Stabroek Weekend

Jeb Bush, who speaks fluent Spanish and has a Mexican-born wife, is the Republican hopeful who would do best among Hispanic voters in the 2016 presidential elections.

From I was a youth, as my Jamaican friends would phrase it, I have always been one of those “let me see for myself” guys.

Every time that Caricom Heads of Government meet, they include language in their final communiqué on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.

  The word forensic   Over the past month or so, Guyanese have heard the words forensic auditing come into frequent use in relation to the activities of the past government.

Each weekend I set out to cook a different meat but there are times (many times) that I end up cooking chicken, every weekend – roast, curried, stewed, baked, grilled, pan-seared etc.

Last week we considered what constitutes Guyanese Literature in the Pre-Independence era, focusing on the Colonial period.

In the long, fluctuating history of chess, since it was first discovered in India some time around 6 AD, the number of heads-of-state who are familiar with the game becomes noticeable.

Last week while driving along Carifesta Avenue, I saw the most amazing Cassia javanica commonly called Pink Cassia in bloom at Marian Academy.

1) Dermoid Cysts This is a tumour, not a malignant one though.

Sunday Cartoon

Hi Everyone, This week begins a 4-part series featuring a few weekend favourites among Barbadians (Bajans).

It’s been just over a month since the new government has been in power and boy oh boy was I dying to see the wardrobe of the new President!

  Mon Bijou is a discreet, little village in Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara.

Introduction Today’s column follows-up on 1) my earlier estimation of the value of potentially recoverable stolen public assets and 2) the ticking time-bombs that threaten the survival of sugar and rice.

No-nonsense programme   When a country runs into financial trouble, it turns to the IMF for help, and depending on its level of development and financial health, the IMF gives it a structural adjustment programme to suit.

We’re getting a good dose of negative Guyana news of late and justifiably so – whatever the process requires we have to work through these things; I will spare you the list.

There are, you may be surprised to read this Sunday, more important things than constitutions, the results of elections, the making and unmaking of presidents and the first steps, and missteps, of a brand new government.

Venezuela’s proclamation of its “Atlantic Front” on May 27, which includes all of Guyana’s maritime space, having already maintained since 1962 its fictional claim to two-thirds of Guyana’s land territory, is breathtaking in its audacity.

It is convenient, but properly justified by theme, form and history, to define Guyanese Literature into a number of periods starting from its early beginnings.

One of the main reasons I like to make scones/biscuits is because they require minimal pre-prep.