Stabroek Weekend

Last week we looked at genetics and discussed its significance in an individual’s muscle gain or weight loss efforts.

Periodontitis Let me fulfil my promise to continue with the symptoms and treatment of the disease, Periodontitis.

Following a lacklustre 2015, chess is off to a great start this year.

Best transportation for the terrain? Two young men were out for an afternoon ride in ‘D’ Field, Sophia yesterday.

(continued) The choice of the rootstock depends largely upon being resistant to nematodes and gummosis disease, which is a serious problem in the Caribbean.

The Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper is very similar to other woodcreepers in the family, but is noticeably larger.

Sunday Cartoon

The release last week of the new film The Ole Higue by Ssignal Productions refocused the camera on Guyana’s attempts to build a film industry and on recent attention paid to the recognition and development of cultural industries.

Hi Everyone, Years ago, on an occasion just like this – Valentine’s – I publicly declared my love for curry.

This week I wanted to share with you a few things that have come under my radar that I found quite interesting and important to the way fashion and the arts are shaped in the Caribbean.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   One of the cars parked at Stanleytown junction, once full, takes off to its destination.

Introduction: one-off As I have done over the past several years, I had intended, some time much later in the year, to devote a few columns to an update on the state of Guyana’s sugar industry.

World of transportation This article is an attempt to unravel the complex world of the transportation service in Guyana.

That’s right, 50 years ago or now: when would you rather be living?

The Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge is one of the most famous science buildings in the world.

Scrolling through my Instagram timeline last week I came across a funny meme with the caption: “Some people can eat five burgers and not gain a pound; I click ‘like’ on a picture of a Nutella jar and gain five pounds.”

(continued) Periodontitis I read somewhere that the most common disease in humans is Periodontitis.

The announcement by the government that the Wales Sugar Estate would be closed at the end of 2016 was the subject of a symposium at Moray House at Camp and Quamina Streets, the former home of the late David de Caires, the founding editor of Stabroek News.

Cumin/geera and potatoes seem to have a natural affinity. Potatoes, being bland and porous, easily absorb the flavour of whatever they are cooked with (it is one of the reasons potatoes are added to foods while cooking to remove excess salt).

Last July, the Financial Times contained as a paid for insert, a glossy brochure offering citizenship-by-investment in the Caribbean.