Stabroek Weekend

Hi Everyone, Happy Independence to brilliant, beautiful, bountiful Guyana! Five years ago, I wrote about an ‘Independence food dream’ I had – one in which there was a table with a veritable feast of the foods of my country.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud “My name is Dorothy Patoir and I could tell you the story of this village which [got its name because of] … the Caribs who conquered the Arawaks.“

Continued from last week Introduction Last week we sought to conclude our review of the financial statements of NCN for the three years from 2004 to 2006.

As part of my continuing assessment of the 2012 National Budget I attempted two tasks in last week’s column. 

We reprint the following article on Philip Moore by Dr Rupert Roopnaraine that was originally commissioned by Nicholas Laughlin and appeared in Caribbean Beat in 1996.

By Alim Hosein It might be a trite expression, but indeed, the passing of Philip Moore – the Immanuel Kweku Moorji – marks the end of an era in Guyanese art.

In the course of doing my column recently, I remembered a time in 2008, when I was living in Cayman, and a close Guyanese friend, living in America, had sent me a couple emails complaining about the rot in Guyana.

Suddenly I am seventy-nine years old.  I find that ridiculous but chronologically it is a fact. 

A US congressional proposal aimed at expelling Argentina’s populist-leftist government from the G-20 group of the world’s leading economies faces an uncertain future, not the least because it lacks significant support from unexpected quarters — conservative Cuban-American Republican lawmakers.

As a percentage of its resident population, the anglophone Caribbean has one of the world’s largest diasporas.

The Congo Pump is known as a pioneer or secondary species which means it is opportunistic and when large clearings are made in the forest it establishes itself and colonises.

(Continued from last week) A reader of this column called me and requested to know the difference between ‘nephritis’ and ‘nephrosis’ – terms, which she had seen in a medical book.

Hi Everyone, There are 3 men in particular who read this column and comment every week.

Photos by Cathy Richards Hururu Village is one of several communities in upper Berbice, Region 10.

Sunday’s Cartoon

Last week the people of Greece and France voted against austerity.

Statutory framework Business Page was able to access the annual reports of the National Communications Network Inc (NCN) for the three years from 2004 to 2006 and for Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) for 2006.

Introduction So far in assessing the challenges posed by the National Budget 2012 for the medium-term outlook and macroeconomic stability of the Guyana economy I have treated with four considerations. 

MEXICO CITY — Polls show that centre-left opposition leader Enrique Peña Nieto is likely to easily win the July 1 presidential elections and put an end to 12 years of centre-right governments, but after several days in this country I haven’t found anybody who is really excited about his widely expected victory.

Some weeks ago, I’m on the phone with a friend in Canada who is infuriated about the boorish behaviour of a recent guest in his household.