Stabroek Weekend

I find it hard to understand why most people never, literally never, read poetry.

Melissa Ann Atwell, a Facebook personality, who goes by the call name of ‘Melly Mel,’ attracted the ire of the Attorney General (AG) who has filed a court action against her claiming $100 million in damages for libel.

Now that I fall under the category of ‘Diaspora’ I feel a type of way when they come under fire for daring to have opinions on Guyana.

Guyanese-Jamaican artist, Keith Agard, is hosting ‘The Message of an Artist’, which opened November 16, 2024, at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act Today I will break down sections 72 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (the SOA).

Centenarian Eileen Prass nee Douglas-De Souza was raised at Vryheid, in a tiny village on the eastern fringe of New Amsterdam, before relocating to the constituency of Stanleytown.

Introduction In today’s column, I start with a very brief summary of Rystad Energy’s recent global data on   petroleum reserves self-generated by the firm, based on its own reporting of the firm’s independent estimation of global holdings of petroleum reserves.

Today I am sharing some recent conversations as well as information I read on Facebook that I found interesting, disconcerting and downright barbaric.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) recently facilitated two social media marketing training sessions for representatives from tourism-focused indigenous communities. 

Have you ever spent time speaking with young children? If you have, then you may have noticed that young children are just about the most curious creatures on the planet!

In celebration of World Giant Anteater Day, observed last Tuesday, the South Rupununi Conservation Society (SRCS) placed the spotlight on Ulysses, a young giant anteater that was rescued earlier this year by a concerned Rupununi resident.

Tragedy Mother, four children die in No. 64 fire: A woman and her four children died in an early morning fire last Wednesday at Second Street, No.

Two-time Olympian and national table tennis ace player Chelsea Edghill aims to shift the low thinking of how sports are viewed locally to that of it being viewed professionally, with her  newly minted Edge Sports Management (ESM) consultancy that seeks to provide services in sport, athlete and sports event management “I am focusing on policy and strategy development in sport management generally.

The Miss World Guyana 2024 national competition has embraced a format that the organisers say blends a virtual selection process with limited in-person events, focusing on quality over quantity.

Road rehabilitation projects have been awarded to 365 women to date as part of the government’s nationwide road development programme, according to information from the Ministry of Public Works, a Department of Public Information (DPI) press release has said. 

There is an excitement that you get when you shop at an open air (farmer’s) market that you do not get when you shop in a supermarket.

At 18 years old, Gukesh Dommaraju often referred to as Gukesh D of India, is the youngest person in the history of chess to have ever qualified to become a contender for the title of World Champion.

A difficult pregnancy, deaths of loved ones and challenges from childhood abandonment were some of the hurdles that four recent graduates of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus, had to overcome.

The recent graduation ceremony for President’s College’s Class of 2024 took an unexpected turn when the Salutatorian Nishal Samaroo, a transfer student from St Stanislaus College, delivered an unsanctioned speech criticising the school’s administration and several teachers.