In 1999, the Surinam Air Force retired and sold it's two Alouette III helicopters from active service.
In 1855 he took up his residence in Batavia, where for nearly 32 years he ministered to 600 lepers.
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In 1968 Akram wrestled in Suriname, South America where he was beaten unconscious by the Dutch 10th-dan Judoka, three-time undefeated World Judo Champion (1961, 1964 and 1965) Anton Geesink.
The arrival of Arya Samaj preachers in Suriname, in 1929, caused a rift in the Hindu community, between the followers of Sanatan Dharm and the Ārya Samāj.
Astrocaryum aculeatum is found in and around the Amazon Basin, from Trinidad and Tobago in the north, through Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and south through the Bolivian departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz.
In 1906 Pulle made lectures in botany and plant systematics and since 1908 also in plant geography, he took part (in 1902 and 1903) of the Saramacca expedition to Suriname and this study also determined the content of his thesis: "An enumeration of the vascular plants known from Surinam, together with their distribution and synonymy", which he got in 1906 a PhD doctorate in zoology and botany.
It is found in forest (especially, but not exclusively, humid) and nearby wooded habitats in the Amazon north of the Amazon River and west of the Ucayali River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Cendrino Misidjan (born 29 Augustus 1988 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent who currently plays as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.
At the 2010 parliamentary elections Santokhi had, despite being placed low on the voters list of the Progressive Reform Party, second most votes nationwide (Desi Bouterse had the most).
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The Progressive Reform Party, which was once a Hindustani party, has grown, since the appointment of Santokhi as chairman, into a multi-ethnical party which, according to current statistics, is the second biggest political party in Suriname.
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In September, 2005, Santokhi was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Police on behalf of the Progressive Reform Party.
Dendrophryniscus minutus, a toad species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and possibly Venezuela
After their abduction, the fifteen victims were transported to Fort Zeelandia, the then headquarters of Bouterse and his soldiers in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname.
Baino played club football in Suriname, Belgium and the Netherlands for Transvaal, Verbroedering Denderhoutem, Cappellen, KV Wevelgem City, Tournai, KSV Rumbeke and USV Elinkwijk.
E. bulbosa grows in southern Mexico and in the Amazon rainforest, within the borders of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, in addition to the Brazilian states of Amapá and Acre.
Philomena Bijlhout, the staatssecretaris (Undersecretary, or junior minister) for Social Affairs and Work Opportunity and a member of the LPF, resigned after RTL 4 reported that she had been a member of a militia of Surinamese military dictator Dési Bouterse in 1982 and 1983.
During this time he also sent a small colonizing party to Suriname, which established Fort Willoughby (now Paramaribo) in honor of the governor.
The freckled catshark, Scyliorhinus haeckelii, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the western Atlantic from western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay between latitudes 11° N and 32° S.
In Suriname there is a projects in Saramacca, a joint venture with Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited 100 km south of Paramaribo, next to the Rosebel Gold Mine project from IAMGOLD and the Benzdorp Gold Project at the eastern border of Suriname.
Guno Berenstein (born December 18, 1967 in Nickerie, Suriname) is a Dutch judoka who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's extra-lightweight division.
On 14 November 2013, Piar made his international debut for Bonaire against Suriname in the 2013 ABCS Tournament.
Jagernath Lachmon, also Jaggernath Lachmon, (Corantijnpolder, 21 September 1916 - The Hague, 19 October 2001) was a Surinamese politician of Indian descent.
In Suriname, they are a strong presence on the left bank of the Maroni River and on the banks of the Coppename River.
Kenneth John "Ken" Monkou (born 29 November 1964 in Nickerie in Suriname) is a retired Dutch footballer who played in a defensive role.
While en route from Cape Town, South Africa to Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, his freighter was attacked on September 27, 1942 by two enemy surface raiders.
Kerukanan Tulodo Pranatan Ingit (KTPI) - Party for National Unity and Solidarity, Suriname
Maarten Atmodikoro (born February 4, 1971 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a retired football defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1989/1990 season for Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging.
Melvin Wandelaar (born 2 January 1990) is a Dutch footballer who plays for SV Robinhood of the Surinamese Hoofdklasse.
In August 2005, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered Suriname to pay 3 million USD in compensation to 130 survivors of the massacre, and to establish a 1.2 million USD fund for the development of Moiwana.
MK was also involved in the construction of rail projects such as the BART extension (M-K also built 80 C2 cars for BART in 1994) and the single track Apoera-Bakhuys railway in Suriname (1976–1977).
Ndyuka language, a creole language of Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka people
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Ndyuka people, a Maroon ethnic group who live in the eastern part of Suriname
In return, they were granted the tiny Island of Run in North Maluku, rich in nutmegs, and a guarantee for their de facto possession of Suriname, captured by them that year.
Oecomys rex, the regal oecomys or king arboreal rice rat, a rodent species found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and nearby parts of Venezuela and Brazil
Before the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands in 1975, it was also called the Oranjeplein (Orange Square) and the Gouvernementsplein (Gouvernment Square).
Paloemeu is a small Amerindian village in the interior of Suriname, situated at the site where the Paloemeu River joins the Tapanahoni River.
Santriwan-santriwati from all over Indonesia and from abroad, from Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Suriname and Vietnam.
In the cables there are also reports that Khan and Bouterse, who is the current president of Suriname, have met each other several times 2006 in Nickerie at the home of Bouterse's party member Rashied Doekhi to discuss cocaine trafficking and plot to murder then Suriname's minister of Justice Chan Santokhi and Suriname's attorney general Subhaas Punwasi.
Roman Catholicism in Suriname is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, and is under the spiritual leadership of the Bishop of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI.
Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium located in Moengo, Suriname
Ruud "Rudy" Degenaar (August 21, 1963 – June 7, 1989 near Zanderij Airport) was a Dutch-Suriname footballer.
S. tenera is possibly also present in the southwest Atlantic, specifically off the coasts of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and Uruguay, although the latter records are questionable.
Signa Vianen is one of the few locals who helped edit the original database for the 2005 Prisma Sranan Tongo dictionary, an overview of Sranan (the main dialect in Suriname) words and verbal expressions (first selection ever translated into Dutch ánd vice versa).
STVS (Surinaamse Televisie Stichting) is a television network in Suriname and was founded in 1965 by Prime Minister Johan Adolf Pengel.
Freestyle swimmer Chinyere Pigot, an accounting student at the University of Connecticut, was Suriname's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Tabebuia aurea, a plant species native to South America in Suriname, Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and northern Argentina
Her paternal grandfather came from mainland China to Suriname, but she herself is a moksi watra (mixed blood): one of her great-grandmothers was a Brahmin Indian from British Guyana who married a Scot, and she also has Dutch and Jewish ancestry.
Ronald Venetiaan (born 1936), Suriname politician and former President
His father Iding Soemita was born in West Java and came as a contract labourer to Suriname where he founded the political party Kaum Tani Persatuan Indonesia (KTPI) in 1949.
Daryanani trained with the 1988 Olympics 100m butterfly gold medallist Anthony Nesty’s coach Kenneth MacDonald, and made waves in international meets as a proficient swimmer representing Suriname.