Stabroek Weekend

The debate about what constitutes happiness has been going on for thousands of years. 

“They keep saying that God don’t give you more than you can take, but I going through hardship fuh me whole life, things not getting better.

Introduction Today’s column considers the challenge of navigating external pressures on Guyana to pursue a spending path for its expected Government’s Take, which conforms with what economists term the “permanent income hypothesis (PIH) budget rules”.

By Frank Birbalsingh Roy Heath’s oeuvre of nine novels proclaim him as one of the finest Anglophone Caribbean novelists, and certainly one of the best from Guyana, so it is something of a surprise that Ameena Gafoor’s Aftermath of Empire: The Novels of Roy A.K.

Most people are aware of the physical benefits of exercise and are also possibly aware of the health-related benefits that reduce the risk of chronic conditions.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose two percent during the third period of trading in September 2018. 

Guyana’s finest players departed these shores on Wednes-day to represent the nation at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

Bamboo comes from the Malay word bambu. Bamboo is a member of the grass family and originated from South East Asia.

The Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)is found in Mexico, through Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina, Bolivia  and Paraguay.

Hi Everyone, My friend Patricia on the telephone: “Do you want me to slice the bread or leave it whole?”

It’s amazing how your interests and priorities shift as you grow older.

“Secrets are like margarine,” quips Stephanie, the protagonist of “A Simple Favor,” Paul Feig’s new mystery/comedy/thriller.

  From pseudo biopics like “Colette” and imagined biopics like “Roma” to inspired-by-true-events films like “Viper Club” and “Cold War,” the dichotomy between the real and the imagined seemed of recurring value throughout TIFF 18.

At the world premiere of “Ben is Back” at the Toronto International Film Festival last week, writer and director Peter Hedges discussed the reason he built his film about addiction around a single day.

Studley Park is a quiet little village on the Canal Number One Public Road, 15.5 miles from Vreed-en-Hoop.

Ryan Crawford, whose middle name you will have to guess, is an attorney-at-law in practice in Berbice, and the son of the late Marcel Crawford, one of the Ancient County’s distinguished lawyers.

As I write this, Florence, a massive hurricane, is approaching the US mainland, taking dead aim at North Carolina, and it sends me back to my experience with such storms.

“I don’t love him. Let me tell you that man treat me like nothing.

In the old Soviet Russia one of the more outrageous features of life was that their greatest creative writers for years were barred from publishing in their own native land.

Introduction Today’s column starts with a wrap-up of the discussion on intergenerational equity.