Stabroek Weekend

Nicola Shultz during a cancer awareness campaign
Nicola Shultz during a cancer awareness campaign

Thyroid cancer survivor faces each day with a positive attitude

Like many before her, Nicola Shultz felt she had received a death sentence when she was diagnosed with cancer of the thyroid but with great family support over the years this survivor is now part of a strong support group for those who are struggling with their diagnosis.

The Awakening

By Patrick George Hooting horns and other early-morning sounds joined forces and attacked his slumbering senses, causing him to slowly turn over, half awake.

Patrick George

A writer and a poet

Curated by Andre Haynes and Dreylan Johnson “I guess I can be described as a rolling stone, except that, unlike the proverbial stone, I have gathered moss,” says Patrick George, the writer of “The Awakening.”

 The Amazon is burning

Thirty years ago, I wrote a poem in honour of the Brazilian labour leader and environmentalist Chico Mendes, who was assassinated because of his campaign to preserve the Amazonian rainforest.

But then

As it is wherever one lives, a part of life in Guyana is the frequent complaints on various matters that confront us, day to day. 

The Liza Destiny being escorted to its position (ExxonMobil photo)

The Week in Review – August 25th to August 31st

Politics GECOM ending house-to-house early to prepare for polls: Retired judge Claudette Singh, the new Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson, on Tuesday, August 27th, took the decision to conclude the national house-to-house registration exercise early as the body moves towards the holding of general elections “within the shortest time possible.”

Lucas stock index

Last Update: 586.58                                                  Movement: 0.00% Current Update: 586.58                                            YTD Movement: 13.93%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) remained unchanged during the fourth period of trading in August 2019. 

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