September 20, 2023

Suriname signs Decent Work Country Programme III 

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News | 13 February 2023 The International Labour Organization (ILO) and tripartite partners in Suriname signalled the continuation of efforts to advance social justice and promote decent and productive work opportunities for women and men with the signing of a new four-year Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). On Friday 10 February 2023, Suriname officially signed its […]

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES  RE-STARTS SERVICE BETWEEN TRINIDAD, SURINAME & CURACAO

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Piarco, Trinidad & Tobago, April 04 2022: Caribbean Airlines will resume service between Trinidad and Suriname from April 04 and between Trinidad and Curacao on April 05. The flights to Suriname will operate between Piarco International Airport and the Johan Adolf Pengel International airport Paramaribo, three times per week each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Service between the Curacao International Airport and the Piarco International […]

Chuck E. Cheese signs new development agreements in Qatar, Suriname and Guyana

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Three new countries will soon experience the world’s number one family entertainment restaurant brand, Chuck E. Cheese, adding to an already rapid expansion story for Chuck E. Cheese internationally DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Chuck E. Cheese, the global family entertainment brand, continues to drive international expansion and has successfully signed development agreements […]

Suriname receives its first COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility

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Paramaribo, Suriname. March 26, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) — Suriname today received 24,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, a global effort co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The arrival marks a historic step toward […]

Guyana and Suriname progress on requirements for Atlantic Seabob trawl fisheries

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Belize City, Friday, 30 August 2019 (CRFM)—The CRFM Continental Shelf Fisheries Working Group (CSWG) convened a meeting during 20-22 August in Georgetown, Guyana, to review the status and management of Atlantic Seabob (a commercially important shrimp) Fisheries of Guyana and Suriname. Both fisheries are certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), which means that they […]

Winds of change in the Caribbean

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By Claus Grue From World Council of Churches Unrest in Venezuela, global warming and reduced funds are pertinent challenges facing the Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC). Encompassing an area from Panama and Costa Rica in the west to The Lesser Antilles in the east, and from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana, Suriname and French […]

Suriname and St. Maarten hoping to end medal drought at CARIFTA Cayman

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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Suriname and St. Maarten are hoping to break their CARIFTA Games medal drought and are expressing confidence in their teams ahead of this year’s meet which takes place at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex over Easter weekend (20 to 22 April). Team Suriname believes that, based on previous CARIFTA results, […]

Tourism, food security among high-potential areas for expanding UAE-Caribbean cooperation

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Tourism, food security, manufacturing, logistics, and renewable energy have been identified as high-potential areas where companies in the UAE and Caribbean region can expand economic cooperation, according to new analysis from Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The findings, released on sidelines of the […]

Draw Confirmed for the 2018 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship

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The centralized competition will qualify the top four finishers to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 Miami (Tuesday, August 14, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) today confirmed the programming for the draw of the 2018 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship, scheduled to be played November 1 -21, […]

Notorious drug lord could be back in Guyana in a year

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From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY: In under a year from today, July 10, 2018, a notorious Guyana-born drug lord could walk out of a U.S. prison a free man and face deportation back to the South American country where he once ran a Phantom death squad and was considered the Pablo Escobar of […]