Stabroek Weekend

I received quite a bit of feedback from last week’s column, so I have decided to do a part 2 of sorts.

There are times when we become extremely stressed out by life’s troubles and we find it hard to keep a good attitude.

“How you could go to a Pandit? We are not Hindus, we are Christians,” she said with a hint of anger.

Dear Minerva, About six months ago, I ended a relationship with a guy I really cared for because he was taking up residence abroad and I knew that the long-distance thing would not work for me.

The Gaico Grand Prix chess tournament was a fulfilling one, taking into consideration its turnout, the distribution of grand prix points, the prizes and the promise of Olympiad favour.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

Switching off digitally and from routine life is incredibly hard. Even with the best of intentions to do so before a holiday, the days leading up to it can seem quite manic and even if you have managed to do so from work and routine life, a digital disconnection is just plain difficult.

“Ad Astra” and “Abominable” are not easily recognisable as thematically complementary works but there’s something to be said about the dual journeys of the two protagonists – both of them buoyed by a relationship hinging on an absent father – that made me think of them in relation to each other.

In the Upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven, only three-and-half hours away from the Amerindian settlement of Imbaimadai, early indigenous paintings, which partially adorn the imposing mountain near Karowrieng and Maipuri Falls, are disappearing.

By Daryll Goodchild “Always diggin’, diggin’ in people trench. Why yuh nuh move from hey, eh boi?

“Crekateh” is one of the stories from Daryll Goodchild’s self-published short story collection, Crassin de Rivvah, which was launched last month in Trinidad during Carifesta.

On 26 September, 2019, Justice Claudette Singh, Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), signed Order No.

My intention was to write about the recent discontents surrounding to the alleged unwillingness of commercial banks to extend credit to small business.

Nothing is more dangerous than the over-mighty State. A State that gathers all powers to itself drains initiative away from where it does most good – at the local level, at the level of the small group, the family, the individual.

Over the last 50-plus years since Tradewinds started, I’ve done a boatload of interviews – radio, TV, newspapers, magazines – in a number of countries, in the Caribbean and North America – but just this week, in a wide-ranging email from a fan, a lady from Grand Cayman came at me with a new one: “A lot of things have been written and said about Dave Martins, and while you may have to think about it I wonder if you could say how do you see yourself?”

Introduction Today’s column addresses the tenth and final item in my non-exhaustive list of the “top-ten economic challenges”, which Guyana will have to confront as it operationalises its coming petroleum sector.

Being Guyanese                                                                   Being Guyanese they judge me on the colour of my skin,  For who’s to say, they might have liked me if I were paler, you know – with just a little less melanin. 

I get told a lot that my writing is hugely based on weight loss.

New Scheme, Hope Estate is a multi-ethnic community totalling approximately 200 residents from many different parts of Guyana.

Nine young women are set to compete in the inaugural Miss Skeldon Heritage Resort Pageant on Saturday at the Skeldon Heritage Resort.