Stabroek Weekend

Part 1 In the last seven months much has been written about Cuba and the reopening of full diplomatic relations with the US.

If Secretary of State John Kerry is serious when he claims that the Obama administration will keep pressing for democracy and human rights in Cuba, this is the least he should do: invite Cuban dissidents to the flag-raising ceremony at the US Embassy in Havana when he travels for the historic event there on August 14.

As I said last week, there is a lot of hype around mulch and wood waste but sometimes the sawmills cannot be trusted to provide safe wood waste.

Hi Everyone,   For decades now, electrical devices have been conceptualized, designed and manufactured to make our lives easier in the kitchen.

A few weeks ago Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan would have enforced the 2 am cap on nightlife.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Home to approximately 250 people, Supply, East Bank Demerara is a beautiful, little multi-cultural village.

I have known Vibert Cambridge for more than 40 years, going back to 1970 in the We Place nightclub home of the Tradewinds in Toronto.

Interesting: a new world ranking shows that many Latin American countries are way ahead of China and India in creativity, and suggests that — if they improve their education and technology standards — they could be among the world’s most competitive economies.

Submersible The change of government and the aggression shown by Venezuela towards Guyana have brought the PetroCaribe energy agreement into sharp focus.

Introduction The Third International Conference on Financing for Development has just concluded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 to 16 July.

It is only fair that the traditional honeymoon period of three months of the new APNU+AFC administration be exhausted before its performance is assessed.

Climate change is an issue on which the Caribbean has every reason to have its voice heard and be taken very seriously.

There is an entry in my father’s diary which moved me deeply when I read it after he died.

Ground meat – beef, veal, lamb, pork, chicken or turkey – are perfect meal stretchers.

A number of Guyanese plays that began to develop after 1981 belonged to the period of the popularisation of drama in Guyana and the rise of a new, popular and populous audience for theatre.

General considerations By now, it must be clear how susceptible to infection ears are.

Some time in the fourth century BC, Sun Tzu wrote the Chinese classic The Art of War which has survived.

Sunday Cartoon

After receiving a few phone calls on mulch and wood chips I decided to write on the subject.