America Suriname The National Coast Guard is providing technical assistance to the National Coordination Center for Disaster Management (NCCR) to do oil spill simulations in order to be prepared in case of an emergency and prevent as much damage as possible
America Suriname Brasil President Jair Bolsonaro offered Suriname the possibility of collaborating with Petrobras, the main Brazilian petroleum corporation, in order to deepen the ongoing oil explorations in the country
America Suriname The IMF approved a US$68 million program for the country that aims at rebuilding the state’s foreign reserves and strengthen the economy’s resilience to external shocks
America Suriname The country recorded the lowest amount of Malaria cases in recent years and authorities are currently planning campaigns to further diminish the amount of infections for the future
America Suriname An increase in the price of bread is expected, since the government will no longer subsidize the cost of flour imports
America Suriname The Anton de Kim University of Suriname has upgraded its Biology facilities’ infrastructure to make technical education more effective and help with future scientific innovation
America Suriname The Central Bank of Suriname is urging commercial banks to agree to drastically raise the interest rate in order to regulate inflation and the exchange rate; however, banks are hesitant to do so since they don’t want to negatively affect small companies
America Suriname Today the nation celebrates 46 years of independence with military parades, government speeches, and national ceremonies
America Suriname The state expanded its bilateral relation with Vietnam; a formal declaration was written stating how both countries will cooperate more in the agriculture and fishing industries to help boost their commerce
America Suriname Since Paramaribo is a declared World Heritage Site, the Surinamese Ministry of Public Works created a “Building Committee” to supervise and regulate all constructions in the city to try and keep the capital as intact as possible
America Suriname The governments of Suriname and Guyana are working on an official maritime agreement to join forces through their Coastguards, in order to protect their shared maritime areas
America Suriname The government will begin to gradually suspend national Covid-19 relief paychecks in order to progressively get citizens back into the workforce
America Suriname Several NGO’s, universities, and Chinese representatives are currently looking for ways to address the increasing amount of jaguar poaching that is taking place within the country’s natural reserves