Stabroek Weekend

I’m a farmer’s son – Pomeroon farmer, the late Joseph Francis Martins was my father – but the truth is I didn’t take much to planting as a youngster. 

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled in two of the most important constitutional cases that have engaged its attention in its ten-year history.

In my sports career I always had difficulty training hard. When I got to a certain point quite far up the tennis ladder, I realised that trying to step up the last few rungs was going to take a terrible toll in unending hours of soul-destroying practice and relentless physical conditioning.

“People look at you and they believe that life is just perfect that you don’t have no worries.

Bromeliads were among the blooms on display by Grenada at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species of parrot native to tropical South America and Panama.

Millions of people around the world are smokers. But whether you are going through a pack of cigarettes a day or just engaging in social smoking, you should be aware that it’s a bad habit that affects both you and those around you.

Introduction Last Sunday’s column concluded my discussion of Guidepost 6. It also provided the indicative unit total cost range for a barrel of oil equivalent (boe) which I shall apply to the estimation of Guyana’s likely petroleum revenues, after cost, for the remainder of the Road Map, going forward.

                                To Palm Wine                                                    Alimotu of the gourd Lamihun in the fibrous clump Dawn it is that heralds your approach When evening comes, the drum crooks taps Taps, taps in gladness Mistress of tuppence only, yet Chased the millionaire into the forest.

FIDE Candidate Master Maria Varona-Thomas played some excellent chess over two weekends this month to win the Women’s National Chess Championship.

For some, the enthusiasm and excitement of starting and staying on a fitness course may have gone off track.

Last Update: 554.59                                                                   Movement: -2.47% Current Update: 540.90                                                              YTD Movement: 5.05%                                                LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 0.28% during the second period of trading in June 2019.

Steamed fish can be boring; at least to me. I am always more interested in the broth itself or whatever is accompanying the steamed fish.

Summer is my season. To be honest it’s the only season I truly feel happy in.

The opening credits of “Birds of Passage” are written in blood-red.

Mes Delices, situated 12 kilometres from Vreed-en-Hoop along the Canal Number One Polder Road, is bordered by Geneve and Jacoba Constantia.

I cannot be sure it remains so today because I’m not around large numbers of young people constantly, but in my youth there was this definite impression among youngsters that life on the road, for a travelling musician, was a series of joyful experiences.

Having long outlived the Biblical span of three score years and ten, I realise more and more clearly that this overtime gifted by the Gods must be very carefully husbanded.

The best quote I have read among dozens in relation to Father’s Day while preparing for this article is this: “By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.”

Fathers often feel as though they aren’t celebrated enough. Mothers are usually the celebrated ones because, more often than not, they tend to be the primary caregiver in many ways.