Stabroek Weekend

Introduction At the heart of the 2020 general crisis and its financial driver is a serious public health crisis.

We are naturally social beings, but we now live in a time where we must distance ourselves from one another, to protect each other, with the steadfast hope that there will be a time, not too far in the future, that we’ll be able to freely be with family, friends and loved ones.

Global uncertainty in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic is real.

I began playing music for fun, many years ago, growing up in Vreed-en-Hoop, across the Demerara River from Georgetown, and in a recent conversation with Bajan musician Roger Gibbs, now based in Toronto where I lived for many years (Tradewinds started there in 1966), it struck me that there is a terrific book in the story of the evolution of Caribbean music that has happened in our lifetimes, particularly in Trinidad and Jamaica, but also across the region generally, from St.

The Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) has taken the necessary precautions to ensure that its staff and members of the public are protected from COVID-19, its Director Ann Greene has said, but it is also cognisant of the fact that services provided by the agency are critical and it continues to operate as per normal.

With COVID-19 wreaking havoc worldwide and many countries imposing mandatory lockdowns and encouraging self-isolation, mental health is increasingly becoming a problem.

Last Update: 624.29                         Movement: -0.013% Current Update: 622.45                   YTD Movement 2.72% LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) fell 0.013 percent during the fourth period of trading in March 2020.

Guyana is currently plagued by two pestilent emergencies demanding immediate and effective collective action which is imperative for the health of the nation.

Larimakabra is a community of 18 people – a shopkeeper who lives by himself and the 17-member Williams family– located along the Parika-Hubu Road, between Naamless and Bendoroff, on the East Bank of Essequibo.

The gyms are closed. Stores are shutting down. Schools are closed.

He is rushing things Dear Minerva, I am 22 years old.

As the movie industry slows to a halt, now is as good a time as any to turn to the digitised media that’s available.

The 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament, which was ongoing in Russia, has been suspended.

Over 20 years ago, Ecliffe Cooblall started out on a journey delivering the Stabroek News to homes and offices over those years, in his own words, he has met “a lot important people, people who I could talk to”.

This past week Hulu announced an early digital release for Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” which topped my list of 2019 films, and the release is a great reason to explore the recently published e-book from Seventh Cinema, titled “Portraits of Resistance: The Cinema of Céline Sciamma”.

Introduction Today’s column continues my evaluation of the impact of the 2020 global crisis on Guyana’s “infant petroleum sector”.

It has been said that with a strong personal identity, we can withstand powerful storms.

The headline is not an original formulation. It is partially borrowed from the late Miles Fitzpatrick, then a columnist in the Stabroek News.

”Stay at home” is one of the protocols to follow in confronting the Corona virus plague. 

Get a glass, a nice wide glass or a tall glass.