Stabroek Weekend

Nothing in the deliriously trippy “Ema” is accidental. Instead, Pablo Larraín’s nervy drama deepens in complexity when you try to dissect any individual moment.

With the world on its knees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stress and other factors are leading to more restless or sleepless nights.

“From since I was a little girl, I always know myself to be depressed.

Has this time at home made you reevaluate what it is you really want to be doing in life?

For 30 years I have published a column in the Stabroek News every week.

Today we will take a look at recording the moves that we play on the chessboard.

By John M. Seeram The month of May is designated International Internal Audit Awareness Month by the Institute of Internal Auditors, Global (IIAG).

In the midst of all the woeful, I would even say daunting COVID-19 news landing on us, it is unfortunate that some of the more uplifting items pass virtually unnoticed, so purely from the good news angle, I’m citing three of the latter here.

Introduction Last week’s column drew attention to the fact that the United States remains comfortably the world’s pre-eminent economic powerhouse. 

The President and Leader of the Opposition agreed on a recount.

I lost my mother less than 2 months ago. Over the years, I have been fortunate, through my writings, to express thoughts of love and appreciation to my mother and for that, I am truly grateful.

Many of us already have new healthy habits emerging as a result of the lockdown.

One day after he was given the all clear to leave isolation following his negative Covid-19 result, businessman Sean Ramrattan opted to donate his plasma to help “persons in worst case scenarios.

“This will force me to close down. I can’t continue. I will have to move and open somewhere else where I don’t have to pay rent because right now to be honest, I can’t afford to pay the rent,” said a single mother who operates a hairdressing salon.

Introduction This column appears at the start of only the fifth month of the infant life of Guyana’s petroleum sector.

                                                Sonnet 55 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear’d with sluttish time.

By Ken Corsbie As tributes to Michael Gilkes are written, I have been astonished at the volume and range of his work.

A definite part of the writer makeup that surfaced in me very early in my youth is my fascination with certain words not in everyday use but carrying interesting shades of meaning or colour. 

By Hon. Mde. Louise Esther Blenman, Justice of Appeal, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Both Guyana and the Caribbean have lost one of its most brilliant and fecund minds.

Dear Distinguished Caricom Observer Team: Messrs Cynthia Barrow-Giles, John Jarvis and Sylvester King.