Stabroek Weekend

The Giant Gladiator Frog (Hypsiboas boans) belongs to the family of tree frogs (Hylidae).

Very recently, an eighteen-year-old boy had the temerity to exercise his right to freedom of expression and ‘flipped the bird‘ or ‘gave the finger‘ to the presidential motorcade which was passing.

Year after year we are engaged in operations that we did the year before, and by doing, so we learn.

The winning books in The Guyana Prize for Literature 2010 which were announced at the awards ceremony on September 1, make a statement about where Guyanese and Caribbean literature are today. 

Continued from last week Right-sided (congestive) heart failure Last week, we discussed the left-sided congestive heart failure, which was the result primarily of the inability of the left ventricle (lower chamber) to function properly.

Sunday Cartoon

Hi Everyone, I have a confession to make. I’ve known about this choka for several months now but I’ve been reluctant to share it with you.

By Roxanne Clarke With photos by Anjuli Persaud Den Amstel lies about seven miles from Vreed-en-Hoop, sandwiched between Blankenburg to the east, and Hague to the west.

Election time will inevitably turn the temperature up on every issue under the sun, including lately complaints about the media displaying lack of veracity, lack of balance, and misinformation. 

As I get older I find I try to capture in memory more fully than ever the passing marvellousness of an ordinary day by writing down what happens in a journal.

Introduction Last Monday, August 29, I indicated in a letter to SN captioned ‘Nothing illegal about unincorporated bodies operating by the rules‘ that I would be reviewing in today’s column the court’s decision in the case brought by the Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board against the Guyana Cricket Board.

Introduction My Sunday Stabroek column last week ended with the observation that, the European Community (EC) ‒ African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Sugar Protocol under which about 90 per cent of Guyana’s export of raw sugar was made, is a direct descendant of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement (CSA), which Britain had put in place in 1951 so as to avoid future disruption in the supply of raw sugar from its colonial possessions to UK refineries, including war time. 

SANTIAGO, Chile— Critics of Chile’s free-market democratic model had a feast in recent days with images of massive student strikes and a two-day general strike that made headlines across the world.

Aviation and tourism are vital components of the Caribbean economy.  They provide employment, foreign exchange and taxes which in turn support schools, hospitals, national security and much more.

The Red Brocket Deer (Mazama Americana) is a species of brocket deer that can be found in the forests of South America ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas.

By Teni Housty Several years ago when we here in Guyana were described as experiencing a crime spree, if someone were to emerge from the shade on a road pointing an object at you, the driver would react.

Many plants look particularly gorgeous when lit at night, especially Pennisetum purpureum, all of the palm trees, and almost all of the aroids such as philodendrons, monsteras, alocasias and bamboos.

Last week, we defined heart failure as an inability of the heart to provide (by pumping) adequate circulation to meet the needs of the cells, tissues and organs of the body.

In November 2010 the Guyana Prize for Literature announced that it was opening a new page in its literary activities to strengthen its developmental partnership with Caribbean literature. 

Hi Everyone, I think that anyone would be hard-pressed to find a Caribbean person who does not like fried ripe plantains.