Stabroek Weekend

Nestled in Canal Number Two Polder on the West Bank Demerara is a petite village called Mon Desir.

Introduction After some introductory material, the lessons dealt with so far in this series on the management of Guyana’s public investment regime have concentrated on: 1) the “basic steps” needed to establish an adequately functioning organization of this regime and 2) the types of failures and weaknesses displayed in public projects during the 2000s.

Sports psychologist and medical doctor Rudi Webster, who has written often on West Indies cricket, gave a very detailed speech on that subject at a recent sport seminar in Barbados where he outlined some qualities missing from our recent teams.

By United States of America Embassy Georgetown Chargé d’Affaires Bryan Hunt   GEORGETOWN—World Press Freedom Day in Guyana has special meaning in 2015. 

Encouraging competition Last week’s article considered two of the three components of the economics of unity.

Today marks 180 years of the arrival of the Portuguese in Guyana.

I am reissuing the personal manifesto I have issued in previous general election campaigns and will no doubt continue to issue until time runs out on me.

Since 1982 there has been an International Dance Day observed by countries around the world.

On May 7 the people of the United Kingdom will vote in a general election.

Ectropion   Last week we dealt with the condition whereby the eyelids roll inwards and, as a consequence, the edge of the lids and the eyelashes rub against the eyeball.

The Norwegian Parliament recently approved a trial to include a one-hour a week chess class in schools for third and fourth grade students.

When Pope Francis goes to Cuba in September, he will have a larger-than-usual influence over the Cuban government: he has been a champion of dialogue with the island’s regime and strong critic of the US trade embargo since he authored a little-known book on Cuba in 1998.

By Amina Mohammed   At the turn of the century, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represented a new approach to address by end of 2015 the greatest development challenges of that time.

The second “Conversation on Art” between eminent Guyanese artist Stanley Greaves A A and artist Akima McPherson focuses on Edward Rupert Burrowes’s Guiana, Land of the Dolorous Garde, another significant work of art in the Guyana National Collection, housed in the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House, Georgetown.

Amaryllis is another amazing bulb plant that is simply gorgeous. Scientific name Hippeastrum, Amaryllis is taken from the Greek word which means ‘sparkling’ and it symbolizes radiant beauty and love.

Bill Emmott, a former editor-in-chief of The Economist, is executive producer of a new documentary, “The Great European Disaster Movie.”

By Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Lévy is one of the founders of the “Nouveaux Philosophes” (New Philosop-hers) movement.

By Wade Shepard   Wade Shepard is the author of Ghost Cities of China — a book which chronicles the two and a half years he spent researching the country’s urbanization movement.

Hi Everyone, A pound cake is the kind of cake you either like or dislike.

Every year, an iconic piece invades the fashion world and becomes the ultimate must have.