Stabroek Weekend

By Patrick George “Shut yuh damn mouth, yuh late!” Hot words cutting through the silence of a cool morning, only just rising from slumber to meet the new day.

Patrick George is a published writer and poet whose short stories and poems have been featured in the Guyana Annual and the Anthology of Contemporary Guyanese Verse.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, juveniles in the national holding centre are still accessing the justice system remotely.

The year 2020 will be one that goes down in history for current global pandemic and how drastically many of our lives have changed as a result of it.

By Alim Hosein The loss of four artists in short succession has been a great blow to Guyana, an axe to the root of its art, given this country’s tiny population, and the small number of persons engaged in art.

There is scene that comes a little over halfway into “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”, where director/writer Eliza Hittman reveals the meaning and value of the film’s title in one of the most searing moments in cinema of 2020.

“I really can’t take this thing. Is like I sick and all and should take a bed in the hospital.

With the pandemic and rising popularity of non-gym workouts, it’s important to know all the ways you can incorporate at-home tools into your training to get a great workout anytime, anywhere, and at any fitness level.

Dear Minerva,  I hope you get this ’cause I really need an answer; my mind is confused.

Many of us have either watched or heard stories about serial killers and there are a few questions that we naturally ask: Why would they kill all those people?

“Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others, chess.” – Evan Esar  World Chess Day, observed on July 20, coincides with the birth anniversary of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), which was founded on July 20, 1924.

Introduction Today’s column addresses the third and final policy choice that I anticipate Guyana will have to make during the next decade.

There can be no doubt that with the end of the road approaching, the APNU+AFC coalition is in a mess.

Apart from having the luck in life’s lottery of inheriting good genes there are two sure ways to live a longer and healthier life.

Several Christmases ago, I wanted a twist to the glaze I was going to put on baked ham, so I decided to add some mango achar to my homemade guava jam.

I am craving a form of escapism. Pre-Covid, we lived with so much excess that it was exhausting for me and a lot of the people I knew.

At the end of May, the subject of Guyanese art as a label, concept, movement, or school was revisited.

A law enforcement officer and youth leader recently launched a business that he hopes will serve as a guiding light for young men in depressed communities and to provide them with a source of income.

Five years after the initial startup of his juicing business, Mario Joseph on Friday launched Mario’s Juice Bar, Smoothies, Shakes, Burgers and Grill House.

For as long as she could remember, Faaneesa Elemoodeen has always had a love for cooking.