eyesonsuriname – by Douw den Helden Stuart Codrington favors the direct approach. Within five minutes of our interview starting, the Surinamese border control officer grabs his gun, shoves it in his pocket, and takes us out of his tiny, air-conditioned office into the afternoon heat. Soon, we are trundling along a badly maintained road in…
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eyesonsuriname The IMF staff team and Surinamese authorities reached a staff-level agreement on the second review of the authorities’ economic recovery program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The review is subject to approval by the IMF’s Executive Board.. Suriname’s economy continues its slow post-pandemic recovery, but the shock of higher commodity and food…
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Helsinki could do a little bit more in Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, May 17 2023 — The other day eyesonsuriname.com was chatting with a new friend from Finland. He was kind of puzzled about the role of his home country in the world and said something in the order of: ” Yes, but those strong…
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For Whom and When ? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 9 May 2023– Suriname’s state oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., TotalEnergies Suriname and QatarEnergy signed production sharing contracts for offshore blocks 6 and 8 on Monday May 8, 2023. In 2021, a Shallow Offshore Bid Round was completed offshore the South American country. Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) have already…
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wealth and equality eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 9 May 2023 –The most striking news to emerge from Suriname’s recently concluded Energy, Oil and Gas Summit (SEOGS) 2022 was uttered by the Vice President of Offshore at Staatsolie, Glenn Corrie – that 30 billion barrels of oil equivalent awaits discovery in the South American nation’s oil basin. Het offshore gebied van Suriname bevat…
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The gold connection between West-Africa and Suriname The Cultural Origin of African Surinamers by Ba Kwasi (Christopher Healy) 6 June 2022 (09:45) The gable of the Iamgold Office in Paramaribo, Suriname is adorned with a profile portrait of Mansa Musa (1312-1337), the ninth Mansa (king) of the Mali Empire (6th to 13th century).…
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Cautious recovery start eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, May 4, 2023– After protracted negotiations since 2020, the government has reached an agreement in principle with the Eurobond Creditor Committee on the restructuring of the Oppenheimer debts. These debts weigh heavily on the budget and limit the financial scope to implement policy for the population. The restructuring of the…
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A Most Precious Gift geert camerlinkcx/ eyesonsuriname Amsterdam May 2nd 2023–Perhaps it was not experienced as such by most, but the most precious gift Surinamese society has received in the past year comes from the Constitutional Court. More specifically when its president announced on 5 August that the most recently used electoral system had not passed…
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Gold Provisional Measure eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 26 april 2023– According to reports from Brazilian media, Brasilia has concluded the Gold Provisional Measure (MP) which eliminates the concept of good faith and mandates the use of electronic invoices for the purchase, sale, and transportation of gold within the country. The Justice Minister, Flávio Dino, has already signed the…
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eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 18 april 2023 –Police in all of Latin America have seized cocaine and other drugs worth $5bn (£4bn) in an operation lasting three weeks and spanning 15 countries. They also seized more than 8,000 illicit firearms and carried out almost 15,000 arrests.Police forces from Mexico in the north to Argentina in the south…
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