Stabroek Weekend

Several observers have noted that the account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not constitute the National Resource Fund (NRF).

Introduction Today’s column continues my rather extended interrogation cum discussion (over the  past several weeks) of the plethora of mis-representations, deceptions, and plain fake news put out ceaselessly in the social and print media by the local and external purveyors of noise and nonsense directed at Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector.

In the previous installment, we noted that, as was the case with Josė Gomes d’Aguiar, Carl Wieting and Gustav Henri Richter, the founders of Wieting & Richter Ltd.,

Political leadership transitions can sometimes be full of drama. The transition to Desmond Hoyte after Burnham’s passing in 1985, was followed by the expulsion of its second most powerful leader, Hamilton Green, then a gradual but wholesale demolition the ‘left wing’ of the Peoples National Congress (PNC).

Towards the end of life – and when you are eighty-eighty and counting you are not very distant from the end – you become more reflective.

Going in, although this is the traditional Sunday space in Stabroek News for my SO IT GO column, I am operating merely as a conduit this week for my wife Annette and her very focused work as an environmentalist.as

Although many businesses have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Absolutely Yours Public Relations and Event Coordinators has seen an increase in its revenue stream as it has attracted lots of clients in need of help operating in a business landscape that is becoming more virtual.

The recent death of one of Guyana’s most acclaimed actors, the legendary Clairmonte Taitt, was marked by a number of tributes and remembrances.

I’ve spent way too much time marvelling at the oddity of the title of Steve Soderbergh’s new crime drama, “No Sudden Move”.

Rice is not the enemy to your physique goals. Despite being on a calorie restricted ‘diet’, I eat rice and other things people deem as out of the question for fat loss.

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced an online 2021 Chess Olympiad from August 13 to September 15 at which Guyana would be represented.

Introduction Today’s column continues my rather extended interrogation cum discussion (over the  past several weeks) of the plethora of mis-representations, deceptions, and plain fake news put out ceaselessly in the social and print media by the local and external purveyors of noise and nonsense directed at Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector.

It was pleasing to read of Mahaica River cattle farmer Mohan Singh’s exploits of Paneer-making and sale in the local market.

I appreciate that my gym has a lady gym, but regret that the journey to it always feels like walking a gauntlet of visual inspection by thirsty men.

It was a struggle for Michelle Kenyon to leave the only home she knew in the Rupununi to attend secondary school in Georgetown and she recalls how shocked she was at everything she saw.

When Looknauth Mohamed was a child his mother observed what she described as black and blue marks on his skin.

Philip Herbert will be the first to admit that when he first opened World of Cocktails in 2017, he lacked the business skills that were necessary for consistency and ultimately success.

One of the consequences of the increased attention to British Guiana as a place to “try one’s luck” was a shortage of hotel and recreational facilities in Georgetown.

She is not the holder of a university degree but Annette Jaundoo, 60, manages Family Awareness Consciousness Togetherness (FACT), a local non-governmental organisation (NGOs) that caters to the vulnerable population in Corriverton.

An optical technician is the person who shapes and fits the lens into the frame of glasses.