Stabroek Weekend

“I was just 15 when me mommy tell me she sending me for a better life.

Although we get a wide variety of fruits throughout the year because of our tropical climate, there are certain times of the year when some fruits plentiful more than others.

Years ago, climbing roses were among the most precious flowers to adorn a garden.

Hi Everyone, This is part two of the five-part series on Tastes Like Home August Holidays.

The romantic comedy “The Big Sick” did not open in cinemas in Guyana, which seemed particularly odd.

It’s perplexing and difficult to fully understand why fashion has gripped the 90s trend of logos for such a long time.

Dryshore is a quiet little village in Essequibo, approximately four miles from the Supenaam jetty skirted by the villages of Warousi and Hibernia.

Introduction: Proviso It is worth repeating: my two previous columns had sought to make it abundantly clear that if a local oil refinery is established, which is wholly owned, managed and operationalized, either separately, or through a partnership (or some other joint arrangement), involving only 1) foreign investors (whether private, state, or some combination thereof), or 2) domestic private investors, this would be acceptable in my judgement, subject to one important proviso or caveat.

In a vibrant democracy elections should be a cause for celebration, an ever welcome occasion regularly marking the successful outcome of what in any country’s history has always been a long struggle to overcome authoritarian, and often brutal, rule.

Continued from last week Miniature roses are most likely descendants of the old Chinese rose Rosa chinensis. 

Dominant Recall from last week’s article, the overall situation of the commercial banks can be regarded as satisfactory despite the distortions in the foreign exchange market earlier in the year. 

The stunning news, unprecedented in Africa’s history, broke on Friday morning that the Kenyan Supreme Court had overturned the results of the August 8 elections which the incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta, 55, had won with 54 per cent of the vote.

Faith is at the core of all religious festivals, but they tend to follow discernible patterns in the way they are practiced.

Caribbean media was awash this week with reports of Chris Gayle, playing for the St Lucia Stars in the CPL, as opposed to the Talawahs, the side representing Jamaica in the national tournament, running into some concerted booing from the crowd at Sabina, purportedly because of his disloyalty, or rejection of his roots.

In his largely entertaining and insightful book,  Grandmasters of Chess Pulitzer prize winner and music critic/chess correspondent for the New York Times, Harold C Schonberg, tells us about the origin of the word grandmaster.

Last week alcohol and bodybuilding was discussed. This week is somewhat of a continuation.

There are times when you can’t be bothered with cooking vegetables and rice separately.

  “You think I am happy?” she asks, her panting signalling that her baby is getting more difficult to carry by the minute.

The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is a small American songbird. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae).

I like to consider myself to be a true and dedicated Spice fan.