Stabroek Weekend

Hi Everyone, As you know by now, I am not really a dessert person, however, I really like certain baked items when made properly.

When most people in the Caribbean think about fashion as a potential career, the only job titles they tend to associate it with are seamstress, fashion designer or model.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Spring Garden is one of the many villages situated on the Essequibo Coast.

A single mother is accusing officers of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) of being involved in a scheme to take away her 10-year-old daughter and put her in the care of her paternal grandmother by alleging the child was pregnant; she is calling for action to be taken against the officers.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour takes an initial look at the controversial subject of apartheid and cricket.

Dorofield Hardy’s painting Sir Walter Raleigh and Son is the subject of this the 15th Conversation on Art between Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson.

In the midst of the daily complaints in the media about this problem and that, it’s a relief to sometimes see the bright spots.

Higher knowledge In the column of last week, the 17 goals for sustainable development were identified. 

I like to tell the story of Tony Judt. Tony Judt was a writer on recent world history whom I greatly admire.

The right to question took centre stage last week in the National Assembly.

Introduction Today’s column reflects on a well-known hypothesis (forest transition theory), developed in research on the dynamics of forests in human societies.

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Boiled and sliced ground provisions work well as a side dish or the main starch to a curry or stew with lots of sauce/gravy.

Agapanthus commonly called African Lily or Lily of the Nile originated in South Africa.

The Golden Jubilee Independence celebrations around May 26, were full of fun, fetes, food and frolic.

Blue-and-yellow Macaws usually mate for life. They prefer to nest in dead palm trees as is the case here in the Botanical Gardens and they feed on a wide range of fruits, particularly palm nuts and leafbuds.

Last Sunday morning, the illegal Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) strolled without purpose in its usual manner, into the meeting room of the National Resource Centre.

Hi Everyone, A little over 2 weeks ago an exchange took place on Facebook between Vibert Cambridge and Henry Muttoo.

The word slow is not one you would associate with fashion and how the industry operates in the grand scheme of things.

Economic growth and net forest loss This week’s column continues with the exploration of the relationship between, on the one hand, Guyana’s population and real national income growth, and, on the other, its rate of net forest loss/deforestation, over similar long-term periods, (that is roughly from the early 1960s to the early 2000s).