Stabroek Weekend

Last Update: 1,691.301                                   Movement: -2.783% Current Update: 1,644.240 YTD                    Movement: 59.822%        LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 2.783% during the third period of trading in September 2022.

Introduction As readers are aware, I usually indicate well beforehand the topics I intend to address over an extended period, going forward.

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL), dubbed the ‘Biggest Party in Sport,’ has returned to Guyana with much pomp and fanfare.

Wole Soyinka’s Nigerian play “Death and the King’s Horseman” is easily remembered as one of the essential works of late 20th century African drama.

You must try this! It is going to be one of the more enjoyable breads you will boast of having made and eaten.

Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, which had its North American premiere at TIFF after resounding success at its world-premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is based on a 2012 Drama Desk winning play of the same name.

At 28 Esther Samuels is a self-made hair stylist and fashion designer and she is not shy of revealing that she has no formal training in these two areas, as, according to her, they are in her DNA and her hair salon, her only source of income, has been flourishing over the years.

By Rae Wiltshire Twenty-two-year-old Rafaela Ovido recently introduced something new to Guyana by channeling her passion for manga, anime, theatrical films and television into cosplay events for persons who want to express their fandom.

For Verna Walcott-White being part of the inaugural Carifesta in 1972 and two subsequent Carifestas in Cuba and Barbados has helped to shape the journey her life has taken, which involved her opening a dance school in the US and being a dance instructor at several schools.

Once the Guyana Rugby Football Union fully supports a youth rugby programme, Laurence Adonis, 71, national rugby coach and former national player is confident Guyana can again play competitively and surpass its achievements made in the regional and international arena in recent years.

I am not a practitioner of ethnic politics and will not be ensnared into that dead end.

Introduction Four weeks ago, I had substituted my scheduled re-visit of the Buxton Proposal and its recommendations, for a more comprehensive appraisal of the premier position, which I have accorded to the goal of poverty reduction in the spending of Guyana’s expected windfall petroleum revenues and earnings.

“Most things never happen: this one will”.  Poets write more frequently about death than any other subject, except possibly love.

The progress of life is often compared with a river. Life, like a river, is dotted with obstacles at times.

In a way, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” follows a traditional path: a well budgeted Hollywood epic, loosely based on events in history, which creates a high-energy action story driven by human emotion.

In a previous analysis of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta) reasons were elucidated as to why on the 50th anniversary of this grand historic event, instead of celebratory glory, there were so many critical questions.

It is a fast paced world, but making time for your fitness will always pay off.

With the focus of exposing chess to a wider audience, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will hold two informative chess sessions at the Giftland Mall on September 24 and October 1 from 2pm to 7pm.

“For me that is the worst job ever. I had to do it because I need money but if I had another choice that would never be for me.

Last Update: 1,736.576                                 Movement: -2.326% Current Update: 1,691.301                           YTD Movement: 64.397%                                LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 2.326% during the second period of trading in September 2022.