Stabroek Weekend

Student of the Orealla Secondary School, Veral Felix, 15, smiles as he is rewarded with a trophy for placing second in the individual category of the Sixth Berbice Inter-School Chess Championship held in November at the Manchester Secondary School. Presenting the trophy is Berbice High School teacher Zahir Moakan (right). Veral travelled to the chess competition from Orealla in the Berbice river with his mother, starting out at 11 o’clock at night by boat.
Student of the Orealla Secondary School, Veral Felix, 15, smiles as he is rewarded with a trophy for placing second in the individual category of the Sixth Berbice Inter-School Chess Championship held in November at the Manchester Secondary School. Presenting the trophy is Berbice High School teacher Zahir Moakan (right). Veral travelled to the chess competition from Orealla in the Berbice river with his mother, starting out at 11 o’clock at night by boat.

Still waiting for the chess federation

A beleaguered local chess federation, failing in its ability to organize a national junior chess championship and its senior counterpart, in addition to two national school chess championships over the past two years, seems to be stirring some reaction among our youthful precocious chess minds.

An Undulated Tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) at Buffalo Pond near Karanambu Lodge, Rupununi

An Undulated Tinamou

The Undulated Tinamou is a greyish ground bird that is more frequently heard than seen, with its distinctive 3-note call. 

Fine thyme

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) commonly called fine-leaf thyme and its cousin Spanish thyme originated from the Mediterranean and are used in many Caribbean dishes.

Consultation

The implementation of the process of consultation required of the President under Guyana’s Constitution has been one of the most controversial constitutional issues since Independence.

Going beyond resolutions

A weekly series of fitness and health tips commences today. The Fitness and Health Column, will feature articles by award winning sports journalist and Guyana’s Men’s Physique Champion Emmerson Campbell, who will outline and illustrate ways in which you can achieve your fitness goals on the way to better health.

After fifty years, time to remove the obstacle

A large number of observers of varying views believe that the single most important obstacle to progress in Guyana over the past fifty years and before has been the expression of ethnic division in organized political form and the failure to find a resolution to this dilemma by way of a constitutional or any other form of modus vivendi.

Realisations from music

One of the most intriguing aspects of the music business is the hold that a particular style or era of music has on its followers.

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