Suriname: Police mum on reported raid of former president's home

Police have remained silent on media reports that they carried out a search of the home of former president of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, who earlier this year had been sentenced to 20 years in jail on murder charges. Media reports said the police raided the …

Dutch national arrested in Suriname with 7.5 kilograms of cocaine

Authorities in Suriname arrested a Dutch national at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport on Thursday after 7.5 kilograms of cocaine were discovered concealed in his suitcase. The arrest was carried out by agents from the International Drug Enforcement …

Guyanese trio impress at Kares Caribbean CrossFit in Suriname

History was made this past weekend as Suriname hosted its first CrossFit Licensed event, the Kares Caribbean Championship ‘December Classic,’ in partnership with Rock Fitness Paramaribo and sponsored by Kares Group and Lotus Hardware. But it wasn’t just a …

Guyanese athletes make mark at second Kares Cross Fit Caribbean event in Suriname

Dec 20, 2024 Sports Kaieteur Sports- Roley Chandler, Kellon Reid and Shanika Estwick highlighted the Guyanese presence at the Kares Caribbean Championship ‘December Classic’ in partnership with local gym Rock Fitness Paramaribo. 1st placed Patiqua Cooper ( …

Guyanese shine in Suriname at Kares-powered Crossfit

ExxonMobil’s Exit from Suriname Raises Pressure on Guyana Amid Natural Gas Concerns

By some estimates, there might be 2.4 billion barrels of oil deep below the waters of the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Suriname, South America’s smallest country. The problem for multinational oil companies seeking to extract that oil is what’s mixed in …

Bouterse’s home raided

Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse speaks during a news conference after the Court Martial of Suriname confirmed a 20-year jail sentence for his involvement in the murder of 15 people while he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in …

Surinamese police raid home of former president Bouterse

Suri­namese po­lice have re­mained mum on me­dia re­ports that they car­ried out a search of the home of for­mer pres­i­dent De­si Bouterse, who ear­li­er this year had been sen­tenced to 20 years in jail on mur­der charges. Me­dia re­ports said that the …

TechnipFMC Secures Contract from Shell Nigeria

TechnipFMC plc has secured a contract from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited to supply Subsea 2.0 production systems for the Bonga North development in Nigeria. The contract covers the design and manufacture of subsea tree systems, …

Stories from the Global South expanding the purview of modernism(s)

Modern architecture died in St Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3.32 pm (or thereabouts); Charles Jencks famously quipped at the demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex. To the author of this work, the image of the debris, rather than signalling …