Venezuelan Opposition Leader fighting for democracy eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, Oct. 10th 2025–The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, recognizing her for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela” and “her struggle for a fair and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”…
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Deploying AI for a Future-Proof and Efficient Workforce eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 9 Oct. 2025– The workplace, you know the place where you carry out your work, has undergone an enormous transformation in recent years and will change drastically again over the next fifteen years. And changes keep coming. Fifteen years ago, for example, it was unthinkable that smartphones would be…
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Caribbean citizens move around eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, Oct. 6th 2025– Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines signed last week a free movement agreement allowing their citizens to live, travel, and work indefinitely in any of the participating countries without needing visas or work permits. As per the Agreement, citizens traveling between the four countries…
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From Promises to Planetary Action O P I N I O N Anton JieSamFoek This coming COP30 in Brazil will be the COP of truth: the time to prove the seriousness of our commitments, consolidate and accelerate climate action. It is essential that countries deliver their updates far from mere climate targets, they represent the vision of our shared future. Without…
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Teaching Nation Building eyesonsuriname One day, President Nelson Mandela was taking a walk through the city with his bodyguards. After the walk, they went to have lunch at a restaurant. The group sat down for lunch and soon Mandela saw a man eating alone. Mandela said to one of his guards: “Go ask that man…
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Suriname (International release for BBC Caribbean, Al Jazeera & LinkedIn) Paramaribo, 2025 — Fifty years after its first independence, Suriname once again stands at a crossroads. Back in 1975, hope and ambition echoed not only in Paramaribo but also in The Hague, where Dutch Speaker of the House drs. Anne Vondeling famously said: Reality, however, has been more complex, more…
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The DRC on the rise eyesonsuriname September 8, 2025 — Earlier this month, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a letter of intent with Al Mansour Holding, a Qatari investment group closely connected to the government of Qatar. The package includes a total investment of $21 billion and contains 18 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)…
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Opportunities and Risks for Suriname. Independence 2.0 eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, Sept. 7th 2025– With the rise of The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain — has announced a $4.45 trillion investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital sovereignty a Brand New AI Superpower is Emerging. The goal is to position the Gulf states as another – third – global AI superpower, alongside Silicon Valley and China. Through this…
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OPINION Anton JieSamFoek The greatest risk facing the news and publishing industry is not AI, subscription ceilings or inflationary pressures, but inaction. News and publishing organisations are at risk of losing market share. Not from each other, but from a smorgasbord of alternative information providers – online creators (on social and media platforms), AI chatbots…
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That Refuses to See eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, September 4, 2025 — It is not the United States of America that is shooting itself in the foot and leaving the world watching in amazement. It is the president of that country, Mr. D. Trump, who seems to be destroying it. Under his rule, even a blind horse…
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