Stabroek Weekend

There will be disputations about this one, but I will stand my ground: overall, in a region of powerhouses, with many different island cultures competing, the Jamaican version today is probably the most dynamic of them all.

Fashionable There was a time when countries like Guyana were interested in what an economist like W.

SANTIAGO, Chile: This country, which has long been Latin America’s economic star, has seen its economic growth fall from 5 percent average in recent years to a projected 1.9 percent this year.

Some of the best poetry has been written by people on the verge of death.

Introduction Last week I introduced a Table showing that, over the eight years 2006 to 2013, the average net annual increase in the public sector minimum wage (adjusted for annual inflation) was shockingly low, about one percent.

About ten days ago some 600 invited participants from the United Kingdom’s Caribbean Diaspora gathered at a venue near the British Parliament.

Last week in Tastes Like Home, I mentioned the making of Sweet Potato Bread.

Veitchia merrillii commonly called Christmas Palm or Manila Palm originated in the Philippines and the South Pacific and has adapted well in Guyana, the Caribbean and Florida.

By Mukesh Eswaran  VANCOUVER – Until recently, there has been very little analysis of women’s role in the economy.

Continued When pet owners come to the conclusion that it is best for their pets to be put to sleep permanently, very often they want to know how their beloved pets are going to be euthanised and what should they do with the dead body after the procedure.

By Sin-ming Shaw  HONG KONG – The massive public demonstrations by students and young members of the middle-class that have roiled Hong Kong in recent weeks are ostensibly demands for democracy.

By John Lloyd  (Reuters) This month, Pope Francis had to come clean.

Wesley So, 21, Filipino chess grandmaster currently playing for the US, won the Millionaire Chess Tourn-ament in Las Vegas recently and walked away with a tantalizing first prize of US$100,000.

Sunday  Cartoons

We shouted out ‘We’ve got her! Here she is! It’s her all right’.

The Clerk to the National Assembly has sought, in a letter to the press, to answer my article last Sunday in which I contended that the Speaker must convene the National Assembly now.

Hi Everyone, Hot, spicy, peppery and sweet, candied ginger is a real sweet treat.

Story and photos by David Pappanah   Number 66 Village is home to approximately 400 people.

Introduction   To be brutally frank upfront, without 1) strong independent trade unions pushing for national real minimum wage increases, the payment of living wages and the provision of substantial job programmes 2) a considerable strengthening of class-based ideology and politics among political actors and worker representatives 3) rising public awareness and consciousness (fuelled by public advocacy arising from evidence- based analyses), the struggle against grinding inequality and poverty in Guyana is as good as lost.

Head Down   The Guyana economy has entered the last quarter of 2014 and the local stock market continues to languish below its closing value of December 2013.