Stabroek Weekend

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act I took a break last week to give a snapshot of how the law of criminal contempt works in Guyana’s court system.

A war veteran shows up in a smalltown for personal business and becomes the target of a police-orchestrated manhunt after a series of mishaps.

What started out as a desire to do more girly things and expand my social settings in order to make new friends turned out to be what feels like if I’m fighting for my life for two hours every week.

There are around 8.2 billion people living in our world. Our planet has never been as heavily populated by human beings as it is today.

There were never fights (that would be unheard of and definitely not tolerated), but there were negotiations.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Mason Richards, a Brooklyn, USA-based Guyanese award-winning filmmaker, professor, and creative producer, recently spent two weeks  in Guyana, in search of a location to shoot scenes for his upcoming feature film, “Beyond the Seawall”.

Introduction [We are honoured to present today a short analysis of the life and work of Caribbean calypsonian, musician, playwright, dramatist, comedian, band leader and cultural administrator Dave Martins written by former President of Guyana Donald Ramotar. 

American Fabiano Caruana was one of grandmasters scoring wins on Thursday in Round Two of 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines Mohinder Amarnath’s glorious run spree during India’s 1983 Tour of the Caribbean and the phenomenon whereby elite batsmen experience the euphoric sensation of being in a state of Nirvana, when runs gush from their bats for an extended period of time.

By Baytoram Ramharack Political biographies of prominent Guyanese are rare. The publication of the biography of Janet Jagan written by Professor Emerita Patricia Mohammed is a welcome addition to Guyanese historiography.

Born April 28, 1930, Stephanie Helena Correia was the third of nine children born to Umbelina and Stephen Campbell.

An advertisement last week for a secretary for the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) has reminded the public that constitution reform is on the agenda.

World Suicide Prevention Day is observed annually on September 10. The day is organised by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, endorsed by the World Health Organization and represents a global commitment to focus attention on suicide prevention.

“What the earth swallows is soon forgotten.”  In his era, A.E.

THIS WEEK’S PREVIEW Sept 9-15, 2024 Don’t mind how bird vex, it can’t vex with tree!

Drugs DEA, GDF aid CANU with cocaine find worth €176m at Matthews Ridge:  A joint operation, assisted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on August 31st resulted in the seizure of 4,400 kilogrammes of cocaine valued at €176 million or more than US$200 million at locations just off of an illegal airstrip at Matthews Ridge in Region One (Barima-Waini) said to be one of largest here.

Misha Caleb is Miss Cosmo Guyana 2024 and will be competing this October in the inaugural Miss Cosmo Pageant, which focuses primarily on community service.

Former diplomat, educator and volunteer Barbara Atherley has spent more than half of her working life in either war-torn environments or disaster-prone regions trying to revamp or reform education systems with other social services to either give girls an education or to give the less privileged a chance at an education through user-friendly learning guides.

Most whole wheat breads are not made only of whole wheat flour.

The Lucas Stock Index lost 0.032 percent on the sale of 292,481 shares during the first period of trading in September 2024.