Stabroek Weekend

Living in a western country and seeing the traditional Indian beauty ritual hair oiling rise in popularity when it was once scoffed at, is perplexing.

Education Guyanese students capture top awards at CSEC, CAPE: Guyanese students have once again secured outstanding results at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

By Miranda La Rose Dr Nneka Johnson, 49, wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents – her mother was a teacher and her father, a social worker – and was conflicted about her career path, so she pursued studies in both fields and now successfully blends both disciplines in her field of work to better the lives of the people.

Want chicken that’s flavoursome, finger-licking and succulent? Then cook it in a pot on the stovetop, low and slow.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at the role of Australian Dennis Waight during the West Indies Cricket Team’s Glory Years of the 1980s and 1990s.

The Lucas Stock Index rose 2.403 percent during the second period of trading in November 2023. 

When the Ram and McRae National Qualifiers Tournament concludes today, the top ten competitors will move on to contest the 2023 National Chess Championships billed for later this month.

Once upon a time drama and theatre in Guyana were exclusive to the Theatre Guild and vice versa.

Sometimes, amidst the positivity of the word yes, a solid no can be the healthy answer.

Dave Martins’s song “Not A Blade of Grass” is playing on steroids right now and while there is a heightened sense of national pride across certain sections of the population due to the border controversy, there is a big part of me that can’t help but to interrogate the phrase, “is we own” that is being plastered everywhere.

It isn’t an exercise that makes much sense to try and rank poets in a sort of hierarchy of greatness.

After more than 12,000 deaths, more than 5,000 being children and 3,000 women, with 3,700 missing, there is no end in sight to the Gaza slaughter.

Introduction Last week’s column referenced six mechanisms utilized by oil-rich economies pursuing poverty eradication. 

There she was singing quietly to the music on the radio as she cleaned the interior of a corporate entity I visited recently.

It would not be an understatement to say that our world’s youth is the most powerful group that exists.

Housing Several persons arrested in housing probe – minister: Several persons have been arrested by the police in relation to a housing fraud probe, according to Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Susan Rodrigues who also strongly defended one of her employees who had been implicated on social media.

Border controversy Venezuela rejects UN SG statement over border controversy tension: Venezuela last week rejected a statement by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressing concern at the recent escalation of tension between Georgetown and Caracas over the border controversy between the two countries. 

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Wednesday launched Road Safety Month in Region Two at the Anna Regina Car Park and called on road users to use the roadways with caution.

Even if you have not taken up last week’s challenge to completely cut sugar from your diet this month, I hope you will at least cut back.

By Mike Spector, Richa Naidu and Kristina Cooke  (Reuters) – Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St.