Stabroek Weekend

Between May 22 and May 25 Europeans will vote for a new European Parliament.

When you get to my age you are in overtime and a penalty shoot-out looms which you know you cannot win.

We are well into the season of annuals, seeds and bulbs.

In good taste Microwave-made Potato Chips will save your hips and waistline a lot of calories and give you that crisp potato-chip fix whenever you want it.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz vehemently denies that Chile’s new left-of-centre government will distance itself from — and in effect weaken — the Alliance of the Pacific, the bloc of pro-free market countries made up of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile that many see as Latin America’s best antidote to the region’s populist craze.

– Guyana plays catch up with Caricom neighbours Formal training in the performing arts is developing in Guyana, and indeed around the Caribbean.

Scientists refer to the Amazonian Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus coronatus) as a “passerine” or perching bird.

I have never had so many telephone calls and letters about a subject since this column was started so long ago.

FIDE, the world chess federation, has published its first-ever Rapid and Blitz rating list allowing chess players to achieve proper and measurable ranks.

Hi Everyone,  There was a period of time when I was going to secondary school that chickpeas (aka channa, garbanzo beans) were scarce.

Introduction   Historically the sugar industry developed in Guyana because of its favourable agro-climatic coastal features.

Story and photos by Samaria Deonauth Sandwiched between the much larger villages of Mon Repos and Beterverwag-ting is the breezy little settlement known as Triumph.

Smallest In a market of diverse ownership, Citizens Bank is one of three commercial banks that have majority Guyanese ownership.

For much of the last decade the Caribbean has been actively diversifying its political and economic relations.

Bert Carter is a national treasure; let’s start from there. If you needed any persuading of that, you should have been at Moray House on a recent Monday when he spoke to a very attentive crowd on the drainage infrastructure of Georgetown.

By Ralph Ramkarran Events at City Hall once again intruded into national consciousness and demanded the nation’s attention amidst the major concerns over budget cuts, the AML/CFT Bill, the LEAD Programme, the Rodney Inquiry and local government elections.

Every practising veterinarian would have been confronted by clients who shiver in fear as they present their pets who they believe are suffering from cancer.

Do you remember one of the world’s great exercises in futility?

– dance production retains colour, spectacleThe performance of Nrityageet 35 last weekend to mark Guyana’s celebration of Arrival Day on May 5 will have to be highly commended.

A new report on press freedoms worldwide contains a chilling figure: Only 2 percent of Latin Americans live in countries with a free press.