Commissie Ordening Goudsector en Belastingdienst op zoek naar skalians in Stuwmeergebied
08-06-2014
Paramaribo - De Belastingdienst en Commissie Ordening Goudsector (COG) zetten binnenkort hun grootscheepse actie tegen skalianhouders voort in het Stuwmeergebied. In april zijn de goudzoekers in het Marowijnegebied aangepakt om aan hun belastingplicht te voldoen. Enkele skalians ofwel goudpontons zijn toen in beslag genomen.
Gerold Dompig, voorzitter van het Managementteam van de commissie, laat vandaag, zondag 8 juni 2014, via Starnieuws weten, dat deze maand in het Stuwmeergebied opgetreden zal worden tegen de skalianhouders.
‘Wij zijn begonnen in het Marowijnegebied, maar we zouden het zeker er niet bij laten. Overal waar skalians bezig zijn, zal worden aangedaan met de Belastingdienst.’
Diverse skalians verrichten goudmijnbouwactiviteiten op de bodems in rivieren en op het Stuwmeer. De COG heeft de skalianhouders geregistreerd., waarna de Belastingdienst hen heeft opgeroepen om hun belastingverplichtingen te voldoen. Velen hebben hier geen gehoor aan gegeven, vandaar dat besloten is de skalianhouders in het gebied op te zoeken.
Dompig zegt dat succesvol is opgetreden in het Marowijnegebied. De actie in het Stuwmeergebied wordt nu voorbereid.
Commissie Ordening Goudsector en Belastingdienst op zoek naar skalians in Stuwmeergebied
08-06-2014
Paramaribo - De Belastingdienst en Commissie Ordening Goudsector (COG) zetten binnenkort hun grootscheepse actie tegen skalianhouders voort in het Stuwmeergebied. In april zijn de goudzoekers in het Marowijnegebied aangepakt om aan hun belastingplicht te voldoen. Enkele skalians ofwel goudpontons zijn toen in beslag genomen.
Gerold Dompig, voorzitter van het Managementteam van de commissie, laat vandaag, zondag 8 juni 2014, via Starnieuws weten, dat deze maand in het Stuwmeergebied opgetreden zal worden tegen de skalianhouders.
‘Wij zijn begonnen in het Marowijnegebied, maar we zouden het zeker er niet bij laten. Overal waar skalians bezig zijn, zal worden aangedaan met de Belastingdienst.’
Diverse skalians verrichten goudmijnbouwactiviteiten op de bodems in rivieren en op het Stuwmeer. De COG heeft de skalianhouders geregistreerd., waarna de Belastingdienst hen heeft opgeroepen om hun belastingverplichtingen te voldoen. Velen hebben hier geen gehoor aan gegeven, vandaar dat besloten is de skalianhouders in het gebied op te zoeken.
Dompig zegt dat succesvol is opgetreden in het Marowijnegebied. De actie in het Stuwmeergebied wordt nu voorbereid.
Khartoum - The Ministry of Minerals announced that a specialized committee is considering the health and environment risks resulting from use of mercury at the traditional gold mining areas in Sudan different states has concluded its works and recommended issuing an act draft that is ready to be referred to the parliament for approval.
It is to mention that the Traditional Mining Conference that was organized by the Ministry of Minerals has recommended using the means for gold extraction far away from use of mercury.
The Director of the Traditional Mining Administration at the Ministry of Minerals, Brigadier Mustafa Ibrahim denied at the TV Program "Al-Mahata Al-Wosta), broadcast by Ashorooq Channel Tuesday that the Ministry has signed an international convention banning use of mercury, adding that "We've a view in the convention that aims for further making equations that uses mercury in many industries and for further internal arrangement.
An official report pointed to the dangerous use of mercury at the traditional mining areas, saying that the use of this substance threatens the lives of thousands of miners and endanger them to the deadly risk environmentally and health wise.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Traditional Mining Union at Abu Hamad, Mubarak Abbas pointed out that the state recognizes the traditional mining as an activity, but it didn't rationalize it.
He explained that mining is providing good work opportunities for youths, adding that Abu Hamad only has over 25,0000 miners and 8,0000 wells for gold exploration and they had warned before on the dangerous use of mercury via a number of memos for the state official bodies including the Presidency of Republic.
In the same regard, the Director of Abu Hamad Hospital, Dr. Farouk Medani, has drawn a bleak image to the main hospital that received gold miners in Abu Hamad, revealing cases being received by the hospital and suffering from diseases that were caused by use of mercury collapse of wells.
He said that by inhalation of mercury for a long time will affect miners at the gold mining areas and cause cancer and kidney failure and other serious diseases.
Khartoum - The Ministry of Minerals announced that a specialized committee is considering the health and environment risks resulting from use of mercury at the traditional gold mining areas in Sudan different states has concluded its works and recommended issuing an act draft that is ready to be referred to the parliament for approval.
It is to mention that the Traditional Mining Conference that was organized by the Ministry of Minerals has recommended using the means for gold extraction far away from use of mercury.
The Director of the Traditional Mining Administration at the Ministry of Minerals, Brigadier Mustafa Ibrahim denied at the TV Program "Al-Mahata Al-Wosta), broadcast by Ashorooq Channel Tuesday that the Ministry has signed an international convention banning use of mercury, adding that "We've a view in the convention that aims for further making equations that uses mercury in many industries and for further internal arrangement.
An official report pointed to the dangerous use of mercury at the traditional mining areas, saying that the use of this substance threatens the lives of thousands of miners and endanger them to the deadly risk environmentally and health wise.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Traditional Mining Union at Abu Hamad, Mubarak Abbas pointed out that the state recognizes the traditional mining as an activity, but it didn't rationalize it.
He explained that mining is providing good work opportunities for youths, adding that Abu Hamad only has over 25,0000 miners and 8,0000 wells for gold exploration and they had warned before on the dangerous use of mercury via a number of memos for the state official bodies including the Presidency of Republic.
In the same regard, the Director of Abu Hamad Hospital, Dr. Farouk Medani, has drawn a bleak image to the main hospital that received gold miners in Abu Hamad, revealing cases being received by the hospital and suffering from diseases that were caused by use of mercury collapse of wells.
He said that by inhalation of mercury for a long time will affect miners at the gold mining areas and cause cancer and kidney failure and other serious diseases.
New York is 3,000 miles—and an ecological light-year—away from Suriname, the rain forest–rich country nestled on the northeastern shoulder of South America. But for Manhattan-based jewelry designer Pamela Love, the sleepy, relatively untouristed spot was well worth visiting and revisiting: on vacation in 2012, and then on business last November. “Suriname is unusually rich in natural resources,” Love says of the country that produces about 80,000 pounds of gold each year.
A Dutch colonial mansion in the capital city of Paramaribo.
Love, who’s best known for her Native American–inspired pieces (like her iconic Talon cuff bracelet and arrowhead pendant), makes her jewelry in Manhattan with stones that have been ethically mined, and she does everything she can to see firsthand the conditions that make her craft possible. On this trip, she came to observe Suriname’s gold mining practices, meet with government officials, and raise awareness in her industry about extraction techniques that don’t exploit workers or destroy the environment. “As a designer, I think it’s important for me to understand the struggles behind the materials that supply the jewelry trade,” she says.
With the picturesque (and cheerfully polyglot) wooden capital of Paramaribo as her home base, Love took helicopter day-trips into the jungle, rode rapids in a dugout canoe, and visited a remote Amerindian village. Finally, she alighted at the quarries of Nana Resources, a mining operation committed to phasing out the use of mercury, which endangers communities and the rain forest—a major draw for tourism in the country. “The rain forest is the most important resource Suriname has,” Love says. “So they’re trying to mine in the most responsible way possible. It’s just too beautiful not to protect.”
Designer Pamela Love on an overlook above the village of Gunzi, Suriname.
Throughout her trip, Love’s home base was the Royal Torarica Hotel (Kleine Waterstraat 10; 597-473-500; doubles from $95) in Paramaribo, where clusters of Dutch colonial clapboard mansions line little canals, fruit vendors sell mangoes and bottles of kasiri from carts, and a mosque with towering minarets sits next to a seventeenth–century synagogue.
What struck her immediately about the city was its religious and culture diversity: ”There are the Maroons, those who came over from Java, the indigenous people, the Dutch—it’s a big mix, and they’re really proud of their varying heritages,” she says. “Everyone I met was, like, part Dutch, part Maroon, part Javanese, and part indigenous—it was amazing.”
After exploring the capital, Love and her husband took a series of day-trips into the heart of the rain forest. They flew to the Raleighvallen Nature Reserve, on Foengoe Island, and then went by helicopter to the top of Voltzberg, a granite dome with 360-degree views of the Central Suriname Reserve, where they touched down for a picnic lunch.
“Everywhere we went we had to take tiny planes—I was convinced we were going to crash into a bunch of palm trees of into the jungle.”
Along the way, they fed forest monkeys and, more nerve-racking, piranhas with chattering teeth. Finally, they visited southern Suriname’s Kwamalasamutu, a remote Amerindian village just above the borders of Guyana and Brazil that is home to the Trio tribe. Some of the women showed Love and her husband their feathered headdresses and colorful beaded jewelry; then everyone set out for the river rapids in dugout canoes.
ExpandDugout canoes at Raleighvallen, on the Copename River.
ExpandA member of the Trio tribe wearing brightly beaded jewelry in the remote village of Kwamalasamutu.
New York is 3,000 miles—and an ecological light-year—away from
Suriname, the rain forest–rich country nestled on the northeastern
shoulder of South America. But for Manhattan-based jewelry designer
Pamela Love, the sleepy, relatively untouristed spot was well worth
visiting and revisiting: on vacation in 2012, and then on business last
November. “Suriname is unusually rich in natural resources,” Love says
of the country that produces about 80,000 pounds of gold each year.
A Dutch colonial mansion in the capital city of Paramaribo.
Love, who’s best known for her Native American–inspired pieces
(like her iconic Talon cuff bracelet and arrowhead pendant), makes her
jewelry in Manhattan with stones that have been ethically mined, and she
does everything she can to see firsthand the conditions that make her
craft possible. On this trip, she came to observe Suriname’s gold mining
practices, meet with government officials, and raise awareness in her
industry about extraction techniques that don’t exploit workers or
destroy the environment. “As a designer, I think it’s important for me
to understand the struggles behind the materials that supply the jewelry
trade,” she says.
With the picturesque (and cheerfully polyglot) wooden capital of
Paramaribo as her home base, Love took helicopter day-trips into the
jungle, rode rapids in a dugout canoe, and visited a remote Amerindian
village. Finally, she alighted at the quarries of Nana Resources, a
mining operation committed to phasing out the use of mercury, which
endangers communities and the rain forest—a major draw for tourism in
the country. “The rain forest is the most important resource Suriname
has,” Love says. “So they’re trying to mine in the most responsible way
possible. It’s just too beautiful not to protect.”
Designer Pamela Love on an overlook above the village of Gunzi, Suriname.
Throughout her trip, Love’s home base was the Royal Torarica Hotel (Kleine Waterstraat 10; 597-473-500; doubles from $95) in
Paramaribo, where clusters of Dutch colonial clapboard mansions line
little canals, fruit vendors sell mangoes and bottles of kasiri from
carts, and a mosque with towering minarets sits next to a
seventeenth–century synagogue.
What struck her immediately about the
city was its religious and culture diversity: ”There are the Maroons,
those who came over from Java, the indigenous people, the Dutch—it’s a
big mix, and they’re really proud of their varying heritages,” she says.
“Everyone I met was, like, part Dutch, part Maroon, part Javanese, and
part indigenous—it was amazing.”
After exploring the capital, Love and her husband took a series of
day-trips into the heart of the rain forest. They flew to the
Raleighvallen Nature Reserve, on Foengoe Island, and then went by
helicopter to the top of Voltzberg, a granite dome with 360-degree views
of the Central Suriname Reserve, where they touched down for a picnic
lunch.
“Everywhere we went we had to take tiny planes—I was convinced we
were going to crash into a bunch of palm trees of into the jungle.”
Along the way, they fed forest monkeys and, more nerve-racking, piranhas
with chattering teeth. Finally, they visited southern Suriname’s
Kwamalasamutu, a remote Amerindian village just above the borders of
Guyana and Brazil that is home to the Trio tribe. Some of the women
showed Love and her husband their feathered headdresses and colorful
beaded jewelry; then everyone set out for the river rapids in dugout
canoes.
ExpandDugout canoes at Raleighvallen, on the Copename River.
ExpandA member of the Trio tribe wearing brightly beaded jewelry in the remote village of Kwamalasamutu.
Toegang kostgrondjes door zwaar bewapende leden commissie gebarricadeerd
29-05-2014
Paramaribo - De bewoners van het dorp Baling Soela in het district Brokopondo zijn moe van de Commissie Ordening Goudsector (COG). Dorpsbewoner Sergio Maabo laat vandaag, donderdag 29 mei 2014, via het Dagblad Suriname weten, dat de bewoners van het dorp geen werkzaamheden mogen uitvoeren op de ‘weg van Suralco’ die leidt naar de hulpdam, omdat de COG ter plekke een tweede poort heeft geplaatst. Daarmee is ook de toegang tot de kostgronden gebarricadeerd.
Ook zouden manschappen van de commissie zware wapens ter plekke geplaatst hebben om de bewoners van het dorp af te schrikken.
Maabo weet dat ‘volgens normaal gebruik’ de ongeveer 700 bewoners van het dorp gebruik mogen maken van de weg, zolang zij de sleutel bij de kapitein van het dorp halen. In geval de sleutel niet beschikbaar is, zijn er twee paadjes naast de poort aangelegd, zodat de dorpelingen gemakkelijk hun kostgronden kunnen bereiken. De COG heeft thans op de hele brug zand geplaatst, waardoor mensen niet meer aan de zijkant kunnen lopen. De manschappen van de commissie staan zwaar bewapend bij de tweede poort en zien erop toe dat niemand toegang meer krijgt tot de kostgronden. Aangifte bij de politie heeft ook geen positief resultaat opgeleverd. De mensen zijn volgens Maabo afhankelijk van de kostgronden.
Van de COG mogen de dorpelingen niet meer aan kleinschalige goudwinning in het gebied doen. Dit zorgt voor veel ontevredenheid onder de bewoners, die van mening zijn dat zij recht hebben op de gronden aldaar, omdat zij generaties daar hebben gewoond en het hebben onderhouden. Bovendien zouden anderen nu toch bezig zijn met de goudwinning en de commissie zou dat toelaten.
Op 21 mei gingen de bewoners van Baling Soela over tot het barricaderen van de Afobakaweg die leidt naar Brokopondo Centrum. Door tussenkomst van minister Edward Belfort van Justitie en Politie en de parlementariërs Ronny Brunswijk (ABOP) en Diana Pokie (A-Combinatie) lukte het om de situatie onder controle te krijgen. De bewoners waren dinsdag uitgenodigd voor een bespreking met de president.
Pokie stelt, dat het gesprek met de president normaal voortgang heeft gevonden en dat de regering en de betrokken parlementariërs er alles aan doen om de situatie zo spoedig mogelijk te herstellen.
Commissie Ordening Goudsector en Belastingdienst op zoek naar skalians in Stuwmeergebied 
