Stabroek Weekend

1. Shardlake The best new television detective lives in the 16th Century and grapples with the life-threatening politics of the court of Henry VIII.

The dictionary of chess defines a blunder as a move so inferior in one’s standard of play as to be inexplicable on purely technical grounds.

After weeks of intense inter-prison verbal duelling, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) annual impromptu speech competition concluded on Wednesday at the various prison locations.

Wanderlust Tours has ventured into the thanatourism, commonly known as dark tourism, market and is offering an overnight tour to Jonestown in Region One (Barima-Waini).

When he was nearly 90 Uncle Arthur learned I was in England on vacation from my job in Guyana and sent a message inviting me to crew with him in a yachting race in which he was competing. 

Breaking Down Sexual Offences It is common for people to drink alcohol and/or use various types of substances (including controlled/illicit substances) to enhance their party experiences.

During his childhood, Reyon Bernard spent a lot of time with his grandmother in the kitchen.

Birthdays are always a time for celebration and reflection. Many Guyanese will feel happy that we have survived as a united nation.

You’ve had Aloo (potato) roti right? Spiced seasoned mashed potatoes encased in dough that when rolled thinly puffs up on the tawah.

Miss Guyana Teen Scholar Pageant opens its 2024 season this weekend for Independence Day.

At a special Full Court sitting last Tuesday to honour her life and legacy, Justice Désirée Bernard was remembered for many things, but chief among them – and not surprisingly – as the woman who shattered glass ceilings to achieve many firsts in the legal fraternity.

1966. 2024. History is beckoning. We are in a season for reflections.

On Saturday, 24 students and three teachers graduated from the Guyana Center for Civic Engagement’s  YOUth_Engage Leadership Training Program.

The world is powered by dreams. It has not just survived, but it has evolved and thrived because human beings have had both the ingenuity and the determination to build and discover something new during every moment.

The poems selected here are gifts to Guyana in celebration of 58 years of independence today, May 26, 2024. 

“Sometimes it is as if we are going forward and things will be alright and then others I just want to throw in the towel and let us go our separate ways.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.612 percent on the sale of 166,739 shares during the third period of trading in May 2024. 

Oil & Gas Exxon insurance contract sets US$500m limit for any one incident: The Government has published a contract of insurance for ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) which will raise further questions about coverage for a potential oil spill and other matters.

Lesley Billingsley, a former special needs teacher, model/actor and first generation Canadian of Guyanese parentage, is unapologetically a full-time mother by choice and an advocate for mothers to be themselves and not who others want them to be, as well as for minority communities to rise above their circumstances. 

By Shuntel Glasgow The United States Agency for Inter-national Development (USAID) Youth Resilience, Inclusion and Empowerment (Y-RIE) in collaboration with Tagman Media Inc recently conducted a crime and violence research programme to foster youth development and highlight recommendations to help curb the issues.