Stabroek Weekend

Crispy and crunchy are thin sticks of green plantains when fried until golden.

Today is Arrival Day. To mark the anniversary of the landing of two noteworthy ships, The Hesperus and The Whitby on the shores of British Guiana on May 5, 186 years ago, here are short excerpts of prose and poetry documenting that immigration experience and its aftermath in various creative ways.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at Andy Roberts.

The Congress of the People’s Progressive Party, few and far between, is taking place this weekend in the elevated ambience of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre at Turkeyen, Georgetown.

Some twenty-five persons from the Kopinang Village, Region Eight, recently benefited from tour guide training done by the Guyana Tourism Authority’s Product Development.

Venezuelan dictator Maduro’s threat to annex Essequibo hurts my soul. I am particularly anguished by this threat because of all the many wonders in my life the great and beautiful Essequibo stands out most memorably.

Breaking Down Sexual Offences Last week we concluded our examination of laws which seek to protect people with mental disorders from sexual predation.

After six rounds of the nine-round 2024 National Women’s Chess Championship,13-year-old Aditi Joshi of Queen’s College and journalist Jessica Callender were in the lead with five points each.

As part of its efforts to impact the lives of children here in Guyana, Food for the Poor (Guy) Inc (FFTP) has announced the inauguration on April 30, of a literacy programme in Byderabo,Bartica, in collaboration with its In Country Partner (ICP) Project New Nation.

The idea of Ryan Gosling as a charming, if bad-luck prone, comedic leading man does not seem like an unusual thing to see on screen.

Introduction Today’s column advances several additional insights into the ongoing National Budget 2024 appraisal of the macro and micro-economic foundations of Guyana, now generally classed as the Americas’ fastest rising Petrostate.

Erma Bombeck, an American humorist once said, “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.”

Accountability Exxon distances self from inflated declaration: ExxonMobil lats week distanced itself from the huge inflation of an invoice detected by the GRA and pointed to its former broker which it did not name and both are set to appear in court next week over the matter.

Retired agricultural scientist Guyanese Dr Reginald Thompson has moved from research and the formal classroom to mentoring and guiding students to become the best version of themselves on weekends in the Durham Education Mentoring Programme (DEMP) in Ontario, Canada.

Due to the prolong dry season team Adventure Guianas ( Piraiba Lodge) and volunteers from Apoteri Village, KWA and ARM came together recently  relocate stranded arapaimas.

A lot can be done with a little, and little done with a lot.

I always hated bras. From the wires, the heat they drive, restrictive feeling and the labour intensive duty to find a suitable one for every outfit, what is there not to hate.