Stabroek Weekend

Famous poems have been written on the deaths of those who have meant more than life itself to the poet.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power deserves credit for asking Cuba’s foreign minister to launch a credible investigation into the suspicious death of leading Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, but she should have gone a step further.

The Amaila Falls Hydro Project became a victim of Guyana’s political culture.

Anniversary On June 30, 2013, with all attention on concerns about the expansion of the airport, the future of sugar, legislation about anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism, the price of gold and critical deadlines about the Amaila Falls hydropower project looming, no one noticed that the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE) had reached an important milestone in its existence. 

Two weeks ago, after a fierce debate, the lower house of the Uruguay Parliament took the first step towards legalising the production and possession of ganja/marijuana for domestic personal use.

Renanthera orchids are native to eastern Asia, south China and the Pacific Islands. 

Before the introduction of the internet, say in the nineteen sixties, there were about 60 chess grandmasters worldwide.

Mothers learn to recognize and care for their puppies as they are born. 

Carifesta – the Caribbean Festival of the Arts is experiencing another revival. 

Sunday Cartoons 

  By Nigel Westmaas (GHK Lall Sitting on a Racial Volcano (Guyana Uncensored), 2013) There is no Guianese people.

Former PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran says the hostility exuded by the PPP to the opposition at the recent party congress in Port Mourant can only mean that fresh general elections are being planned.

Hi Everyone, Developing flavour when cooking is about technique and time.

Oncidium orchids are native to the Caribbean, South and Central America and Florida. 

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford and Shakisa Harvey A long drive several miles behind the Mahaica market leads to this agricultural community that is located along the Mahaica River.

A recent note from a Tradewinds fan about the design of a particular album cover took me back to the time I had begun recording with the band in Toronto in the late 1960s.

Uruguay’s government-proposed marijuana legalization drive has been described as the world’s boldest, and could help reduce drug-related crime, but a conversation I had this week with former Uruguayan President Julio Maria Sanguinetti left me wondering whether it won’t backfire.

Introduction The two topics that have dominated national as well as parliamentary debates on Guyana’s political economy in recent months are, namely, the future of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project and Guyana’s money-laundering legislation in light of its regional and global regulatory obligations.

Life at 80 is as full of adventure and interest as it ever was but the adventures and interests are now mostly sedentary.

Continued Cost control Last week, it was observed that though GNPL was experiencing significant difficulties, its management was making the best of a bad situation.