Stabroek Weekend

One must be thankful that there are things to read other than the blood-filled and vitriol-laced pages of the daily newspapers.

Declining fortunes This is no time for naysayers to gloat about the declining fortunes of the gold industry and the conundrum of the rice industry.

Two weeks ago, on ACP day – an event to the best of my knowledge not widely celebrated – an unusually frank and honest lecture was delivered at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM).

Continued from last week Haematomas/Seromas I had promised last week (and the week before) to deal with ear haematomas.

This morning is new, but the sun that made it is old.

A fair number of elite grandmasters, including world champion Magnus Carlsen, Anand, Caruana, Karjakin and Judit Polgar have been doing chess battle at the World Rapid and Blitz championships in Dubai, UAE.

The Black capped donocobius is a cheerful and conspicuous bird along the canals in the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown. 

I am sure that it has not escaped your consciousness that most of the recipes shared in ‘In Good Taste’ are based on experimentations.

Cassia fistula commonly called Golden Shower tree or Indian Laburnum as its name suggests, originated from the Indian sub-continent and South-east Asia.

Sunday Cartoons

Hi Everyone,  If you had to come up with 5 food (food & beverage) items that people visiting Guyana must try, what would they be?

Story and photos by Mario Joseph   Whether it’s a hot sunny day or a cool afternoon, sweet ripe coconut water is always on sale at Priestman’s coconut stall on the edge of Friendship, on the East Bank of Demerara.

In honour of Father’s Day, Sunday Stabroek interviewed Wil Campbell, teacher and counsellor, on the challenges of being a father and what the role demands.

Rogue drivers The minibus culture of reckless and indisciplined driving is expected to get worse as time goes by unless the police adopt a more aggressive attitude towards the rogue drivers in the industry.

The Peoples’ National Congress (PNC) government nationalised the Demerara Bauxite Company in 1971.

This too shall pass. The utter shambles into which the administration of Guyana’s cricket has fallen will one day end.

The way forward for sugar Part 1   Introduction In this column and next week’s, I shall undertake the final task in this series on Guyana’s sugar industry.

Every two years the British and the Caribbean governments meet with the objective of moving forward a relationship that has become much changed.

Alim Hosein is an artist, a linguist, a literary and art critic.

By Stanley Greaves It was with surprise and regret that I learnt of the recent death of Roderick Bartrum.