Maybe poets are just unhappy people
There is no human experience that has not been dealt with in literature.
There is no human experience that has not been dealt with in literature.
Hi Everyone, One of the many things I like about writing this column is that it offers me the opportunity create old time favourites and discover new tastes and flavours.
Photos by Shabna Ullah You know it is Christmas at No 8 Village, West Coast Berbice when the aroma from the black cake baking in a huge mud oven fills the air.
I remember a very long time ago, in the era of Prime Minister, not even then President LFS Burnham, when I was a Director in the sugar industry, I had occasion to enquire from an official at the then State Planning Commission about a request made months before for approval for the introduction of a new incentive scheme in the industry.
Tradition gathers around Christmas. Pageants and homecomings and longed-for preparations repeat themselves year after year and become treasured lifetime rituals.
Correction, addition and appreciation In last week’s column I stated as the year in which the Government of Guyana took over the assets, liabilities and operations of the Royal Bank of Canada as 1994.
Part 2 This week I shall conclude my discussion of the reform of Guyana’s sugar industry started on September 2, 2012.
Ever since I can remember, I’ve had this interest about understanding how things work, about the intricacies at play, about the skills involved.
By Alim Hosein The established artists did not have things their own way when the prizes in the 2012 Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition (GVACE) were announced at the Awards Ceremony on Friday night last.
Few people in the Caribbean are likely to have ever heard of the Joint Caribbean EU Partnership Strategy.
Since President Barack Obama has appointed Senator John Kerry as secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton when he starts his second term next month, you may see a somewhat greater US focus on Latin American affairs.
Last week we touched on the issue of over-feeding our companion animals during celebratory holidays.
Arancaria heterophylla (excelsa) commonly called the Norfolk Island Pine or Christmas tree is an evergreen tree and can grow up to 200 ft in height.
Hi Everyone, Regardless of how much searching we do for new recipes to make at Christmas, it is always the old favourites that win our hearts and taste buds.
Residents of the front part of Clonbrook say they enjoy the serenity of the village, and having seen much development over the years they would not migrate from the area.
On 19th February, 1992, a surprisingly prescient editorial appeared in Stabroek News.
Introduction Twenty years and four days ago, Business Page became a feature of the Sunday Stabroek.
Part I A few readers (I suspect primarily students) have asked me, when presenting my reform proposals, to also undertake two brief tasks, namely: 1) sum up my views as to whether the Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP) ever made sense from its inception; and 2) offer a few observations on a number of the other proposals for reforming the sugar industry that have surfaced during the years of the PPP/C administration.
Among the many admirable qualities in mankind, probably the most galvanizing is the willingness to say, “I was wrong.”
Venezuelans must prepare for “complex and difficult days” ahead, according the country’s Vice President, Nicholas Maduro.
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