Stabroek Weekend

There is a certain expectation that once you are a woman, you are supposed to like makeup, even more so if you are one who is heavily into fashion.

Silver Hill on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway is approximately 13 miles from the mining town.

Energy use The issue of sustainable development is something that Guyana will not be able to ignore going into the future. 

Introduction Today I begin to address the third and final sub-sector in this long-running series of columns on the extractive industries sector of Guyana.

Sveinsson Knut, Canute the Great, King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018 and King of Norway from 1030 until he died in 1035, was perhaps the most successful and effective of the early rulers of England.

In 1838, as former slaves were celebrating the abolition of slavery the British colonial empire, Jesuit priests of Georgetown University in Washington DC, in the US, were selling 272 slaves to Southern estates to raise funds for the university.

Our esteemed Kaieteur News pundit Adam Harris, known for his daily fanciful dissertations, has dealt with some intriguing subjects in his time, but I cannot let Brother Adam’s recent comment on persons wearing “dark glasses” pass unchallenged. 

In the middle of last month Danilo Medina was sworn in as President of the Dominican Republic for a second term.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha last week presented their annual theatre Naya Zamana 21, a theatrical adventure titled ‘Lost In Time.’ 

A question I get asked a lot is what type of cardio is more effective for burning fat and maintaining muscle mass.

The Capped Heron is mostly white with a distinctive black crown, but during nesting season their plumage becomes tinged with yellow.

These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.

Are you enjoying the bounty of in-season avocado? I hope so.

Alocasia sanderiana commonly called Sacred Heart Lily or Kris Plant originated from the Philippines and belongs to the Araceae family.

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

I recently came across a post on a blog called Churchroadman.

Story and photos by Bebi Oosman Called ‘Coco Belly Village’ for the abundance of this small fish that lives in its swamplands, Seawell Village is tucked away between the Number Two Village and the Number 19 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

The government has deemed as suitable the bond owned by Linden Holdings in Sussex Street, Georgetown, which it contracted to store pharmaceuticals at $1,200 a square foot, when a bond for $228 a square is available.

If one had the power to give a child a single gift but no other, the gift to choose would be a love of reading.

A few days ago, Karolin Troubetzkoy, the President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), spoke to the media about some of the challenges that she believes now face the tourism sector in the region; the industry that in recent years has become the single largest contributor to Caribbean economic growth.