Stabroek Weekend

Hi Everyone, “This is a cultural thing, you know. I been buying from this one shop here for more than 40 years now.”

On October 6, Juliane Kokott, an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice handed down an opinion in a case that brings aviation, the environment, taxation and sovereignty face to face.

When I worked in the sugar industry I remember once discussing a problem with a young and junior colleague.

Introduction The process of consolidating and centralizing capital and other productive assets in Guyana’s sugar industry reached its apogee with the establishment of GuySuCo in 1976. 

Introduction “The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented,” US President Barack Obama said in a statement.

A Tweet I received from a Spanish follower hours after the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs caught my attention.

Hardly a day goes by without someone, in a private gaff or a public forum, waxing eloquently about “the good old days,” and how great things were then, and how unfortunate our young people

In May, 2003, Justin John, an Amerindian from Karasabai, was arrested for murder, a charge which does not permit of bail.

Before we begin with this instalment of this heartworm drama, allow me to surprise you with some facts. 

On a hot, lazy afternoon, Ian Jackson sits outside a bicycle shop, working away on a broken cycle chain.

The importance of the Amerindian heritage to the literature of Guyana has been articulated with specific reference to the fact that what is normally referred to as Guyanese literature includes Amerindian folk tales. 

By Roxanne Clarke with photos by Anjuli Persaud There is a rural community not far from Georgetown whose peace is only shattered by the whine of vehicles racing on the highway.

Begonias spend their entire lives germinating, growing, flowering, seeding and germinating in the twilight zones of the forest.

Savannahs are grassland ecosystems that are characterised by small trees or trees that are widely spaced so as not create a closed canopy.

Hi Everyone, Mention Devilled Eggs (aka Stuffed Eggs) for the menu of a social gathering these days and some people roll their eyes.

The village of Edderton, or No 4, West Coast Berbice can be spotted from a distance because of the huge mango trees which line the roadside in front of residents’ homes.

Introduction The Council of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) of Guyana on April 7, 2011 accepted a Code on Corporate Governance which could have some transformational effect on the way Guyana companies are managed.

The title I gave to my last collection of poems was Between Silence and Silence. 

This may surprise you, but it has taken me a long time to realise how deeply my songs have penetrated the Caribbean culture generally, and particularly that of Guyana. 

In last Sunday’s column I sought to portray what I termed as the fundamental economic illogic or contradiction which underlines GuySuCo operations.