Stabroek Weekend

The Candidates Tourna-ment has been organised by FIDE, chess’s international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Championship.

The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the General and Regional Elections of Guyana on 2 March 2020 is the first of its kind, despite the fact that the first rigged general elections in Guyana occurred in 1968, some 55 years ago.

“There are times when I ask God what did I do wrong?

Among the high points of the recent Guyana Prize Literary Festival, resurrected last February, was the performance of the play Sauda by Guyanese playwright Mosa Telford, directed by Ayanna Waddell and staged by the National Drama Company at the  Cultural Centre. 

Language identifies a culture and helps to shape its identity; the forcible removal of one’s language can cause low self-esteem and an inauthentic identity.

Lack of satisfaction in a local product was what birthed the much-talked-about pepper stew being sold under the JoFa Products brand and if one is to go on the word of business owner Faye Gilgious-Greaves, it is indeed a ‘hot’ product on the market.

Renowned American coffee brand, Starbucks Cafe, opened for the first time in Guyana at the Amazonia Mall, Providence on Tuesday.

Most jobs are done because they have to be done – to earn a living, support a family, get on in the world, secure the future.

Last Update: 1,681.488                       Movement: – 2.867% Current Update: 1,633.278                 YTD Movement: 0.701% LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 2.867 percent during the final period of trading in April 2023 on the sale of 17,652 shares.

Crime Two in custody over murder of Crabwood Creek woman: Two men suspected to be part of the gang that was ordered to kidnap a 36-year-old woman whose body was discovered in a clump of bushes at East Canje Berbice on April 21st have since been arrested for questioning.

Marcia Smith was a housewife when her son Jared, who is now 17, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

“I’m done compromising or shrinking myself to make anybody comfortable,” Michael Sam declared.

Women owned businesses were recently on show when the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security held its third annual (Women Empowering, Leading, Innovative, and Flourishing Together) WE LIFT: Women Empowerment expo at Movietowne on April 15 and 16. 

BBC Culture film critics Nicholas Barber and Caryn James pick their highlights of the year so far, including John Wick: Chapter 4, Close, EO and Infinity Pool.

We call it Chip-chip Sugar Cake but in Jamaica, they are Coconut Drops.

459 years ago today, William Shakspere was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

At 90 I am in overtime and a penalty shoot-out looms which I know I cannot win.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour profiles the 1986 film  “Playing Away”, which is based on a play by Caryl Phillips.

Introduction Let me be clear and categoric at the very inception of today’s column.