Stabroek Weekend

The twice postponed 30th Congress of the PPP will be held in Port Mourant, Corentyne, on August 2 – 4.

The most interesting thing about Argentine Pope Francis may be not just that he’s the first Latin American to head the Vatican, but also that he may become the Church’s biggest champion of interfaith dialogue ever.

Three weeks ago, I came upon a story published on the internet captioned ‘The name of the game is domination’ by Albert Silver.

A few days ago, the United States Trade Representative’s office informed the US Congress that it is planning to negotiate a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. 

World Story-telling Day is celebrated across the globe in several different countries.

(continued) Over the last few weeks, we departed from our theme of “Infertility” and dealt with the topic of “Spaying and Neutering” as a method of stopping fertility (pregnancy).

If you have any photographs dating from before 1966, which you would like to see published in this column, please contact Ms Allison Bowlin on 225-7473 or 227-4080 to make arrangements for you to bring them in.

Citrus limon, or lemon, as it is better known, originated from South-east Asia, like all the other members of the citrus family −  oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and limes.

Hi Everyone, THE SCENE: Time –early Saturday morning. Location – Cheapside (Barbados Vendors) Market in Bridgetown Place – at the stall run by a Guyanese.

Soesdyke sits at the entrance to the Linden Highway, and had its first Mashramani celebrations last Saturday.

The Annual Flower Show will be held on Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24 at the Umana Yana, Kingston from 10 am to 6 pm on each day.

Last week’s column entitled ‘Spaying and neutering makes sense’ provoked an outpouring of support for the premise, and many callers and e-mail letter writers added further comments on the issue, most of which I will include in this week’s TPC.

Guyana’s National Dance Company (NDC) staged their first public performance of 2013 with a full dance production at the Theatre Guild Playhouse in February. 

Is there an outside possibility that President Obama might use his second term in office to ease relations with Cuba?

The slow dismantling of Cheddi Jagan’s legacy of reasoned debate as a method of convincing opponents and educating supporters began at the turn of the century.

It happens without fail: every time I come or go from our major airport at Timehri, I’m caught up in a memory of the time in the mid-1950s when I worked there as a youngster.

Introduction If, as I observed in last week’s column, removing the unrelenting glare of public scrutiny from government spending is a certain recipe for the entrenchment of waste and inefficiency, then one important corollary follows.

Last weekend my wife and I went up the great Essequibo to stay at the beautiful river-home of my brother-in-law and his wife.

Introduction I take these words not from Dr. Roger Luncheon who used it around the time of the Agricola protests but from the American boxing announcer who trademarked it.