Stabroek Weekend

Introduction Last week’s column reported on the Third Financing for Development Conference and the positions it took in regard to the recovery of stolen public assets.

During his trip to Africa last week, President Barack Obama gave a powerful speech asking the region’s long-entrenched leaders to end corruption, respect freedom of the press and stop changing the constitution to remain in power indefinitely.

The end of the world as some of us know and love it is here.

Lagerstroemia speciosa commonly called Queens Crape Myrtle or Pride of India originated in India and southern Asia.

Chess is not a physical contact sport. In chess, contact is made with the mind, sometimes through speech, sometimes silently.

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The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 was a seminal event in the history of slave resistance in British Guiana and in the colonial world.

  Akima McPherson: Omawale Lumumba’s Galaxy I is a deceptive piece in what it seems to be saying.

Hi Everyone,  For many of us Coconut Ice is very much a childhood treat.

I was in conversation earlier this week with a friend of mine and I was relating to her the frustration of being stylish in a world where fashion has become ‘dog cheap’.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Uitkomst is a petite village in Canal Number One.

Introduction         Hypothesis: Paradigm shift   The hypothesis that has been under consideration in my July columns thus far, is that international best practices in the area of financing for development are undergoing a paradigm shift, which is partly reflected in mounting global efforts to incorporate “recovery of stolen public assets” (StPAR) as a central feature of domestic resource mobilization, particularly for developing countries.

Endowed It is understood that Guyana has been encouraged to become a part of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI).

Following recent musical explorations in the country, including Dr Vibert Cambridge’s excellent book, Musical Life in Guyana, the current depressed state of our music industry is once again a topic of discussion.

The burden of debt is overwhelming country after country. Greece is in the headlines now but there are scores of others teetering on the precipice.

Sean Hinds comes out of the dark and dangerous recesses of our recent history.

Critics of the popular play in contemporary drama, and very specifically those in the Caribbean and Guyana, often hold it up against what is called ‘serious’ theatre.

(Continued) Tick infestation on the ear   Throughout the year, it is possible to find ticks abounding on the ear flap (Pinna), and to a lesser degree in the ear canal (ticks usually do not wander deep into the ear canal).

At times, the column focuses primarily on regurgitating chess stories from around the world in juxtaposition to highlighting what is happening locally.

Many of us are more familiar with the hot version of lemongrass tea but have you ever considered making the tea and having it cold?