Stabroek Weekend

I have been re-reading Seamus Heaney, great Irish poet and Nobel Laureate.

Sports watching can be one of the most engrossing pastimes, particularly in these days of live television and rebroadcasts of singular events, and while the overwhelming victory has its moments – sometimes the mathematics of what has taken place in a blowout are staggering – the highlight for me is almost always the finely balanced contest that turns on a miraculous play or a last-minute singular effort that turns into a heart-stopping victory – for our guys, of course.

What happens when you really care? Abbigale Loncke knows. Three years ago, her grandfather had to have his legs amputated due to complications from diabetes and she, along with other family members, tried to find assistance for him, but failed.

Introduction Today’s column concludes the discussion on fiscal break-even prices for crude oil, introduced three weeks ago on November 13.

Parents today have a huge problem on their hands. The world is currently experiencing the worst epidemic of childhood obesity.

Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson’s conversation this month surrounds Ron Savory’s acrylic painting, Forest Path Night Fall, which he completed in 1996.

With the Christmas season approaching, there will be lots of plant sales with a variety of plants being offered for sale.

These fun desserts are ideal for the holidays and offer a welcome respite from the cake that is prevalent at this time of the year.

Norway’s chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen turned 26 on Wednesday, and captured chess’ biggest prize, the world championship title on his birthday.

The Scarlet Ibis (also know locally as the “Curry-Curry”) is a wading bird with a luminous orange-red coloration. 

Hi Everyone, What’s Cooking is a series in which I address questions you may have about food and cooking but are too shy to ask.

 Earlier this week, my husband and I hosted one of his colleagues for dinner.

After visiting Central Mackenzie, the World Beyond Georgetown continued on to Speightland, which is just past the old Aluminium Factory.

The Gray Kingbird is a large flycatcher with a black face mask, gray upperparts and mostly white underparts.

Being able to identify the policy changes that will transform the future is normally far from easy.

Pachira aquatica commonly called Chinese Money Tree originated in East Asia: Japan, Taiwan and China. 

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Capital assets In less than one week, trading in the Guyana Stock Market will enter the final month of the year. 

Growing up, Popeye the Sailorman was one of my favourite cartoons.

Introduction      Today’s column furthers the discussion of the fiscal break-even price for crude oil.