for killing endangered species of whales. In June the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerritt, boldly broke ranks. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Cuba’s medical brigade in Suriname sent a message to congratulate their fellow health workers in Cuba and in other countries, on the occasion of Latin American Medicine Day, celebrated on December 3. Cuban specialists in Suriname have seen more than 45,000 patients. read more...

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