Stabroek Weekend

The second half of the World Chess Federation’s (FIDE) 2020/2021 Candidates Tournament begins on April 19 with seven rounds to go.

Last Update: 717. 69                                            Movement: 0.74% Current Update: 712.39                                        YTD Movement: 2.97% The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.74% during the final period of trading in March 2021.

When a newly-married Eleanor Phoolmattee Abraham nee Ragnauth left her Whim home on the Corentyne in January 1972 and journeyed to the Rupununi to join her husband, she never expected that almost 50 years later, the Macushi village in Nappi, Central Rupununi would become her lifelong home.

With the influx of Venezuelans and other migrants into Guyana an international organisation has moved to specifically assist women and girls who are exposed to gender-based violence (GBV) and for whom the language barrier makes reporting it even more difficult.

It was Rohanie Zaman’s aptitude for dressing others that led to the start of her store juju; now a renowned bridal outfitter that has and continues to put smiles on faces with its array of gorgeous, luxurious or simple, classy gowns.

I had promised myself for some time now to chronicle my pregnancy experience as a first-time mom so that my daughter can have it as a keepsake if she ever one day wants to know the story of her birth.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Joe Harmon, has lamented the neglect by the Caricom Secretariat and its Chairman, Prime Minister Keith Rowley, of acknowledging his letters requesting their mediation of the current stalemate between the Government and Opposition.

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

Learning, or more appropriately, perhaps, “awareness” is the better word, is usually a gradual, inch by inch process, building and building to finally get there as a shape you can put your mind around. 

Birdshooting Season                           Birdshooting season the men make marriages with their guns My father’s house turns macho as from far the hunters gather   All night long contentless women stir their brews: hot coffee chocolata, cerassie wrap pone and tie-leaf for tomorrow’s sport.

For long stretches of “Saint Maud”, writer-director Rose Glass’ feature directorial debut, the psychological horror seems to be on the cusp of something.

Let me tell you some things many people would like to hear and believe: Take this pill and you will lose 15 pounds in a week.

Introduction My long-standing recommendation to establish a National Oil Company, NOC, intentionally rejects the notion of linking this policy recommendation with the establishment of a state-owned (or joint venture, state-private) downstream “oil refinery”.

Anish Kumar Giri, 26, a Dutch chess grandmaster, was declared the winner of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational Rapid/Blitz Online Tournament last Sunday and pocketed US$60,000 for his efforts.

Last Update: 704. 37                                         Movement: 1.89% Current Update: 717.69                                    YTD Movement: 3.73%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index rose 1.89% during the fourth period of trading in March 2021.

Don’t you just love the various ways in which you can prepare sweet potatoes?

Life feels stagnant and unfair. Lockdown where I live seems never ending.

Rebounding from what she described as a “painful” experience, Carolyn Paul made a quantum leap in her professional life from banking to working with the vulnerable and helping to empower others; the mother of two believes she is right where she was destined to be.

After losing her father to a tragic motorcycle accident, in which he was decapitated, Osiola Gilbert-Chilcott watched her mother go to work to support her seven children.

Best known as “Sir Steve” or “Feets,” Gerard James Stephen La Rose is small in stature but his presence looms large.