Stabroek Weekend

Last week’s column debunked the myth of spot reduction in problem areas.

Small Guyana is developing the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) to promote the development of the country. 

The combination of bread and cheese is one of life’s culinary pleasures.

To Toussaint L’Ouverture TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men!       Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough      Within thy hearing, or thy head be now               Pillowed in some deep dungeon’s earless den;—               O miserable Chieftain!

As she stood on the public byway and shared condoms to passersby, Juanita Burrowes was in earshot of a ‘cuss out’ between two neighbours and shockingly heard one accuse the other of allowing her partner to sexually abuse her young son.

Following a six-month period of non-activity in tangible chess playing, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is back on stage in the local limelight.

Today’s column concludes the coverage on the economic characteristics of mini-oil refineries, started last week.

Yellow-throated Flycatcher (Conopias parvus) is a medium-sized songbird widespread in the lowlands of northern South America. 

In Guyana, avocado (Persea Americana) is in season. The fruit is bountiful in the markets in different sizes depending on where they were grown.

“Only the pillow can tell how many tears I shed. It has not been easy you know but I would not give up and even though they pay late and the money is small I bless God for it.

Hi Everyone, Several years ago while standing in the cashier line at one of the supermarkets here in Barbados, a man (tourist) standing immediately behind me pointed to the small tray I had just put on the cash belt and asked what it was.

Whenever I am buying shoes, I try to remember the wise words from the Guyanese proverb: ‘When yah like play cheap yah does pay dare,’ that my Godmother always preached to me.

I kept experiencing a kind of cognitive dissonance while watching War for the Planet of the Apes, the last film in the rebooted trilogy.

La Harmonie, West Bank Demerara appears to be facing extinction; only three families reside there.

Within the first year of my returning to live in Guyana in 2008, I set about recording an album of new material, in the established Tradewinds format, at Krosskolor Studios in Campbellville, using local musicians. 

As part of my July-August series, let me challenge a myth that always sees the light of day at this time of the year: spot reduction.

These days, as increasing age makes the discovery of new lands much less likely, it remains perfectly possible to voyage in the mind as adventurously as ever by reading books and talking to good friends.

“What you buying girlie? A gat celery, sweet peppa, bora all wah you want, a gat hay today.

Today’s column wraps up the discussion started last week on the general economic characteristics of oil refineries.

Complex makeup Many Guyanese have heard the adage “Show me your company and I’ll tell you who you are”.