America Suriname The Dutch government has begun working on an official apology for 250 years of slavery in its former Surinamese colonies, and will also help the country establish a robust national plan to fight against ongoing internal racism
America Suriname The country has begun building a floating solar photovoltaic project, which is expected to produce approximately 144GWh/year; a revolutionary project for the country as it will not require the usage of land
America Suriname To promote entrepreneurship and address unemployment among women, the government is now holding a textile production course for underprivileged women and teenagers that will focus on helping hundreds of women out of poverty and economic dependence
America Suriname The country has been suffering from major floods in the past 3 months, and has now partnered up with the Netherlands to send over humanitarian aid and help out with the country’s disaster emergency management
America Suriname The country has now legalised the whole crossing of its border with Guyana, in order to try and prevent smuggling and drug trafficking by implementing new controls and authorities along the newly crossable border
America Suriname The government this year has issued more than 6.000 land decrees to citizens that didn’t own any land and has begun planning to help them next year in building their houses
America Suriname The country will begin granting fishing licenses to Guyanese fishermen so they can work in Surinamese waters to begin monitoring their work in local waters, since as of now it hasn’t been standardised
America Suriname As part of the country’s advocation towards sustainability, it has decided that for now, it will no longer issue gas business permits so no more additional gas stations will be allowed to operate
America Suriname Due to rising inflation, general wages will be increased; the measure includes the wages of inmates, almost doubling their former amount
America Suriname US officials are currently talking with the country’s government to send the remaining Afghans held at a U.S. base in Kosovo to Suriname, as the stranded Afghans have failed to meet entry requirements for admission to the US
America Suriname Government officials met with UNESCO experts to discuss the strengthening of the country’s sustainable tourism in its world heritage sites, in order to create more local jobs and generate new possible streams of income
America Suriname From now on the country will be providing free summer school for all students that need to repeat any subjects in a more relaxed manner, so they can learn more effectively, with less stress
America Suriname President Chan Santokhi has set up a specific government division to quickly address the development of a new jurisdiction that will allow the extraction of oil in the Kabalebo area to then directly export it to Brazil