Great Proliferation Chance for Suriname THE COMMUNITY OF LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STATES (CELAC) is an intergovernmental mechanism for dialogue and political agreement, which includes permanently thirty-two countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a regional forum that brings together all of Latin America and the Caribbean countries. Celac aspires to be a unique…
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Norway and Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, January 21st 2023–In the late 1950s, very few people believed that the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) might conceal rich oil and gas deposits. However, the discovery of gas at Groningen in the Netherlands in 1959 caused people to revise their thinking on the petroleum potential of the North Sea. The Groningen…
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Amsterdam, 21 January 2023– In today’s highly-connected and instantaneous world, we have access to a massive amount of information at our fingertips. Historically, however, this hasn’t always been the case. Time travel back just 20 years ago to 2002, and you’d notice the vast majority of people were still waiting on the daily paper or…
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Steps ahead eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, January 2, 2023– Starting this month, KLM will test whether it is possible to allow passengers to make massive use of WiFi during intercontinental flights. The airline is going one step further than it did in April 2021. At that time, the aim was that eighteen Boeing 737-800s would be equipped…
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Guyana leads the pack eyesonsuriname/ antonfoek Amsterdam, dec. 22, 2022–Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Caribbean has seen some lean years and some bountiful years. 2020 was a brutal year due to the Covid-19 pandemic; 2021 was much better, with FDI bouncing back throughout most of the region. Significantly, Guyana, long one of the poorest…
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Chances For Paramaribo ( Hello Mr. Ramdin, President Santhoki are you listening ?? Hello…are you there ?? ) Part III eyesonsuriname H. W. French and Anton JieSamFoek Amsterdam, Nov 9 th 2022–It is not immediately obvious where the income necessary to sustain this kind of commercial strip comes from. Some surely derives from work in the offshore oil business based nearby,…
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antonfoek Amsterdam, October 1st 2022– At the age of 57, John B. Goodenough invented the lithium battery which powers all our smart phones, tablets and laptops – as well as electric cars. 37 years later at the age of 94, John has unveiled a new, ultra-efficient, low cost battery which uses a sodium or lithium…
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Revenues from the oil industry eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 2 sept 2022– From 2022 through 2027, Suriname’s state oil company, Staatsolie, plans to expend an estimated US$1.5 billion as part of its Investment Program, the bulk of which will be for participation in offshore development. In its updated Strategic Roadmap, Staatsolie noted too that the funds will also be used…
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So is Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 5th 2022– Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday announced that the total investments of Arab funds in Brazil are approaching US$20 billion, half of that money stemming from the country’s recent participation at the Expo Dubai event. “The Arab world constitutes the third-largest market for Brazil abroad, only behind China…
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Suriname // Hakinbank eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, June 21st 2022–With World Whistleblowers Day just around the corner, we take a moment to recognise the crucial role that whistleblowers play in the fight for a more just world. Whistleblowers have exposed wrongdoing and fraud, uncovered the theft of public funds and helped save millions of taxpayers’ money. The…
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