Stabroek Weekend

Public good The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) has proposed a hike in the tuition fees to be paid by students of the university.

World champion Magnus Carlsen has won three coveted chess titles, making him the World Champion in the classical or conventional format, as well as in the rapid and blitz formats.

Have you ever thought of growing your own kitchen herbs in pots or window boxes?

Ear (aural) haematomas These are fluid filled swellings of the ear flap (Pinna).

One of the very important plays in the post-Independence literature of Guyana is being shown at the Theatre Guild Playhouse this weekend.

Saag Aloo is a North Indian vegetarian dish made of any type of leafy greens and potatoes.

In the Sunday Stabroek two weeks ago (June 15), artist Stanley Greaves wrote about Roderick ‘Bermine’ Bartrum, who passed away recently.

Sunday Cartoon

Hi Everyone, What is it about fried chicken that is so alluring?

Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser Hampton Court, a predominantly East Indian village located between Devonshire Castle and Windsor Castle, is well-populated but most of the people who live there, Sunday Stabroek was told, “don’t like publicity.”

We have rock stars in the Caribbean; we don’t call them that, but, in the North American meaning of the term, that’s what they are.

As indicated last week, today’s column is the last in the series of columns that I started on January 5, 2014 aimed at appraising the crisis state of Guyana’s sugar industry.

Newly re-elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ proposal to prohibit successive presidential re-elections is the best political initiative I have seen in South America in recent years.

Once again the issue of an apology from the PNCR has become topical.

One must be thankful that there are things to read other than the blood-filled and vitriol-laced pages of the daily newspapers.

Declining fortunes This is no time for naysayers to gloat about the declining fortunes of the gold industry and the conundrum of the rice industry.

Two weeks ago, on ACP day – an event to the best of my knowledge not widely celebrated – an unusually frank and honest lecture was delivered at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM).

Continued from last week Haematomas/Seromas I had promised last week (and the week before) to deal with ear haematomas.

This morning is new, but the sun that made it is old.

A fair number of elite grandmasters, including world champion Magnus Carlsen, Anand, Caruana, Karjakin and Judit Polgar have been doing chess battle at the World Rapid and Blitz championships in Dubai, UAE.