Stabroek Weekend

Born in Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice in September of 1946, Stephanie Bowry nee Thomas, who celebrated her 73rd birthday on Friday, is a storyteller and a counsellor, as well as a lay preacher.

Wine Bush, a sub community of Leonora, West Coast Demerara is bordered by Groenveldt and the seawall that keeps the Atlantic at bay.

Surendra Kumar Bhagarathi spent most of his working life at the Skeldon Sugar Estate and he witnessed firsthand the contribution the estate made to the community of Corriverton.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concurs with the government’s reported Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 4.1% for 2018.

On the night of Monday, September 9 (tomorrow), “The Performance 12: Fountains of Emotions” will be staged at the National Cultural Centre from 8 pm.

In a recent exchange on social media, I ended up reminiscing about an impressive two-storey house at Schoonord, West Bank, Demerara, set back from the main road, known as Coghlan House, that was believed to be haunted. 

Dubbed the ‘Biggest Party in Sport’, the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is back and started on Thursday in Guyana.

Having reached down to the project level, this Part will conclude the Infrastructure Insight series and will do so by examining how a contractor conceptually prices a project. 

Introduction This week’s column starts consideration of what I had previously labelled as a non-exhaustive list of the “top-10 economic challenges”, which the Government of Guyana (GoG) has to confront.

Millions of people around the world suffer from mental illnesses and while the most common forms of treatment and care come in the form of psychotherapy and medication, there is also recreational therapy which is used to improve the mental, emotional, and physical health of an individual.

Kriskal Persaud, a former national junior and senior chess champion of Guyana, won last Sunday’s Berbice Open Chess Tournament without dropping a game.

“Excuse me, I am crossing over because by the time I walk around I may lose the seat and I really need the seat,” she said as she lightly held onto my shoulders before quickly grabbing the seat next to me.

Not very long ago, looking into the future, it would have been easy to prophesy for 2020 drug-related crime spreading an indelible stain over more and more of the world, trouble in Kashmir, unrelenting warfare between Israel and Palestine and then, nearer home, CARICOM still struggling to achieve the most elementary kinds of unity and, actually at home, Guyana riven to the soul by race division.

Politics GECOM Secretariat sees March as earliest time for polls: The Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday, September 6th, presented to the commissioners a draft schedule of timelines which set the earliest date for General and Regional Elections as March 2020.

In today’s edition, we feature new designs by local designer Olympia Small-Sonaram.

Last Update: 586.58                              Movement: 0.24% Current Update: 585.58                        YTD Movement: 13.66%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 0.24% during the first period of trading in September 2019. 

After its Palme d’Or winning debut at Cannes earlier this year, Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” had its Canadian premiere this past week at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

It’s been a while since I have eaten something and been excited about it.

The reality of turning 30 this month hasn’t really sunk in for me.

Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature film, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” arrived in local theatres at the tail-end of last week for a very brief theatrical run after being released worldwide in July and August.