Stabroek Weekend

While I don’t profess to know the origins of it, I have been aware, going back to my short pants days growing up in West Dem, of my fascination with words, whether in the subjects being taught in high school at St.

At the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Friday last, President Irfaan Ali said: “The Republic of Guyana has just emerged from a bruising test of its democracy.

Last Update:640.36                           Movement: 0.74% Current Update:645.11                     YTD Movement: 6.45%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.74% during the fourth period of trading in September, 2020.

While television celebrity Chef Alton Brown’s book of the same title as the headline for this column is all about the science and how-to of cooking the food, I am here to tell you that for me, especially this week, I’m just here for the food – to eat and enjoy.

I have a very complex relationship with my hair. I love what it used to be and though I am actively trying to get it back there, it sometimes feels like it would be much easier to allow myself to get side tracked on the days it doesn’t co-operate.

The set-up for “Another Round” feels like it’s lifted from a punchline of a very good joke.

  There’s a scene in the middle of “Concrete Cowboy” where the film seems to be firing on all cylinders.

In a way, Kornél Mundruczó’s “Pieces of a Woman” feels doomed by its own title – a film that works better in pieces and moments, than it does as a sustained narrative.

When Ovid Williams gained a place at Queen’s College, English was his second language and the communication barrier and home isolation saw him turning to the guitar, which resulted in him becoming one of Guyana’s well-known and accomplished musicians.

Below you will find four stories written by me but composed of the hopes, fears and dreams of fellow Guyanese just like yourself.

With her Guyana 2050 Scenarios Project, Sustainable Development Master student Ana Correia hopes to get Guyanese thinking and talking about the country’s future.

Six Guyanese organisations that focus on women and gender and LGBTQ issues are now among the 27 Caribbean beneficiaries of direct funding from the Canadian government’s Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Project.

In commemoration of Indigenous Heritage Month 2020, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has organised an online video competition to highlight the resilience shown by Guyana’s Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sonja Sampson, a coach and trainer with non-governmental organisation Special-ists in Sustained Youth Development and Research (SSYDR Inc.),

Through access to social media, we can easily connect with our family and friends from all parts of the world.

As the gyms and fitness centres here remain closed, I know most people and regular gym goers are struggling a bit at the moment and with good reason. 

There’s a scene towards the end of “Misbehaviour” that the film has been working to.

Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) official Loris Nathoo believes that the ChessKid programme initiated by the federation could impact the lives of some 1,000 children by 2022.

Last Update: 633.03                          Movement: 0.87% Current Update: 638.51                    YTD Movement: 5.37%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) fell 0.74% during the third period of trading in September 2020.

Introduction Today’s column offers a summary evaluation of results from Rystad Energy’s modelling of the cost of delay (COD) of the Payara project, as revealed in last week’s column.