Stabroek Weekend

Hi Everyone, Regardless of how much searching we do for new recipes to make at Christmas, it is always the old favourites that win our hearts and taste buds.

Residents of the front part of Clonbrook say they enjoy the serenity of the village, and having seen much development over the years they would not migrate from the area.

On 19th February, 1992, a surprisingly prescient editorial appeared in Stabroek News.

Introduction Twenty years and four days ago, Business Page became a feature of the Sunday Stabroek.

Part I A few readers (I suspect primarily students) have asked me, when presenting my reform proposals, to also undertake two brief tasks, namely: 1) sum up my views as to whether the Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP) ever made sense from its inception; and 2) offer a few observations on a number of the other proposals for reforming the sugar industry that have surfaced during the years of the PPP/C administration.

Among the many admirable qualities in mankind, probably the most galvanizing is the willingness to say, “I was wrong.”

Venezuelans must prepare for “complex and difficult days” ahead, according the country’s Vice President, Nicholas Maduro.

One of the grandest and most important indigenous Christmas time performances in the Caribbean and Guyana is the masquerade tradition. 

One of the most interesting things about the latest 174-country ranking of world corruption released recently by the Berlin-based Trans-parency International monitoring group was that Barbados, Chile and Uruguay ranked alongside the United States among the world’s 20 most honest countries.

The Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) is a small, rare otter. It measures between 90 cm and 150 cm in length and is a sleek, dark, glossy brown colour. 

(1) Incorrect feeding Humans seem to have this fixation with over-stuffing themselves during festive season (perhaps that’s why it’s called a festive season); and we then carry our gourmand self-indulgence over to the pets.

The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) hybrids originates from the tropical rainforest of Brazil. 

Hi Everyone, Cooking for the holidays can be a royal pain.

Poinsettias have become a symbol of Christmas.  The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is originally from Mexico where it was grown by the Aztecs of Central Mexico as a shrub many centuries before it was introduced to the United States by Joel Poinsett – hence the name. 

The Southern Tamandua or Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) is classified as a “true anteater”; other true anteaters in Guyana include the Giant Anteater and Silky Anteater, both of which have been featured in this column previously.

Out of infinite pain the mind of man can fashion beauty.

A few days ago a state owned Russian vessel, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the Ob River, completed a voyage from Norway to Japan by taking the northern sea route across the Arctic Ocean.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the widely popular notion of art as being the result of a spur-of-the-moment inspiration, of a bulb lighting up, is one that is generally false. 

Introduction   Perhaps it is the constant stream of news coming out of Trinidad about Commissions of Enquiry, referring files to the Director of Public Prosecution or about police investigations in that country.

The 95-point political agreement signed by Mexico’s three biggest political parties this week may have a positive impact on Mexico, and could teach a lesson of civility to the US Congress as it continues fighting over how to avert a fiscal cliff.