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Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce celebrates first launch anniversary
Guyana Chronicle
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March 3, 2025
–highlights its ‘rapid progress’, more than a dozen successful trade missions THE Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) Inc. on Saturday marked its first anniversary with a landmark celebration at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Guyana, commemorating...
Strengthening Aruba-Suriname relations for the future
24ora
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April 16, 2025
0 On Monday, April 14th, Aruba’s Prime Minister, Mike Eman, welcomed Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albert Ramchand Ramdin, for an official meeting at the government building. The meeting emphasized the strong and enduring relationship...
Suriname's Offshore Oil Exploration Poised for Major Growth
Yahoo Finance
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The Guyana-Suriname Basin has seen significant activity in recent years, with Guyana alone unearthing more than 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of discovered volumes in the past decade. As operators in the burgeoning energy powerhouse...
Suriname set for exploration boost as Guyana focus benefits coastal neighbor / Rystad Energy
American Journal of Transportation
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The Guyana-Suriname Basin has seen significant activity in recent years, with Guyana alone unearthing more than 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of discovered volumes in the past decade. As operators in the burgeoning energy powerhouse...
Following The Founders Metals Success: Sranan Gold Exploration in Suriname | Oscar Louzada
The Jerusalem Post
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April 15, 2025
In a recent in-depth interview by Stijn Schmitz and uploaded to his YouTube channel, Oscar Louzada, CEO of Sranan Gold (referred to as Shaunan Gold in the transcript, reflecting a potential company name evolution), shared compelling details about...
Opinion – CARICOM 25 by 2025 food security plan: Synopsis and brief commentary
The Round Table
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July 31, 2025
[This is an excerpt from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies. Opinions expressed do not reflect the position of the Round Table editorial board.] Reducing deepening dependence of the...
Shell Hires Stena Drillship for Job Offshore Suriname
Offshore Engineer News
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April 8, 2025
Apr 8, 2025 Stena DrillMAX (Credit: Stena Drilling) Shell, through its subsidiaries, has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena DrillMAX, which will be put to work offshore Suriname. KE STP Company...
Shell books Stena drillship for Suriname campaign
Offshore Energy
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April 8, 2025
KE STP and BG International, Suriname subsidiaries of UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, have signed a contract with Stena Drilling for a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) from its fleet. Stena DrillMAX; Source: Stena Drilling The MODU in...
Shell submits offshore drilling plan for Suriname to environmental approval
World Energy News - Connecticut
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BG International, a Shell unit operating in Suriname plans to submit a proposal to the country's environment agency to drill up to four explorations wells offshore Block 65. This was revealed by a document from the company on Tuesday. Suriname has...
Stena Drilling drillship wins more work off Suriname
Splash 247
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April 8, 2025
AmericasEuropeOffshore Stena Drilling, the Aberdeen-based business of Sweden’s Stena, has won a contract for one of its drillships with subsidiaries of Shell in Suriname. The contract for the campaign was awarded to the 2008-built Stena DrillMax...
Selling carbon credits: Could Guyana, Suriname remain net-zero nations?
Guyana Chronicle
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April 3, 2025
DESPITE their burgeoning oil industries, Guyana and Suriname aim to achieve equilibrium as global efforts to transition away from fossil fuels intensify. How so? Carbon credits. The South American neighbours are among the world’s most forested...
Suriname hosts postponed Amazon Cooperation Treaty ministerial meeting
Radio Jamaica
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February 3, 2025
Suriname is hosting the 15th ministerial meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation that was originally scheduled to have been last year but was postponed due to internal challenges within the grouping. Foreign Affairs, International...
Suriname National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment
PreventionWeb
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January 31, 2025
This National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) looks at Suriname's hazard profile, cultural characteristics, geographical and geopolitical context, historical events, and other factors that could influence, both positively and...
The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis
Resilience
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March 27, 2025
Reducing global inequality and saving the planet from climate catastrophe are intertwined. Let’s address both at once. Introduction In a fit of madness or just plain desperation, you’ve enrolled in a get-rich-quick scheme. All you have to do is...
In Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi talks about festivals marking start of Indian New Year, summer activities for children, sustainable fashion
The Indian Express
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March 30, 2025
Wishing the people of the country on the start of Vikram Samvat 2082, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday in the 120th edition of his Mann Ki Baat radio address that he had received greetings in different Indian languages from across the...
CARICOM DSG welcomes outgoing French Ambassador for farewell visit
Win Media SKN
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July 30, 2025
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On 29 July 2025, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis welcomed His Excellency Nicolas de Lacoste, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic...
Regulation loopholes fuel illegal wildlife trade from Latin America to Europe
Mongabay
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March 24, 2025
Between 2017 and 2023, nearly 2,500 animals from 69 species were seized from illegal trade shipments from Latin America into Europe, a recent IFAW report shows. More than 90% of the seized wildlife were live animals, mostly amphibians, reptiles...
Suriname facing possible power crisis amid reduced hydroelectric output
Radio Jamaica
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January 20, 2025
A senior member of the national power producer, EBS, has said Suriname is on the brink of a severe power crisis as its hydroelectric power station faces reduced output due to critically low reservoir water levels. EBS Operations Manager, Robert...
INTERPOL Hosts Intelligence Exchange Meeting on Wildlife Trafficking in Barbados – RSS’s St. Kitts Supt. Greaux Takes Center Stage
Times Caribbean
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March 22, 2025
Bridgetown, Barbados – March 17-20, 2025 – An intelligence exchange meeting organized by INTERPOL brought together regional law enforcement officials to discuss wildlife trafficking cases, conduct practical mentoring sessions, and engage in...
Suriname After Bouterse
Global Americans
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January 13, 2025
Image Source: BBC News. Either in office or out, Dési Bouterse cast a long shadow over Suriname, having been a coup leader in 1980, the power behind the throne for several heads of state (ousting one of them in a bloodless coup), and serving two...