BvL decides to end lightning strike

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SURINAME – As of Wednesday things are back to normal  at the nation’s high schools.  Wilgo Valies, chairman of the Teachers’ Association  (BvL) told Times of Suriname that the union and its members at Tuesday’s union meeting  decided to end the lightning strike. The union decided to end the strike because it has placed its faith in the president who intervened in the matter after a meeting with the union on Friday. The president reportedly got both parties together on Friday afternoon. The union pointed out that this approach was an important signal because the president has repeatedly indicated that the teacher must be appreciated better and that he would provide a solution…[+]