Suriname-Guyana Chamber conference to see expansion in booths

-DDL, Suriname Alcoholic Beverages to collaborate on product The Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) launched its third edition of the International Business Conference (IBC) Guyana 2025, under the theme “Bridging Businesses for Regional...

Decades Ago, Painter Syd Solomon’s Phillippi Creek Home Became a Magical Gathering Spot for an Endless Stream of Famous Artists

Imagine growing up along the shores of Sarasota’s Phillippi Creek, back in the more bucolic 1950s and ’60s, in a house surrounded by lush vegetation—loquat, kumquat, tangerine, orange, grapefruit, mango and Surinam cherry trees providing fruit...

Guyanese, Surinamese rum producers working on a common blend

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 July 2025, 10:26 by Denis Chabrol Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and Suriname Alcoholic Beverages (SAB) are jointly working on a common blend in time for the Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC)-organised...

SURINAME-POLITICS-China rebukes US over statement made regarding Suriname

Malaria eradication in Suriname offers hope for Amazon neighbors

The declaration of Suriname as the first malaria-free Amazonian country by the World Health Organization should spur other countries in the region affected by illegal mining and high migration, say disease specialists. The small country on the...

Suriname declared malaria-free

[BUENOS AIRES, SciDev.Net] The declaration of Suriname as the first malaria-free Amazonian country by the World Health Organization should spur other countries in the region affected by illegal mining and high migration, say disease specialists....

Suriname’s Election

MARCO RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 7, 2025 The United States congratulates Jennifer Geerlings-Simons on her election as President of Suriname. Suriname and the United States have a strong and growing partnership built on shared democratic values...

Suriname elects first female President amid economic challenges

Paramaribo [Suriname], July 8 (ANI): 71-year-old physician and veteran lawmaker Jennifer Geerlings-Simons has been elected as Suriname's first female president, receiving parliamentary approval to lead the economically troubled South American...

Hess Relinquishes Block 59 offshore Suriname after Failing to Find Partners

Hess Corp. decided to discontinue Block 59 exploration after failing to bring in new partners following Equinor ASA and Exxon Mobil Corp.’s withdrawal, Suriname’s national oil company said Tuesday. In July 2024 Norway’s majority state-owned...

Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation holds Annual General Meeting

– elects new Executive Board for 2025–2027 THE Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation Inc. (G.S.S.F.), an incorporated non-profit entity under the Companies Act 1991 and holder of charitable status, hosted its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, July 3,...

Suriname Elects First Female President

Physician and longtime congresswoman Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is Suriname’s first female president. Geerlings-Simons, who ran unopposed, was elected by a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly on Sunday. The 71-year-old is set to be...

Suriname Assembly chooses first-ever female president

Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:58 UTC Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, will be inaugurated on July 16 Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's National...

Cuba congratulates Suriname's first female president

HAVANA,Cuba, Jul 8 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, sent a congratulatory message to Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, who made history by becoming the first...

Suriname elects first female president amid economic uncertainty

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives. Suriname has elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as its first female president, with parliament backing the 71-year-old physician and...

SGCC’s third annual IBC slated for October 2025

THE Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC), on Wednesday officially launched its third annual International Business Conference (IBC), slated for October 14 to 16, 2025, at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown. It will be held under the theme,...

SURINAME MAKES HISTORY: JENNIFER SIMONS ELECTED FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT AS OIL BOOM LOOMS

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME — JULY 6, 2025 — In a historic and symbolic breakthrough, Jennifer Simons was officially elected Sunday as the first female President of Suriname, marking a new chapter for the South American nation at the threshold of a...

Suriname's parliament elects first female president

July 7 (UPI) -- Suriname's parliament has elected its first female president, voting doctor and former parliamentary speaker Jennifer Simons to lead the South American country. Thirty-four of 50 parliamentarians voted for Simons on Sunday to helm...

Suriname parliament elects first female president

Paramaribo, Suriname Reuters — Suriname’s parliament backed Jennifer Simons as the South American country’s first woman president on Sunday, setting the doctor and former parliamentary speaker on course to helm a nation on the cusp of a predicted...

Suriname's Parliament elects country's first female President amid economic turmoil

Suriname’s Parliament on Sunday (July 6, 2025) elected physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the troubled country’s first female President. | Photo Credit: Reuters Suriname's Parliament on Sunday (July 6, 2025) elected physician Jennifer...

This Statue Of Liberty Street Art Made MAGA Mad — And The Artist Is Unrepentant

The Statue of Liberty covers her face with her hands ― in shame, sorrow and horror ― in a new politically charged street art mural that has been painted in northern France, and which President Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are melting down over....