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Suriname school library workers, daughters celebrate Girls in ICT Day
Suriname school library workers and their daughters engaged in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) activities last Thursday to mark Girls in ICT Day. The programme at the Telesur Training Centre included presentations, interactive sessions and ICT-related games under the national theme ‘Expanding Horizons for Mom and Me’. Girls in ICT Day is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union, of which Suriname…
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Suriname and St Vincent and the Grenadines human rights records to be reviewed
GENEVA, Switzerland — The human rights records of both Suriname and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) were due to be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the second time on Monday. Suriname and SVG are two of the 14 states to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming…
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Moko Disease Threatens Suriname Banana Sector
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 06 2015 – The banana industry in Suriname is currently facing a serious threat from the so-called Moko disease, which has affected nearly a quarter of the country’s 2,000 hectares of commercial banana plantations. Authorities here have called in the assistance of international experts in a bid to prevent a wipe out of the banana sector, which…
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