Stabroek Weekend

Before the introduction of the internet, say in the nineteen sixties, there were about 60 chess grandmasters worldwide.

Mothers learn to recognize and care for their puppies as they are born. 

Carifesta – the Caribbean Festival of the Arts is experiencing another revival. 

Sunday Cartoons 

  By Nigel Westmaas (GHK Lall Sitting on a Racial Volcano (Guyana Uncensored), 2013) There is no Guianese people.

Former PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran says the hostility exuded by the PPP to the opposition at the recent party congress in Port Mourant can only mean that fresh general elections are being planned.

Hi Everyone, Developing flavour when cooking is about technique and time.

Oncidium orchids are native to the Caribbean, South and Central America and Florida. 

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford and Shakisa Harvey A long drive several miles behind the Mahaica market leads to this agricultural community that is located along the Mahaica River.

A recent note from a Tradewinds fan about the design of a particular album cover took me back to the time I had begun recording with the band in Toronto in the late 1960s.

Uruguay’s government-proposed marijuana legalization drive has been described as the world’s boldest, and could help reduce drug-related crime, but a conversation I had this week with former Uruguayan President Julio Maria Sanguinetti left me wondering whether it won’t backfire.

Introduction The two topics that have dominated national as well as parliamentary debates on Guyana’s political economy in recent months are, namely, the future of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project and Guyana’s money-laundering legislation in light of its regional and global regulatory obligations.

Life at 80 is as full of adventure and interest as it ever was but the adventures and interests are now mostly sedentary.

Continued Cost control Last week, it was observed that though GNPL was experiencing significant difficulties, its management was making the best of a bad situation. 

Saturday, August 3   No compromises, no power sharing President Donald Ramotar yesterday declared that the way forward for the ruling PPP was to remain steadfast in principle and ruled out shared governance with the opposition, which he lambasted for “crippling” the country.

One of the many things I like about pasta is how easy it is to prepare and to pair with a sauce.

By Lori Shelbourn There is unending curiosity about the way Wilson Harris writes.

Continued Milk fever In high producing dairy cattle, this ailment is serious. 

Sultan Khan – White Capablanca – Black Hastings, 1930-1931 In this famous game White outplays his equally famous opponent.