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Crime threatening Caribbean livelihood - report
Go Jamaica
The report, which will be released today, said with the exception of Barbados and Suriname, homicide rates including gang-related killings have increased substantially in the last 12 years across the Caribbean. The researchers recommend that Caribbean ...
Gang violence takes rising toll in lives, threatens Caribbean economies, says UNDPSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
Three cheers for Uruguay
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
Larger only than tiny Suriname in South America, Uruguay's profile barely registers on the world stage. It draws headlines every now and then, like when it provides free laptop computers to every kid in primary school, or when it becomes the first ...

Suriname wants to join ALBA
Stabroek News
By Stabroek editor | 0 Comments | Breaking News | Tuesday, February 7, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The government of Suriname wants to join the regional trade block ALBA, the Miami Herald and the Jamaica Gleaner report in their Monday issue.

Royal Bank of Canada for Suriname premiere
Stabroek News
Bank spokeswoman Angela Guiamo says that as of today, the difference will be noticeable in all offices in Suriname. The logo was changed on the different branches this weekend, and today the client will see this. The new bank colors will be yellow and ...

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Suriname father kills self, three children
Stabroek News
By Stabroek editor | 0 Comments | Breaking News | Monday, February 6, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) SARAMACCA – People reacted with shock and disbelief to a drama that took place in Saramacca Friday evening. “How will that mother go on?” many bystanders asked.

Telegraph.co.uk
ALBA bloc of nations to see new members
MiamiHerald.com
Suriname and St Lucia are seeking membership in the ALBA group of left-leaning nations, as the bloc continues to flex its muscle and take jabs at the United States. BY JIM WYSS CARACAS -- The leaders of the left-leaning ALBA bloc of nations took jabs ...
ALBA summit ends with entry of guest countriesEl Universal
Caribbean to Have Greater Presence in ALBAPrensa Latina
ALBA Discusses Regional BankCaribarena Antigua
Havana Times -ABC News
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Suriname automated border control system to keep out unwanted persons
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Regional News | Sunday, February 5, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Criminals and other suspicious persons on the black list of local and international authorities as well as lost or stolen passports can be uncovered ...

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Suriname automated border control system to keep out unwanted persons
Stabroek News
By Stabroek editor | 0 Comments | Breaking News | Saturday, February 4, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Criminals and other suspicious persons on the black list of local and international authorities as well as lost or stolen passports can be ...

Suriname expelled from regional tourism organization over dues
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Regional News | Saturday, February 4, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) BRUSSELS – Suriname has been expelled from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) for failing to pay its contribution in the past eight years.

Wall Street Journal
Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net
Wall Street Journal
He turned down an offer to work as a physician in Suriname and never left his native country after 30. As a young professor in Uppsala, Linnaeus led his students on plant-collecting hikes, scattering them into the fields to botanize and summoning them ...

Suriname mercury-free gold mining course to start late February
Stabroek News
In December last year, the Suriname Environmental and Mining Foundation (SEMIF) and the School of Mining and Mineral Processing (SMMP) signed an agreement. SEMIF is a foundation that manages a fund which Iamgold is obliged to keep in gold with the ...

Suriname driving licence system to be digitized
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Regional News | Friday, February 3, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The driving licence system will be digitized. Persons whose licence expire this year will get a new one in ID-card format. “Much of the equipment is ...

Suriname hands over suspect in NA fireman's murder
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Local | Friday, February 3, 2012 The suspect in the murder of New Amsterdam fireman Delon Colins, who was recently nabbed in Suriname, was yesterday handed over to the Guyana Police Force, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud ...

Suriname Customs Official Arrested for Fuel Fraud
InSight Crime
Police in Suriname have arrested a high-ranking customs official for fuel fraud, in another sign of how vulnerable the tiny country is to organized crime and corruption. De Ware Tijd newspaper reported that the official was not accurately reporting ...

High-ranking Suriname customs official arrested for fuel fraud
Stabroek News
An expert explains that there is nothing wrong with selling excess fuel as long as the vessel is not registered in Suriname. But that is where the shady deals begin. Insiders tell de Ware Tijd that the authorities have been suspecting trawlers to ...

Suriname survey reveals 46 new species
People & the Planet
Conservation International (CI) has announced the results of a scientific survey in southwest Suriname that documented nearly 1300 species, including 46 species which may be new to science. The announcement comes as the global organization marks 25 ...

Suparna Gold Updates Exploration Activities
Marketwire (press release)
("Suparna" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SUG) announces an update to its planned exploration activities on its Sara Creek Property located in the Brokopondo and Sipalilwini districts of east central Suriname, South America. The Sara Creek Property is ...

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High-ranking Suriname customs official arrested for fuel fraud
Stabroek News
An expert explains that there is nothing wrong with selling excess fuel as long as the vessel is not registered in Suriname. But that is where the shady deals begin. Insiders tell de Ware Tijd that the authorities have been suspecting trawlers to ...

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Prostitution big business in Suriname gold fields
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Regional News | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 (de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The commercial sex industry is also benefiting from high gold prices. A field investigation by de Ware Tijd shows that this industry is attractive to ...

Daily Mail
'Cowboy frog' among 46 new species discovered
The New York Irish Emgirant
The three-week survey, an initiative of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program (RAP), explored three remote sites along the Kutari and Sipaliwini rivers near the village of Kwamalasumutu, in southwest Suriname. The findings were recently ...
New species of 'Pac-Man frog' discovered in South American jungle (along with ...Daily Mail

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