Stabroek Weekend

Hi Everyone, The beginning of this school year will be no different from others.

Early on in Perry Henzell’s “The Harder They Come,” the film establishes itself as firmly aware of the cultural and cinematic context from which it emerges.

Warren Plantation is on the Corentyne Coast, directly after Number 19 Village when one is travelling from New Amsterdam.

With the current CPL Cricket Tournament in full cry, a very nice lady from the local media called asking me to write something, in a lighter vein, on the event. 

Introduction – Re-cap As posited last week, it is my view that the true essence of an oil refinery that is deemed local, lies in its type (form) of ownership, management, and operationalized control.

Continued from last week   This week, we will look at Floribunda roses and Hybrid Tea roses.

I adopt the sentiments of Lincoln Lewis, who writes frequently on constitutional matters.

Carifesta XIII is in progress in Barbados. This edition of the region’s premier festival of the arts has underlined a number of issues affecting the festival and a number of patterns that have formed, indicating trends that have developed.

Part 1 Decline in profits The Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) has reported its half-year profits for the year 2017.  

In a long life I have on a number of occasions been asked to address various groups graduating from school or university or making the transition from one stage of life to another – for instance, new recruits in a company or first-time members of a national sports team.

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL), dubbed the biggest party in sport, just concluded in Guyana and some of the biggest alcoholic beverage companies in the Caribbean partnered with the Amazon Warriors.

In 2005 when he retired from active competition, Russian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was the highest-ranked player in the world.

Most people have favourite parts of the chicken they like to eat; and those parts can vary depending on the dish.

The Flavescent Warbler (Myiothlypis flaveola) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.

The new film “Atomic Blonde” is a hyperaware, pop-version of the excellent 2011 adaptation of the John le Carré Cold War spy novel “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” 

Blenheim, is the second village in the south of Leguan, between Enterprise and Endeavour, less than a mile from the stelling.

Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was a leading Bolshevik and the earliest champion of women’s rights under the new Soviet government.

Thomas “Tom” Kerridge is a well-known Michelin-starred British chef. His series on The Cooking Channel (US) is equally appealing and appetizing.

In this week’s column, we will discuss the benefits of green tea and tips to get rid of love handles.

I find it difficult to convince friends – or anyone – that poetry is worth reading.