Stabroek Weekend

Haiti became independent in 1804 when Dessalines assumed the role of Governor General, later assuming the title of Emperor.

My tutor at Cambridge, Professor Nick Hammond, authority on the history of ancient Macedonia and on the life of Alexander the Great, used to coach me on what he called “exercises of the mind.”

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines a forgotten aspect of Test cricket at Bourda.

By Vishnu Bisram US-based Guyanese Deocalli Ramnarine (nee Ramdass) celebrates 46 years as an educator; 27 of which she served in Guyana.

Venerating his role in preserving generations of Caribbean culture and thought in print, the Guyana-born, UK-based Arif Ali, founder of Hansib Publications, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters. 

The unexpected thrill of seeing a pudgy panda excelling at expert martial arts were long-gone by the time “Kung Fu Panda” arrived in cinemas in early 2016.

“Sometimes I don’t know how to deal with it to be honest.

  My Heart Leaps Up (or “The Rainbow”) My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!

This week we will break down Section 21 of the Sexual Offences Act (SOA), Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana, an important part of Guyana’s legislative framework aimed at addressing and mitigating child sex offences within Guyana.

All human beings are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions.

Politics ‘Come right’ Jagdeo tells challengers: Vice President and General Secretary of the PPP/C Bharrat Jagdeo last week told challengers of the governing party that they need to “come right” as Guyana approaches the next general and regional elections in 2025.

After graduating from Brickdam Secondary School, David Adams enrolled at the University of Guyana to pursue a degree in biology.

The book that topped the 2023 Guyana Prize for Literature Fiction award is the culmination of journalist and author Michael Jordan thinking for 47 years about writing the story of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Ann Stewart, who was murdered in 1976, and whose body was placed in a sitting position in an alley in Tucville.

A review of third parties, their roles and future, were discussed in SN’s editorial yesterday against the background of VP Jagdeo’s announcement that the PPP was ready for the challenge.

Have you ever seen a Victoria Regia Lily? Have you seen its leaves?

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour chats with Leslaine (Les) Lambert about the recent reunion to celebrate Guyana’s double triumph during the 1983 West Indies season, looks at snippets of the season and the aftermath.

Clem Seecharan’s “Cheddi Jagan and the Cold War, 1946-1992,” unfolds as a Tolstoyan epic across 743 pages (713 excluding the bibliography and index).

March 8th was International Women’s Day and today we once again recognise women in the technical and vocational field.

Just over one week ago on March 8, Guyana-born artist and photographer Dr Ingrid Pollard MBE (b.