Stabroek Weekend

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the first of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at the preamble to the 1979 World Series Cricket season in the Caribbean Origin of WSC In May 1977, World Series Cricket burst onto the international arena like a tsunami approaching the shallow waters of the coast.

The fact that a Guyanese player, Kataleya Sam, was decorated with a bronze medal in the under-10 category at the recent 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Youth Chess Festival which was held in Trinidad and Tobago, speaks volumes for Guyana’s energetic chess development.

Our lives of such infinite value come and go in a whirl of busyness. 

What are these tools? I was a member of the Elections Commission for the 1973 elections.

So far in 2023, theatre in Guyana has had some encouraging moments and conditions.

I am due back at the desk shortly. But this column from November last year reminds us that we should be mindful of those we call friends.

One of the best-kept secrets in Georgetown appears to be the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.

Amongst everything else, there is a small bit of common knowledge that curious children and science students share.

Now four years into running her own business in the predominantly male-dominated, local, booming construction industry, Canada-born Guyanese entrepreneur Sonya Oodit, 28, is the only local businesswoman supplying a variety of geotextile fabrics for mainly sea defence and road construction.

By Deneita Fredericks Following a six-year absence from the Miss Universe Pageant, Guyana is set to make a return under the leadership of new US-based franchise holder Teri Brown- Walker, who has already earmarked eight young women to vie for the local crown on September 2, at the Marriott Hotel. 

Music Walk of Fame will honour Guyanese superstar musician Eddy Grant’s contributions to music and culture with the unveiling of his plaque on September 7, at 11 am in Camden, London, UK.

I struggled with the headline for today’s column. I was playing around with the inspiration for the dish – Butter Cassava – and then I also considered Buttery Cassava.

One of the most beautiful forms of art is the art of sculpting.

I am still away from the office but I think this column from August 28th last year is apt for the period we are in as parents are busy preparing excited and not-so-excited students for the new school year.

We cannot afford to cramp or antagonise or even bore our intellectuals and our artists, our wits and our craftsmen, our dreamers and our thinking men and women.

Costing some $294 million—featuring two court rooms, living quarters, drug treatment department, domestic violence room and a modern digital payment system for bail and other fees—the new Vigilance Magistrate’s Court was hailed by the members of the judiciary and magistracy.

The Making of the Guyana and West Indies Cricketer and its Context 1930s-1960s By Clem Seecharan with Ian McDonald Book Review by Ken Puddicombe About the authors: Guyanese born Clem Seecharan is Emeritus Professor of History at London Metropolitan University.

Fish ah deh ah watah but nah ah dam tap. Pick yuh location Shelly!

Last week’s 1823 Bi-Centennial Cultural Festival and Concert, one of a series of theatrical events staged by the Government of Guyana to commemorate the 185th Anniversary of Emancipation and the 200th Anniversary of the 1823 Demerara Slave Rebellion, stimulated a brief analysis of African-derived performance traditions and venues in the Caribbean.