Stabroek Weekend

From in front, be clear: I love a lot of things about America.

Reputation   Last week, this column took the opportunity to examine the performance of Republic Bank during 2014.

In a few weeks’ time President Obama will make a one-day visit to Jamaica.

When Elisabeth Harper was announced as the PPP/C’s Prime Ministerial candidate recently the question many Guyanese asked was: “Who is she?”

When one thinks about it, the concept of ‘government’ is a strange one for it assumes as its fundamental premise that certain men and women – human beings like you and me – can and should be allowed to take upon themselves the right to direct the rest of us what to do, presumably for our own good.

Siren Song   This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible:   the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see beached skulls   the song nobody knows because anyone who heard it is dead, and the others can’t remember.

The retina We promised last week that we’d discuss the retina in more detail.

In an article for my blog, www.conversationtree.gy, published in last week’s Sunday Stabroek, I took issue with a statement by former President Jagdeo that implied that Cheddi and Janet Jagan lived in luxury.

Back in 1972, when Fischer opposed Boris Spassky for the world championship chess title, the game was propelled to an extraordinary high, which no one had ever realistically witnessed.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s political troubles are growing by the day following a March 15 anti-government protest that drew much bigger crowds than expected — about 1.5 million people nationwide — and new corruption charges against key members of her ruling Workers Party.

(Continued from last week) For those of you who would like to use garden soil or compost, just add some clean white sand and mix same together.

Fish en Papillote is fish in parchment paper. It is a style of cooking fish.

Hi Everyone, I am currently working on an interview-based project called, MY FOOD, which I host on my blog, Tastes Like Home.

UK-based Guyanese style icon Lystra Adams, commonly referred to as ‘the Queen of Instagram’ is possibly the most vivacious Caribbean woman of style to follow on the social media platform-Instagram.

Le Destin, East Bank Essequibo, located about two miles from Parika is not well known by many, but it has a rich history that its occupants were willing to share.

Sheer size Republic Bank (Guyana) ended 2014 with net assets of $13.6 billion.

Tagetes commonly called Marigold originated in Mexico, but can be found throughout South America and the Caribbean.

Over the last two months an extraordinary level of interest has emerged in accelerating engagement with Cuba.

Two things you should know about me: one is that I’m Guyanese from head to toe.

As expected, the events at Babu John attracted wide attention and media coverage.