Stabroek Weekend

On 20 February 2013, my son Kamal, was on the platform just outside the front door of the offices of Cameron & Shepherd in Avenue of the Republic on the western side of the Victoria Law Courts.

As I get older, and the older I get the faster I seem to get older, I find myself regretting all the wonders and miraculous developments I read about and feel that I will miss as time goes on beyond my passing. 

The great St Petersburg chess tournament of 1914, saw the world’s best players in attendance.

By Nigel Westmaas (This is a summarised version of a paper delivered at the Guyana Institute of Historical Research in June 2013 to mark the 250th anniversary of the 1763 revolution.

Governance President bristles at suggestion of autocracy: President Irfaan Ali has fired back at former Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr Bertrand Ramcharan on the criticism that the PPP/C operates in a seemingly autocratic way, contending that most academics target his administration although it is the most inclusive.

By Miranda La Rose When she left school some 30 years ago, Esther Isaacs-Roberts of Karaudarnau Village in South Rupununi had no certificates.

By Khadidja Ba Students thrive better in a classroom environment that embraces and supports diversity.

Propa GT Local Wines, a small producer of fruit wines, last week received the Made in Guyana certification from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), following a demanding and rigorous process.

It is a prized part of the pig that’s loved by many.

The ‘Overseas Friends of Guyana’s Chess from the USA donated a total of five tournament size chess sets to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) in June, which were subsequently presented to the St Ignatius Primary School, Lethem in Region Nine through the Allied Arts Division, Ministry of Education.

[Makeda Braithwaite, Go Fish: Go In De Pack,  Bamboo Talk Press, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 2024. 

(BBC) Contemporary paintings celebrate the brave women who fought fiercely alongside the men in the Haitian revolution of the 18th Century.

This week’s preview September 2nd to 8th 2024 If oil ah float watah deh ah battam.

In honour of Sonny Ramphal, most memorable of West Indians I reproduce a column I wrote about him some time ago.

“I am so happy that school opening because one more day with these children and I don’t know how I would make it out.

For fickle creatures such as human beings, the idea of constancy is most blissfully appealing.

COVID closures came and left. With their departure, the doors to art exhibitions opened.

In an article published in SN on August 27 – “Whither Guyana: Autocracy or democracy?”

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act This week I will be breaking down sections 43 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:01, Laws of Guyana (“the SOA”).