Stabroek Weekend

God knows if I’ll ever finish it, but after several proddings from various quarters I have begun writing a book.

Many of the millions of us who watched the Mexico-Croatia game a few days ago asked ourselves the same questions when the umpire failed to call an obvious penalty kick for the Mexican team: are some of these World Cup matches fixed?

Introduction Last week’s column ended my extended presentation on the state of the sugar industry, which had begun on January 5 of this year.

AFC Vice Chair, Moses Nagamootoo, announced that his party was contemplating a motion of no confidence against the government.

Trying to describe the overall outcome of the Eighth UK-Caribbean Forum, the biennial government to government dialogue that took place in London on June 16-17, is far from easy.

If ever a country needed more civility in the discourse conducted between its political and other leaders it is Guyana now.

Public good The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) has proposed a hike in the tuition fees to be paid by students of the university.

World champion Magnus Carlsen has won three coveted chess titles, making him the World Champion in the classical or conventional format, as well as in the rapid and blitz formats.

Have you ever thought of growing your own kitchen herbs in pots or window boxes?

Ear (aural) haematomas These are fluid filled swellings of the ear flap (Pinna).

One of the very important plays in the post-Independence literature of Guyana is being shown at the Theatre Guild Playhouse this weekend.

Saag Aloo is a North Indian vegetarian dish made of any type of leafy greens and potatoes.

In the Sunday Stabroek two weeks ago (June 15), artist Stanley Greaves wrote about Roderick ‘Bermine’ Bartrum, who passed away recently.

Sunday Cartoon

Hi Everyone, What is it about fried chicken that is so alluring?

Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser Hampton Court, a predominantly East Indian village located between Devonshire Castle and Windsor Castle, is well-populated but most of the people who live there, Sunday Stabroek was told, “don’t like publicity.”

We have rock stars in the Caribbean; we don’t call them that, but, in the North American meaning of the term, that’s what they are.

As indicated last week, today’s column is the last in the series of columns that I started on January 5, 2014 aimed at appraising the crisis state of Guyana’s sugar industry.

Newly re-elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ proposal to prohibit successive presidential re-elections is the best political initiative I have seen in South America in recent years.

Once again the issue of an apology from the PNCR has become topical.