Stabroek Weekend

Is it possible to bridge the gulf in the understanding that exists between the Dominican Republic and the English speaking Caribbean?

Lawns in the tropics are created by planting grass – not by sowing it.

Arts on Sunday presents another in a series of articles revealing the Caribbean interest in Brazilian literature, and Guyanese writers’ engagement with Brazil.

Apex Insurance Brokers Inc is sponsoring a one day rapid chess tournament for players at the junior and senior levels on Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

Dr Prashant Pruthi, MD – (Paediatrics) How do I know if my child is obese?

                                                                                                     On training dogs In these hard times, everybody is in the business of making a buck – some by dint of hard work, others by devious and odious means.

The Child Sex Offences section of the Sexual Offences Act 2009 continues as shown below: Meeting a child under 16 years following sexual grooming 13.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

– but little forward movement by private sector   It is unlikely that you have ever heard of Christofer Fjellner from Finland or Peter Sratsny from Slovakia.

Some people always have difficulty remembering which plants like to pretend they are still living in the Sahara from those which prefer life in a puddle.

Introduction That the Government used its majority in the National Assembly to push through major amendments to the New Building Society Act was not surprising.

It took only eighteen years.  After continuous denial, derision, and delay from the ruling party, two of its leading men grace the national stage to deliver confessions, with a third likely to hobble from among the goat herders to bow his head and admit to sins. 

In Guyana reciprocated animosity has not even come close to plumbing the awful depths which exist in so many other countries and, God willing, such hideous animosity never will prevail.

Introduction I had indicated in last week’s column that I would treat with three particular aspects of global climate funding (aid) as I wrap up for now, my analysis of the LCDS, the Guyana – Norway Agreement and associated arrangements, as well as several environmental topics related to global warming and climate change.

In Retrospect Eight months ago, on November 29, 2009 and the eve of the Copenhagen Climate Summit (COP15) I began in this column what I projected then would be an extended series of analyses and commentary on the LCDS; the Agreement between the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway; the accompanying Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Joint Concept Note; and, related matters pertaining to the problems created by global warming and climate change.

Introduction When this series began several weeks ago – this is its fifth and final column, – its focus was a review of the report on the Public Accounts of Guyana, the ministries, departments and regions for 2008.

The insights of others continually add to our understanding of what is going on and how the world works. 

Amidst the flurry of activities focused on 2011, a few unpleasant truths grow clearer by the day. 

– despite illness and adversity Eleven-year-old Dawnetta McLean endured more hardship than her little shoulders should be allowed to bear leading up to the National Grade Six Assessment, including two bouts of illness, hours of travelling and many late nights, but she was determined to do well and in the end her dream came true when she was awarded a place at Queen’s College (QC).