PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Opposition legislators have defended their decision to walk out on a speech being delivered by President Desi Bouterse on Monday saying he had not been showing respect to the Parliament in recent years. Member of the NPS/New Front party, Ruth Wijdenbosch, said she ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - It seems “open season” has been declared on President Bouterse following the arrest by US authorities of his son Dino. A sharp-penned columnist on Wednesday described attempts at damage control by Bouterse and his aides as “clumsy”. On Thursday an...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be here with all of you at the Closing Ceremony of the Eleventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and to deliver these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, H.E ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Suriname is to introduce a general pardon for people living in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country as well as provide a grace period for those residing here illegally to fix their papers. The government had initially intended to grant the pardo...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President Desi Bouterse Tuesday hinted that the arrest of his 41-year-old son in Panama last week may have been part of a wider plan to disrupt progress within the Union of American States (UNASUR). Dino Bouterse  was held on drugs and gun related charges last Thurs...

The Caribbean Community considers the early election of a new Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) important and necessary in light of the current challenges the hemispheric body is facing. With the imminent elections of a new Secretary-General scheduled for 7 April 2005 ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - With the start of the meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers from South America on Thursday here, all is set for the historical 7th Summit of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) on Friday. This will be the first meeting of UNASUR government leaders without the late...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be here with all of you at the Closing Ceremony of the Eleventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and to deliver these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, H.E ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Two of the most innovative aspects of CARIFESTA were declared open on Monday in Paramaribo, Suriname with the Caribbean Market Place for the Arts and the Youth Village. President of Suriname, His Excellency Desire Bouterse, First Lad...

Three Hundred and forty (340) Surinamese youth and ten (10) Chinese Shaolin Monks stole the show at the Opening Ceremony of CARIFESTA XI in Paramaribo, Suriname on Friday night. As if to give living testimony to Surinamese President His Excellency Desi Bouterse’s assertion that culture &ldqu...