Stabroek Weekend

Vice President Jagdeo recently added some clarity regarding the long-term vision of the PPP/C administration.

In 2008 when Annette and I were courting she took me to Shell Beach.

There is no doubt that Guyana is in need of talented speech writers and a new business, founded by Attorney-at-law Shakisa Harvey, has stepped into the breach.

The war for the Guyanese palate was dominated by three urban companies.

Bass Culture                               (for Big Yout)   1 muzik of blood black reared pain rooted heart geared all tensed up in di bubbe an di bounce an di leap an di weight drop it is di beat of di heart this pulsing of blood that is a bubblin bass a bad bad beat pushin against di wall whey bar black blood an is a whole heappa passion a gather like a frightful form like a righteous harm giving off wild like is madness [.

One of my favourite creative moments in any medium is the beginning of the finale of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Sunday in the Park with George”.

“I am planning to get married again soon and this time I want to wear a white wedding dress.

After a three-month grind of cardio, lifting weights and dieting for my last competition, I decided to take a mini vacation.

The statistics from the 2020 and 2021 online Chess Olympiads are taken from two reports prepared by Guyanese Loris Nathoo, who was player/ captain of the 2020 team, and player of the 2021 team.

Lasy Update: 812.84                        Movement: 6.819% Current Update:868.27                    YTD Movement: 25.50%                               LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index climbed 6.819% during the fourth period of trading in August 2021.

More than a decade ago, I wrote a column about the confusion between a sponge cake (which is what we call it in Guyana) and a pound cake.

The act of being vulnerable is a daunting one. It is one that invites waves of fear, a sense of out-of-placeness and magnifies the possibility of it being weaponized.

“We need the vaccines for our safety…,” says Canje, Berbice resident Hakila Husain.

Best known as “Toshao” in the village of Kwebanna, on the Waini River, even though he is no longer the office holder, Paul Pierre has given his youth and adult life to community and political activism while he took the path of self-employment to achieve his objective of giving public service to his home in Koriabo and adopted home of Kwebanna.

Creative from the Outside, which is located on the West Coast Demerara, was established in November last year after jasper Medas finally listened to a friend who had been telling him again and again that he was creative and had a lot of potential, having seen his work.

The Sunday Stabroek’s editorial last Sunday, “Democratic values,” stated: “A more predictable viewpoint which he [Cheddi Jagan] never relinquished was that class in Guyana was more important than race, a somewhat tenuous assumption at best and plain inaccurate at worst.”

By Kyla Quinn and Palak Mehta Viruses make us sick when they invade our cells.

Riddym Ravings (the mad woman’s poem) De fus time dem kar me go a Bellevue was fi di dactar an de lanlord aperate an tek de radio outa mi head troo dem sieze the bed weh did a gi mi cancer an mek mi talk to nobady ah di same night wen dem trow mi out fi no pay de rent mi haffi sleep outa door wid de Channel One riddym box an de DJ fly up eena mi head mi hear im a play seh   Eh, Eh, No feel no way Town is a place dat ah really kean stay Dem kudda – ribbit mi han Eh – ribbit mi toe Mi waan go a country go look mango   fah wen hungry mek King St pavement bubble an dally in front a mi yeye an mi foot start wanda falla fly to de garbage pan eena de chinaman backlat dem nearly chap aff mi hand eena de butcha shap fi de piece a ratten poke ah de same time de mawga gal in front a mi drap de laas piece a ripe banana an mi – ben dung – pick i up – an nyam i a dat time dem grab mi an kar mi back a Bellevue dis time de dactar an de landlord aperate an tek de radio plug outa mi head den sen mi out, seeh mi alright but – as ah ketch back outa street ah push een back de plug an ah hear mi DJ still a play, seh   Eh, Eh, no feel no way town is a place dat ah really kean stay dem kudda – ribbit me han eh – ribbit me toe mi waan go a country go look mango [.

There has always been competition in the Guyanese aerated drink market.