Stabroek Weekend

Continued from last week  Hernias Colloquially, all over the English speaking world, people describe hernias as ‘ruptures’. 

Examining the last century or so of the industrial life cycle of Guyana’s sugar industry, it is observed that the period up to the late 1960s and early 1970s marked the phase of its maturity.

Sunday Cartoons

Hi Everyone,  with the end of the Sorrel season quickly closing in, I wanted to share with you a way in which you can still enjoy the flavour of sorrel beyond the season.

Story and photos by Gaulbert Sutherland   If you’re scared of leaping cows, don’t go into the corral.

Introduction   As testimony to the present dire state of Guyana’s sugar industry and its continued importance to the socioeconomic, political, and cultural life of the country, last week I began a third series of columns on this topic in the space of only three years.

At Dr Roger Luncheon’s press conference last week, the approval of funds for the establishment of a petting zoo took only second place to the continuing controversy over the USAID LEAD Programme to which the government has taken objection.

Guyana has a range of introspective people, and you meet them in the most unexpected places. 

Today marks the 100th birth anniversary of A J Seymour, Guyana’s greatest man of letters.

Two years ago I suggested in this column that few Caribbean governments or companies were taking seriously the threat posed by cyber attack and cyber crime.

This is a central nervous system disorder caused by a low level sugar in the blood (hypoglycaemia). 

The murder of a former Miss Venezuela and her husband in front of their 5-year-old daughter is drawing world attention to the phenomenal rise of crime in Venezuela, and leading many to wonder whether the crime epidemic is at least partly fuelled by a government rhetoric that glorifies violence.

Build not destroy From reading the letters and stories in the daily papers in Guyana, it is obvious that Guyanese have entered the year 2014 with a new resolve to make things better for themselves. 

Chess players from at least 150 nations are assiduously refining their techniques in preparation for the world’s most pre-eminent team tournament, the spectacular Chess Olympiad.

By Cynthia Nelson With the holidays over it is time lighten up the palate from all the heavy holiday food.

Today is the 100th birthday of Guyanese poet and man of letters, Arthur James Seymour (January 12, 1914-December 25, 1989). 

Last week I spoke about the heavy rainfall.  With rain comes fungus and pests.

Hi Everyone, Fact: food is expensive. Fact: we are spending more and getting very little for the dollar.

Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser Dartmouth, a well-populated community on the Essequibo coast situated between Westbury and Perth, is an African village that was bought by freed slaves following emancipation.

Tipping point Alarmed at the crisis state of the sugar industry in 2011, I devoted more than a score of Sunday columns in that year (May 29 to October 16) to its discussion and drew attention to the crying need for radical reform and restructuring.