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Vivian Richards in action in England in 1976
Vivian Richards in action in England in 1976

1976 – The Year of the Dragon(S)

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour concludes his examination of Sir Vivian Richards, the  dragon.

Representing Guyana at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, is Jessica Clementson, 20, founder of the Georgetown-based U-Knighted Chess Club. The U-Knighted Chess Club has its origins in the School of the Nations where she was a student. Clementson learnt to play the game in 2009, and has experience teaching chess to underprivileged kids in the Albouystown area. She represented Guyana at the Inter-Guiana Games and the School of the Nations in the National Inter-Schools Championships.
Representing Guyana at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, is Jessica Clementson, 20, founder of the Georgetown-based U-Knighted Chess Club. The U-Knighted Chess Club has its origins in the School of the Nations where she was a student. Clementson learnt to play the game in 2009, and has experience teaching chess to underprivileged kids in the Albouystown area. She represented Guyana at the Inter-Guiana Games and the School of the Nations in the National Inter-Schools Championships.

Carlsen, Karjakin play to disappointing draw in Masters final

The final game between world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and his world championship challenger Sergey Karjakin ended disappointingly in a draw after 19 moves at the 2016 Bilbao Masters Final in Spain on Thursday.

A pair of Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger) at the Arrowpoint Nature Resort. (Photo by Kester Clarke – www.kesterclarke.net)

Black-spotted Barbet

Male Black-spotted Barbets have an orange-red forehead and throat and a yellow chest with brown streaks on the side of the belly.

Garden pests

Last week I have received calls and visits from gardening friends complaining about insects and pests having a feast on their leaves and plants.

Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn is probably the first person to have won the leadership of the British Labour Party on a campaign that advanced a left agenda.

Reading makes you think

Age has slowed me down but at least no day goes by without reading bringing me the fascinating and penetrating insights of other minds.

A look at some trends in the economy

Conclusion   Not easy Last week we identified the money supply, the credit provided by the private sector lending institutions and the interest rates associated with both savings and loans. 

We must embrace all of Guyana

In a recent column I made a passing reference to a comment from Stabroek News writer Alan Fenty who had posed the question in his column whether “one could be Guyanese – spiritually and culturally – without being Indian, African, European or Chinese?”

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