Stabroek Weekend

I recently saw a meme being shared on  Facebook that made me feel a bit sad, and, if I’m being honest, caused me to chuckle a little at how nonchalant we are when it comes to connecting the dots to global problems.

As indicated last week I am away from the office and I am reprinting some columns that resonate.

There is a common feeling that many young people and teenagers experience.

Dr Leroy ‘Jimi’ Hendricks, 29, is using his skills and knowledge as a medical doctor, entrepreneur, and through activism, which he says is new to him, to to empower Indigenous people in Guyana, and help the wider Guyanese population and people around the world to take pride in their indigeneity.

Purchasing gifts is such a time consuming, hit or miss, mind boggling task, especially when there is no gift registry.

Three short plays of compelling interest were performed on July 28 last at the National Cultural Centre.

Introduction As promised last week, in today’s column I shall introduce readers to the second of two studies that focus on the evaluation of public auctioning of oil rights.

I will be away from the office for the next few weeks and will be unable to conduct interviews but I still wanted to bring the experiences of women to this space.

Nineteen-year-old Sasha Shariff, a University of Guyana student is considered the favourite in the annual Women’s National Chess Championship which began on Thursday at the School of the Nations, Georgetown and ends on August 20.

A true test of strength at the gym can vary depending on the individual’s goals and fitness level.

The follow-up to The Meg is a “very distant, shabby descendant of Jaws”, writes Caryn James, with some glimmers of meta wit but also plenty of “leaden dialogue and predictable action”.

To put it mildly, West Indies Cricket – especially Test Cricket – has fallen on parlous times.

Editorialising on “Mining and Amerindians” last Friday, after my article, “Chinese Landing” on Sunday, Stabroek News largely adopted the point of view of the Amerindians of Chinese Landing as its own.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you may have but are too shy to ask, or, as in many cases, questions that you do ask.

The Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, which ended yesterday, was everything its name suggested and more.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at the Lord’s Test Match of the 1984 West Indies Tour of England.

There is value in the traditional. Despite my advocacy for more contemporaneity in visual art practice locally (because colloquially speaking we need to shake things up), I do value traditional approaches to art and most definitely training that is steeped in the traditional.

Growth is a rather strange concept. It is measured in centimetres, kilogrammes and dollars but never in opinions, thoughts or feelings.

Mining  Gov’t to temporarily halt mining at Chinese Landing: As part of its response to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) resolution issued on July 21 concerning the Chinese Landing Village, the Government of Guyana has announced its decision to temporarily end all mining there as it engages the Toshao and council on the way forward.