Stabroek Weekend

Punica granatum commonly called Pomegranate originated in Iran (formerly called Persia).

World chess champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious in the brutal Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in the Netherlands recently.

Psychological considerations   In the January 18, 2015 column, I referred to some behavioural changes in the elderly dog/cat.

    The Yellow Oriole is also called the ‘plantain’ and ‘small corn bird’.

The relationship between the carnival season in the Caribbean and Guyana’s Mashramani is very easily disguised.

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  I prefer to eat carrots raw. The exceptions are when they are diced or julienned and cooked to make Fried Rice or Chowmein.

Hi Everyone, From the root, to the stems, to the leaves, to the flowers, and seeds, coriander is edible.

Germany is home to two exceptional car manufacturers: Mercedes Benz and BMW.

Part4   Introduction Today’s column concludes this four-part series on the Guyana state.

Stabroek News this week carried a photograph by Arian Browne of a solitary minibus driving on the Seawall Road in broad daylight.

There was a famous occasion in Trinidad a few years ago when an audience, bored out of their minds by an interminable function, decided to take matters into their own hands and exited the seemingly endless and agonizingly dull proceedings.

(continued) Physical changes in the elderly dog   Since the old dog tends to be more lethargic and less likely to frolic around the yard as he used to do when younger, it stands to reason that the increased slothfulness and resting periods will lead to a loss of muscular tone.

Part 2   A few days ago, Dong Xiaojun, the Chinese Ambassador in Jamaica, wrote a commentary on the recent meetings held in Beijing between China and the Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC); the political grouping that includes all of the nations in the Americas other than the US and Canada, and the dependent territories The Ambassador made clear that for China the meeting on January 8 and 9 was “of milestone significance and profound influence.”

The trick   The President of Guyana on Tuesday January 20, 2015 announced May 11, 2015 as the date on which the next elections will occur.

Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman made headlines before his mysterious death last weekend by accusing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of trying to cover up Iran’s role in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, but there was another — more important — leader who was at the centre of the deceased prosecutor’s probe: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.

(Alim A Hosein is Dean of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana; a linguist, artist, literary and art critic; Convenor of the Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition; Member of the Management Committee of the Guyana Prize for Literature) By Alim Hosein   A book of artwork titled Panorama – A Portrait of Guyana was launched at Cara Lodge on Monday January 12.

When I first moved to Barbados in the late 90’s to work at the Caribbean Broadcast-ing Union (now Carib-bean Media Corporation, CMC), it meant getting home closer to 8 each evening after Caribbean Newsline, one of the flagship programmes of the organization.

The election date has been announced. Because it is just under four months away, the campaign will start slowly.

Many citizens who now have their own homes also have a desire to beautify their surroundings.