Stabroek Weekend

I remember reading Roger Ebert’s review of Midnight Cowboy for a class on American film.

A 40-minute drive from Georgetown along the East Coast Demerara road would bring you to Two Friends, a busy little village, precisely 29.5 kilometers from the city.

Frederick Winslow Taylor, who as a young foreman in a Philadelphia steelworks in 1880 started measuring work performance compared with time taken to do the work, was the first time and motion study expert, the man who pioneered the science of efficiency in management. 

He’s widely known as ‘Reds’ Perreira but his passport name is Joseph, named after his grandfather Joseph Francis Martins, who, in later life, was my father after he married a second time. 

An indication As indicated in last week’s article, one can take a look at the current account and understand many things that affect our economy. 

Introduction My last column had introduced what is often deemed in the literature as the most fundamental observation related to oil refineries in energy economics.

Escape was a full dance production staged at the National Cultural Centre on June 10 last. 

It is a significant truth that World Chess Champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, 26, the person who holds the highest chess rating in the world at 2832, cannot be sidelined for long.

Baba Ganoush shares the same main ingredient as Baigan/Eggplant Choka – smoky roasted eggplant.

There might be times in your fitness journey when you get to a stage where the only thing moving is you.

Striated Herons (Butorides striata) are often seen standing still at the edge of ponds and trenches where they wait to ambush prey such as small fish, frogs and insects. 

Hibiscus syriacus commonly called Rose of Sharon or Shrub Althea originated in northern Israel and Syria.

Hi Everyone, This week, we continue our heat series featuring hot peppers currently in season.

Earlier this week, I woke up to images of a glowing pregnant barely covered Serena Williams gracing the cover of Vanity Fair on my Instagram feed.

Today marks the beginning of the second half of the year.

Hoff Van Aurich is a sleepy little village on the Essequibo Coast situated 26 kilometres from Supenaam.

Part 1 Level of savings When one looks at the current account balance in the country’s balance of payments, the concern might be about the deficit that emerges annually and the amount of foreign currency that seems to be leaving the country. 

These are not my own insights but I make them my own and am pleased to pass them on.

A Caribbean lawyer friend of mine, a very perceptive gentleman, occasionally sends me pieces of writing on this subject or that on the basis that they will interest me. 

Assassins of conversation they bury the voice they assassinate, in the beloved grave of the voice, never to be silent.