Stabroek Weekend

Scientists refer to the Amazonian Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus coronatus) as a “passerine” or perching bird.

I have never had so many telephone calls and letters about a subject since this column was started so long ago.

FIDE, the world chess federation, has published its first-ever Rapid and Blitz rating list allowing chess players to achieve proper and measurable ranks.

Hi Everyone,  There was a period of time when I was going to secondary school that chickpeas (aka channa, garbanzo beans) were scarce.

Introduction   Historically the sugar industry developed in Guyana because of its favourable agro-climatic coastal features.

Story and photos by Samaria Deonauth Sandwiched between the much larger villages of Mon Repos and Beterverwag-ting is the breezy little settlement known as Triumph.

Smallest In a market of diverse ownership, Citizens Bank is one of three commercial banks that have majority Guyanese ownership.

For much of the last decade the Caribbean has been actively diversifying its political and economic relations.

Bert Carter is a national treasure; let’s start from there. If you needed any persuading of that, you should have been at Moray House on a recent Monday when he spoke to a very attentive crowd on the drainage infrastructure of Georgetown.

By Ralph Ramkarran Events at City Hall once again intruded into national consciousness and demanded the nation’s attention amidst the major concerns over budget cuts, the AML/CFT Bill, the LEAD Programme, the Rodney Inquiry and local government elections.

Every practising veterinarian would have been confronted by clients who shiver in fear as they present their pets who they believe are suffering from cancer.

Do you remember one of the world’s great exercises in futility?

– dance production retains colour, spectacleThe performance of Nrityageet 35 last weekend to mark Guyana’s celebration of Arrival Day on May 5 will have to be highly commended.

A new report on press freedoms worldwide contains a chilling figure: Only 2 percent of Latin Americans live in countries with a free press.

During chess legend Garry Kasparov’s visit to Jamaica in April, he was asked to give compelling reasons why he should succeed the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as president?

Introduction Before considering options for the way forward in the sugar industry, I shall first examine challenges posed by its underperformance as revealed in the behaviour of the standard performance measures since the 1990s as well as last week’s analysis of Guysuco’s predicament.

While we are mostly accustomed to savoury spring rolls, changing the ingredients and making sweet spring rolls is both a surprise and a treat.

The aptly named Stinkhorn Mushroom is distinctive for many reasons: it has a single stalk, a lacy, slimy cap and it really stinks!

Petunias originated in Argentina and the surrounding region. They get their name from a word the French borrowed – ‘petun’– meaning tobacco.

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