Stabroek Weekend

It has been approximately one week since I became a German citizen, and no, I haven’t given up my Guyanese citizenship to attain it.

After five rounds of the 2024 US Chess Championships being held in St Louis, Missouri, favourite grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip were leading the competition.

Someone read a column of mine and meeting me asked very sincerely What is the practical value of Poetry, Ian?

This article under the caption of “November 22 and 23,” now slightly amended, was published on 23 November 2015 about Stanley Greaves, but included references to Roy Brummel and Wordsworth McAndrew, cultural and artistic giants in their own right. Since

Cash grant President announces $200,000 for each household: President Irfaan Ali last week announced a cash payment of $200,000 to each household, free university education from January next year, a 50% cut in electricity charges before the end of 2025, a universal health voucher of $10,000 and a minimum wage of $100,000 per month in the public sector by the end of 2025 among other measures.

Medical practitioner Derron Moonsammy of Mabaruma Township in Region One, who joined the profession on the insistence of his mother, is now in his third year, specialising in the Ministry of Health’s obstetrics/gynaecology program-me.

Empowering Young Minds, an organisation dedicated to mental health and youth empowerment since 2016, is making significant strides in community support.

It is definitely not an easy feat to fulfill some dreams or any dream for that matter but Antonio Prittipal, a young pilot, embarked on what would become a significant journey back to his homeland last week, shaping not just his future but hopes to inspire others by doing so.

Following their successful participation in the 2024 First Global Challenge the sponsor of the STEMGuyana team, MODEC Guyana Inc, recently met with the members and discussed their journey to the challenge and how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) plays a role in their lives.

Time and life are similar in the fact that they are both unpredictable and elusive in nature.

A new publication that traces the intertwined histories of sugar and rum is the latest project from pan-Africanist and writer William Thomas (Tom) Dalgety.

Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip are in place to defend their titles at the US Championship and the US Women’s Championship respectively, both of which began on Friday last at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA and will end on October 24.

With the final bat to ball and wickets and overs to spare, CPL Cricket 2024 is over.

While they are not new, there are certain things that we take for granted because we are familiar with them.

The Royal Historical  Society (RHS) of the United Kingdom has elected Guyanese Dr Joanne Collins-Gonsalves as a Fellow, in recognition of her tremendous contribution to historical scholarship.

Lawrence Sher’s camera moves through the halls of Arkham State Hospital with a desultory grimness that refuses to let up.

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act Sections 62 and 63 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (“SOA”), empower Guyana’s courts to ensure that complainants in sexual offences cases remain anonymous both in the courtrooms, and in any media reports covering those cases.

President Irfaan Ali delivered a masterstroke on Thursday last in his address to the opening sitting of the new session of the National Assembly.

Be it jade, it shatters.                    Be it gold, it breaks. Be it quetzal feather, it tears apart.