Stabroek Weekend

    We are still officially in the Christmas season with 12th night soon upon us.

This year almost every Christmas event had lot and lots of freshly brewed ginger beer.

(Continued from last week) When you are adopting a dog, especially one from the GSPCA Shelter, there are certain considerations that have to be factored into the exercise.

Get out your pitchforks, Democrats! A showdown over populism is coming.

Sunday  Cartoon

Hi Everyone, The New Year has dawned and is chock full of resolutions; many of these seem to centre on our intake of food and drink.

Story and photos by Jannelle Williams   On the surface it would appear that the village of Betsy Ground is thriving.

Part1   Introduction   There is a connecting thread to Guyana’s ongoing narrative of multiple unfolding crises, major economic contradictions, and threats of state violence against government critics.

Negative attributes   For the past 22 years, the country of Guyana has been administered by an alliance known as the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic or (PPP/C).

One of the big questions following President Barack Obama’s decision to significantly expand US tourism to Cuba will be how much it will affect other Caribbean tourism destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica or Cancun.

The acquisition of a high-tech camera is what propelled Kester Clarke into bird and wildlife photography as a hobby, and he now describes it as giving him the thrill a hunter gets except that a hunter is armed with a gun and he is armed with a camera.

The electorate will be called upon in 2015 to decide the political shape of Guyana for the immediate future.

I was speaking not long ago to an old, dear friend, the Canadian Philip O’Meara.

Sonnet 123   No. Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change Thy pyramids built up with newer might To me are nothing novel, nothing strange; They are but dressings of a former sight.

‘Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet’ -LM Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables   The year 2014 is closing.

The Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) and so many other Good Samaritans collect abandoned dogs and cats with the hope that they can find a suitable and loving/caring home for the orphans.

By now, most of us have had our fill of cake and will be getting ready to toast 2014, wondering where it went… simultaneously, we will welcome 2015, full of hope for betterment in all aspects of our lives and indeed for the world.

Sorrel came into season early this year and I have made good use of it.

As the year winds down to find us surrounded by daily news of mankind apparently going downhill, both at home and abroad, one can easily begin to harbour feelings of despair.

Hi Everyone, As I reviewed and reflected on the Tastes Like Home columns of 2014, there were certain editions that stood out for me.