Stabroek Weekend

A constitution defines the basic laws, structures for governance and rights and responsibilities under which a society is organized.

While President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday that he will normalize relations with Cuba is the biggest diplomatic breakthrough with the island after six decades of hostilities, his speech may have been less “historic” than he portrayed it, according to numerous US congressional sources and Cuba experts.

This week’s column concludes the discussion of inequality and poverty in Guyana.

Whales are not at home in shallow water. Their territory is the deep, 200 feet or more.

The mains for most holiday meals come in the form of a large piece of meat that has been baked/roasted.

  Caribbean History   A flower falls on a leaf, the forest sleeps, and waves are on holiday   El Dorado sings of love as Columbus listens in a plastic boat.

“This is the final chess column to run in The New York Times” – Statement carried in the NYT on October 11, 2014 at the conclusion of an article by chess columnist, Dylan Loeb McClain.

As you read this, the festive season and the New Year are just around the proverbial corner.

(Continued from last week) Last week I received the most marvellous marble and velvet red Poinsettias plants along with several Christmas cards with beautiful red poinsettias covering the front.

On December 16, something quite extraordinary happened. President Obama and President Castro spoke on the phone for nearly an hour.

Hi Everyone, With the holiday season now in full swing and the family starting to gather, keep your cool and don’t get flustered in the kitchen.

Poinsettias have become the symbol of Christmas, evoking the holiday spirit.

Fort Island, located not very far up the Essequibo River, boasts the best preserved built evidence of Dutch settlement in Guyana.

In a long life I have become accustomed to the usefulness of reading.

It’s not nature’s topography; the complex pattern of waterways draining our coastland wasn’t always there.

For some who oppose the PPP, an alliance of opposition political parties to contest elections has always been a prime objective.

Mood swing From all indications general elections in Guyana will be held in 2015.

A little over a week ago Britain and its Overseas Territories held their annual Joint Ministerial Council in London.

The following games were played at the 2014 Qatar Masters, Doha, where 92 grandmasters were participants.

Competition favourites Enterprise Primary secured their berth in the semi-final round of the inaugural Health 2000 Guyana Incorporated Girls Primary Schools football tournament by downing derby rivals Tucville Primary 3-0 in the quarterfinal stage yesterday.