Stabroek Weekend

In the past Guyanese looked forward to the announcement of national honours on Republic Day.

Further cuts   Budgeting for education ought to be a simple task for the administration. 

It is being noticed more and more – President Obama and Pope Francis are currently making it a theme in their speeches – that inequality is growing and that the already rich and powerful are becoming even more obscenely rich (the President and Pope are too diplomatic to use the word obscene but it is the right one) and even more unchallengeably powerful.

Brandade is a dish made of salt fish that has been whipped to create a light, fluffy texture.

A 13-year-old boy of modest upbringing decides that he will become the world chess champion.

As Guyana celebrates Republicanism with Mashramani and the 2014 Trinidad Carnival moves into high gear, the greatest calypsonian of all time, The Mighty Sparrow, is awarded Trinidad and Tobago’s highest honour, but in Guyana questions are raised over the calypso form itself.

Tillandsia commonly called Air plants are epiphytic and come from the Bromeliacea family.

(Continued from last week)   Last week, we discussed the physical examination of young pups, especially their reproductive organs. 

Hi Everyone, Tomorrow is Mashramani and apart from the main event – the parade of costumes and bands in various parts of the country – the number one activity that many will be participating in is some form of picnic.

By Evi Paemelaere – (Panthera) In the land of giants, the jaguar stands strong and proud on the coat of arms, and adorns many banners and brochures to attract tourists who are happy to pay for catching a glimpse of America’s largest cat here in Guyana.

In the quiet farming community of Philippi on the Corentyne, Bertely Matheson, 70, was relaxing in a hammock in her yard when The World Beyond Georgetown dropped in.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will sit in Guyana for the first time this week.

The feeling of joy is a strange emotion. It can derive from momentous events – winning the great championship, realising a long-nourished ambition, owning one’s own home at last.

In the last few years almost every significant Caribbean country has announced that they are upgrading their port facilities and preparing to compete to attract the larger post-panamax vessels that from some time in 2015 will be transiting an enlarged Panama Canal.

Some things remain the same: political turmoil, taxation, potholed roads, and bad food in restaurants being four examples. 

Commitment to hygiene According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sanitation is about the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human waste.

I had earlier cautioned readers to be sceptical of the widely held view that the European Community’s (EC) denunciation of the Sugar Protocol (SP) in 2009 was “the final nail in the coffin of Guyana and the rest of Caricom’s sugar industry.” 

Cryptanthus commonly called Earth star comes from the Bromeliacea family and originates from the subtropics of Central and South America.

Justice Desiree Bernard, who is set to retire as a judge in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the near future, has left a legacy locally, regionally and internationally not just as a woman in the judiciary but also as a tireless worker on women and gender equality issues.

When I interviewed the head of the Inter-national Monetary Fund’s Western Hemisphere division last week, he didn’t mince words about the possibility of Venezuela descending into even greater economic chaos.