Stabroek Weekend

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Previously Fellow of the LSE and Fellow of Harvard University Michele Norris, a highly decorated American journalist, is the founding Director of the Race Card Project.

I am honoured to have been awarded the Guyana Prize for Literature (Poetry) for my book of poems Not Quite Without A Moon.

LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, to its list of “terrorists and extremists”, the RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday.

Retired civil engineer Agnes Dalrymple earned the title ‘Iron Lady’ for her no-nonsense approach to any lack of discipline in the predominantly male-dominated workforce she headed, and particularly in the sea defence area where she fought for funding to ensure the safety of people’s lives and infrastructure.  

Introduction Today’s column offers a wrap-up of the ABCs of hydrocarbons taxation, which I introduced in last week’s column.

One of the most significant concerns of the 21st century is technology and the way in which it affects the world view developed by our young people.

Last Friday, women around the world observed International Women’s Day. Some of us were actually involved in activities that recognised this day, others knew of the day but did not observe it in form while many women do not even know such a day exists.

Teachers’ strike Court orders mediation between GTU, Ministry: In a major development in the teachers’ strike which has dragged on for 18 school days, Justice Sandil Kissoon last week ordered that mediation begin today with two senior counsel and both the GTU and the government will attend though the latter last night said that judicial intervention was unnecessary given established industrial relations practices.

Working for three years in the private sector made Nicholas Fraser, head of the Allied Arts Unit (AAU) in the Ministry of Education (MoE) realise how valuable his skills and expertise in education are to the nations’ teachers and children, and that this was where he got job satisfaction.

By Abigail Headley As much as he loves Chutney, for Vicadi Singh, a 32-year-old husband and father from Better Hope, East Coast Demerara family is everything.

It’s not granola but it is easy to see how it can be part of the family of granola.

The Civil Procedure Rules provide that a Court may, on its own initiative, order any or all parties to a proceeding to participate in a mediation.

Sparks from the central fire – I was lucky to be near enough to feel the blaze these men ignited in the world.

On February 26th, as Guyanese recovered from an eventful three-day weekend of celebrations marking our 54th Republic Anniversary, Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA marked a milestone birthday.

Brandon Singh has always harboured a fascination with embodying multiple personas.

Human beings have evolved from unicellular organisms into creatures of intelligence who are capable of making inventions and building cities.

 I always swore to myself that I would never become consumed by any reality TV show.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at an entry in the  Forgotten Scoreboard File.

You wouldn’t think that the recent Oscar nominee for Best Picture (Celine Song’s “Past Lives”) has much in common with the Will Gluck romantic-comedy “Anyone But You”, but both films are an unwelcome reminder that contemporary romances keep forgetting the most important thing – a burning romance.