Stabroek Weekend

In 1987, the chess grandmaster Evgeny Vladimirov, a native of the then USSR, won a game against his countryman Vladimir Epishin.

This week, it seems so soon again, I was saddened by the death of an old friend who often filled my life with laughter and good advice.

In years past, hearing outside about my country’s difficulties, I would come home to Guyana with Tradewinds to play music, or just to visit, often very concerned that I would find a joyless, dispirited people.

Last Update: 656.93                        Movement: 0.00% Current Update: 656.93                   YTD Movement: 8.41% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) remained unchanged during the third period of trading in November 2020.

Introduction Today’s column considers issues related to the breakeven price for Guyana‘s fledgling hydrocarbons sector.

The UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, was accused of violating the Ministerial Code of Conduct by bullying staff.

Curry of any kind, dhal, fried (sauteed) vegetables, and choka(s) are the many things we eat with roti.

It has been close to a month and I haven’t been on my bicycle nor have I engaged in any form of exercise.

As a teacher for ten years, Jamain Hatton has seen his students at some of the highest and lowest points in their lives and he has always pushed them toward the path of success.

After an unlikely start and only a year in the makeup artistry business, designer Chontelle Sewett has already begun to make her mark.

By Jasmaine Payne Twenty minutes. That was how much time I had before the clouds would dissipate, unveiling the main attraction of this evening’s performance.

Jasmaine Payne, who is a Guyanese writer, editor and public relations consultant, says that writing is her passion and that it is the only biography she has.

Albion Wilds Dear Solitude! Where peace and concord dwell, Whose smiling beauties quell The soul’s inquietude.

“Blackbird,” Roger Michell’s remake of the Danish drama “Silent Heart” (both written by Christian Torpe), is not what you would expect from a film that ends with euthanasia.

Guyanese scholar and Harvard University graduate Kelly Hyles is currently back home on a one-year internship with the 5G Dialysis Centre, where she will be working to address affordability and accessibility to dialysis in disadvantaged communities here.

“I just wanted you out there to know if you are stepmother or a stepfather, sometimes you would try to protect that child, but you should only protect that child from their biological mother or biological father [if he/she] is a threat, if that mother is an abusive mother or that father is an abusive father…” These were the words of a young woman who posted a video on Facebook where she spoke about growing up without her mother and how difficult it was being denied knowing her mother as a child.

Last week’s reminders and pointers on how to boost your performance once you return to the gym were: 1.

Today we will look at what addiction is, how it affects us, the causes, and the treatment options.

Introduction The global competitiveness of Guyana’s infant crude oil and gas sector and therefore foreseeable national economic growth, development and poverty reduction are over-determined by two basic economic variables and how they perform.

Following a recent gyaff with my long-time Guyanese musician friend George Jardim, who was asking me about the emergence of the Tradewinds band, I wrote a few lines which I later saw as well-suited to this SO IT GO column.