Stabroek Weekend

Last week, amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, two French doctors appeared on television discussing the possibility of testing experimental treatments against the virus in Africa.

Scrolling through my Instagram timeline recently, I came across a meme with the words: Warning!

As we continue to deal with COVID-19, we have seen health care workers (HCWs), and particularly those who have to make use of public transportation, become victims of stigma and discrimination.

Women’s rights activist Danuta Radzik has called on the government to heed the very recent calls of Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres to increase funding for non-government organisations (NGOs) so they can continue to offer their specialized services and expertise in sexual and gender-based violence especially in light of the COVID-19 lockdowns that are occurring worldwide.

Ornetta Waldron has always loved plants but it is only in recent years that she started a very intimate relationship with them that has now moved from providing a therapeutic outlet for her into a business.

Although Guyana has made significant advancements in drama and theatre, in some areas there has been a decline, and the country’s position in a Caribbean and international context is less than favourable.

As we navigate this unusual time, some people are taking the opportunity to learn new things.

A study conducted among 22 trans and gender non-confirming persons from four regions in Guyana has found that family and community rejection are among the factors that increase the risk for violence and discrimination for trans people.

Jennifer Gulliver has worked as a typist, office clerk, haberdashery and newspaper vendor and on March 2, was a polling clerk at the general and regional elections, reprising a role she had also assumed in the past.

“It is not that I am not taking this thing seriously but what people want me to do?

With no electricity or potable water, Bendorffers use solar panels, kerosene lamps and generators for power and rainwater for drinking and cooking, while water from the canals or the nearby Essequibo River is used to wash and bathe.

Over one month ago on a very early morning at 6:00, I stood in line with my wife Annette and a host of other Guyanese to vote for a government of my choice.

By Aisling Irwin Governments are pouring massive resources into coronavirus vaccine and treatment development, and pressure is mounting to make sure results will reach the most vulnerable in the global South.

Todd Haynes’ legal thriller “Dark Waters” is a dramatisation of a lawyer’s battle to uncover how the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont contaminated a town, and a country, with its unregulated chemicals.

It will not be until 11 am today that the Guyanese public will know whether a recount by GECOM is going to take place soon, or at all.

The current Covid-19 health crisis means that a lot of us are paying much more attention to our health and well-being than usual.

A couple weeks ago we discussed some of the things we can do to keep ourselves busy during our time at home.

We are going through great traumas – a plague such as the world has not seen for a long time and, in Guyana, a blatant attempt to subvert democracy.

This year’s celebration of Mashramani in Guyana was especially enhanced and accentuated because it was the Golden Jubilee of the nation as a republic.

Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1970, the world witnessed an event in chess with the Soviet Union (USSR) facing the Rest of the World in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.