Stabroek Weekend

Thirty-seven years ago Beverley Drake fulfilled her father’s dream as much as her own, and as he watched his daughter become one of Guyana’s first military pilots, his facial expression reflected his pride and joy.

Bargain prices But, even as the West ponders its options, Guyanese must figure out the value of China’s money to them for something has gone wrong that is causing well-meaning actions to create a portentous situation.

Conclusion Today’s column concludes the discussion of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project (AFHP).

In teaching me about life when I was a boy my father always took pains to impress upon me the value of time – more precious than the rarest metal and not something hoardable.

It was a Saturday morning, June 30, 2012, just over a year ago.

I always travel with a little scribble book where I make notes to myself (books or CDs to get; observations; a reminder to me or to a friend, etc) and browsing through it recently I found the following reference to an incident that had completely left my memory.

Ronald Hollingsworth over the years has risen to be among the most prominent and established Guyanese dramatists – as both playwright and director. 

Two United Nations specialist agencies, the Inter-national Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and the international Maritime Organisation (IMO) may this year separately agree a basis on which all carriers by sea and air will limit their carbon emissions, reported in the case of aviation to be contributing around two per cent of global carbon emissions, and for maritime transport to be at over three per cent.

Nine hundred chess players from 29 countries participated in the Common-wealth Chess Champion-ship that was held in South Africa earlier this month.

Continued Last week we discussed the infected dog’s uterus (womb) during the period immediately after she has given birth. 

After more than a decade of booming economic ties between China and Latin America, new headlines that China may be heading for a crisis are starting to draw anxiety in China-dependent countries in the region.

Vanda orchids are native to tropical South Asia and grow well in warm climates.

Hi Everyone,  Here in the Caribbean we live in a tropical environment that enjoys summer weather all year round but in July and August, it gets even hotter.

There was a lot of activity in the village of Britannia, West Coast Berbice on Saturday afternoon, with some rice farmers returning home on their tractors and other persons tending to their livestock.

First of all, “the book” is ultimately not about Guyana.  Yes, it took place here, and it involved many Guyanese, but it’s essentially about a US State Department sub-culture bubbling in the US visitor-visa scam that is found in several US embassies around the world.

The Report of the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) dated July 17, 1997, recommended at clause 9.9.3.4.

I do not get the impression that governance in the world is good or that it is getting better.

The United States is becoming a dysfunctional country: politically, it’s lurching from one embarrassment to the next, but economically and technologically, it’s rising at an amazing speed.

A surprise It must appear as a surprise to investors from China that many in a country with which it has shared friendly ties for four decades view its economic participation in the Guyana economy rather dimly. 

Judging by the numerous requests which I have received from readers to comment on the Hydropower Purchase Agreement (PPA) between GPL and Amaila Falls Hydropower Inc (AFH Inc) this seems to be, by far, the public’s most troubling concern about the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).