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Forty-Year-Old Man Locked up After Assaulting Sister-in-Law

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Forty-Year-Old Man Locked up After Assaulting Sister-in-Law

WANICA — P.R. was arrested and detained by the Nieuwe Grond police after consultation with the Public Prosecution Service. The forty-year-old man had assaulted his thirty-year-old sister-in-law O.S. He threw three to four porcelain plates at her head. The woman suffered a cut and became unconscious. She was taken to the Emergency Department of the Academic Hospital Paramaribo. After being treated, she was allowed to go home. O.S. told the police…Read Article

Moped Rider Dies After Head-on Collision with Truck

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Moped Rider Dies After Head-on Collision with Truck

WANICA — A.S., 17, died on Tuesday evening after a collision with a Daf truck on the Magentakanaalweg. The Santodorp police suspect that the moped rider ended up on the driving side of the truck, making the head-on collision unavoidable. A.S. died at the scene. Preliminary investigation shows that the moped rider was driving in the direction of the Nieuw Weergevondenweg. The truck came from the opposite direction. The 24-year-old truck driver S.…Read Article

Man Cuts Down Coconut Tree without Permission, Damaging Electricity Grid

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Man Cuts Down Coconut Tree without Permission, Damaging Electricity Grid

PARAMARIBO — 58-year-old A.S. was arrested after he chopped down a coconut tree without permission at the basketball court on Marakkastraat in the Wanica district. The action caused damage to the EBS electricity grid. The complainant, who was appointed by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs as manager of the basketball court, reported that A.S. had chopped down one of the coconut trees surrounding the site with a chopper. The 58-year-old to…Read Article

Retailers Must Immediately Destroy Expired Products

PARAMARIBO — Ten shopkeepers in Paramaribo and Wanica have received a “serious warning” from the Economic Control Service (ECD) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation (EZ). During inspections, expired products were found on the shelves. The entrepreneurs were ordered to immediately destroy the expired products on site or return them to the suppliers. At supermarket H.T. on Catharina Sophiastraat, the p…Wanica · Wanica Read Article

Hope for a Better Future Despite Years of Suffering From the Same Issues

Text and image Tascha Aveloo WANICA — Hilde Duurham looks at VHP chairman Santokhi with a big frown on her face. “I am 76 years old and was born and raised here in Wanica. Den sem problem e tang. Year in, year out, and you don’t see any of these guys after the elections,” she says, shaking her head, at polling station 333 in Lelydorp, while she looks meaningfully at Santokhi who also voted there. According to Duurham, she wants to remain positiv…Wanica · Wanica Read Article

Man Takes Away Ignition Key and Assaults Friend

WANICA — After being arrested, R.B. was taken into custody by the police after consultation with the Public Prosecution Service. He had taken the ignition key from 22-year-old B.S. When B.S. asked for it, he grabbed him by the collar, pushed him against a fuse box and hit him in the face with clenched fists. B.S. suffered a deep cut under his left eye as a result. The victim told the police that he had gone to Relax Park with R.B. and two others…Wanica · Wanica Read Article

Woman Spreads Nude Photo of Neighbor

WANICA — K.W. distributed a nude photo of her 38-year-old neighbor M.A. The victim, who filed a complaint on May 11, was informed by a sister of the suspect after she had received the photo. The photo, which showed M.A.'s genitals, had been sent by K.W. via WhatsApp to various people, including neighbors, family members and the victim's in-laws. M.A. told the Nieuwe Grond police that the photo had been taken by K.W. when he was at her home. The …Wanica · Wanica Read Article

Suspicions of Arson in House Fire on Noordpoolweg

WANICA — The red rooster has crowed at a house on the Noordpoolweg, which is under construction. Owner A.R. told the Nieuwe Grond police that he suspects arson. He indicated that he had applied for the plot and then started building the house. However, another person also claimed the same plot. For that reason, he thinks that it is a case of arson. On its website, the Suriname Police Force writes that only the wooden floor and the four corner pa…Wanica · Wanica Read Article

‘Ik word de waakhond tegen corruptie’

Advertorial Drs. Rossellie Cotino MSc.: ‘Ik word de waakhond tegen corruptie’ Haar werk in het parlement is nog niet af. Daarom heeft Rossellie Cotino, die van 2010 tot 2020 als parlementarier heeft gediend, zich opnieuw kandidaat gesteld bij de verkiezingen op 25 mei aanstaande. Ze geeft aan dat belangrijke ontwikkelingsprojecte…Wanica · Wanica Read Article

Biza Deputy Minister Hassankhan: 'Elections should be postponed if Court of Justice rules differently'

Text and image Valerie Fris PARAMARIBO — “If the court were to now grant the candidate lists of, for example, De Nieuwe Leeuw in Wanica, other parties that had already accepted the decision would also want to seek legal recourse on the basis of another decision by the court. This would mean that the elections would have to be postponed.” That is the response of Deputy Minister of the Interior Maurits Hassankhan to the ruling of the Court of Just…Wanica · Wanica Read Article

Brother-in-law arrested for fornicating with twelve-year-old niece

WANICA — S.S., age 30, has filed a complaint against her 42-year-old brother-in-law N.J. The man is suspected of groping her twelve-year-old daughter T.D. N.J. is the husband of S.S.'s sister, the Suriname Police Corps wrote on its website on Thursday. The Nieuwe Grond police located, arrested and insured the suspect after consultation with the Public Prosecutor's Office. According to the report, the incident occurred when S.S. was visiting her …Wanica · Wanica Read Article