Stabroek Weekend

By Scott Ting-A-Kee The following chapters are excerpted from Scott Ting-A-Kee’s debut novella, “Red Hibiscus,” which he will be promoting later this month at CARIFESTA.  

Curated by Andre Haynes and Dreylan Johnson Red Hibiscus, Scott Ting-A-Kee’s debut novella, is a fantasy historical tale set in ancient China.

Recently a lot of my local friends and some who live in North America have been complaining about the sweltering heat.

Forgiveness is a term we hear being used quite often. But do we truly know what it means to forgive?

Verse in August                                                 (For Frank Collymore) knock drum draw bow on fiddle strings let rhythm jump and catgut screech let all time jig a kalinda and reel these august freedom days let dead bones rise and dance their own bongos who’ll dance my death farewell?

Last week in the World Beyond Georgetown, I began to explore Goshen, mostly through the eyes of ‘Auntie’ Carmen Williams.

“Guyana has not given me that chance to showcase my ability to its fullest and because of that I had to migrate to a smaller place that respects art and the artists,” says Lionel Aubrey Simon.

While the previous Part dealt with the inputs and outputs of the construction industry, this Part starts examining the industry itself; that is, how industry entities act on the resources between input and output.

The 2019 elections of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is to be held today during the federation’s annual general meeting, which is scheduled to start at 10 am at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue.

At her swearing in as Chair of Gecom on July 29, 2019, Justice Claudette Singh said that she will follow the law.

New GECOM Chair sworn in: Retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh was sworn in as the first female chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Monday, July 29th and signaled that the constitution would be her guide.

I have been heard in recent times beating the drum for Caribbean people to take more notice of the achievers among us, but it is not a recent obsession.

Introduction Discussing Guidepost 2 of Part 2, I began last week with identifying three general areas of public spending of petroleum revenues indicated by the Government of Guyana (GoG) thus far.

“You gave me gifts, God-Enchanter. I give you thanks for good and ill.

“We lef home since 5.30 this morning and we reach just after 6 and you know what time we get through?

Many Guyanese are now aware of some version of the natural resource curse (NRC).

In a mid-film sequence in “Hobbs and Shaw,” the new “Fast & Furious” spinoff, one of the heroes tries to talk the villain out of his plan to destroy the world.

As a taxi driver, Shamiak Nick Haniff often had a first-hand look at children at their most vulnerable.