Stabroek Weekend

There are times in our lives when we’re concerned about some condition around us, but we get caught up with more pressing matters and the concern fades for a while.

(Savannah Deer) Odocoileus virginianus, locally known as White-tailed or Savannah Deer, has a large range from southern Canada to northern South America; obviously they can survive in a wide variety of habitats including forest, grasslands, savannah, farming and urban areas.

Plumbago auriculata (capeisis) or Cape Plumbago originated in South Africa. It is a sprawling shrub and is best kept down to 1ft-2 ft in height as hedging along a driveway, or as a low border for taller plants.

. . . Seven days now this womb of sacred waters Has made its marriage with oblivion Over the sounding cliff of rock and I Amalivaca in this tiny wedge Driven between the witness centuries, Have drowned my mind within the moving flood, Married my human to watery particles Searching the smoothness secret of its power.

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Hi Everyone, Feeling tired and run-down? Need a pick-me-up? Don’t reach for Red Bull or any other readymade energy drink.

Story and photos by Frances Abraham At 81, ‘Cousin Mavis’ rears chickens, plants a garden, produces coconut oil, pepper sauce, achar, pointer brooms and other items which she sells while she walks.

Introduction Today I continue appraising the sugar industry (and GuySuCo) in view of the considerable European Union (EU) support and the further $4 billion transfer to GuySuCo from the National Budget 2012.

The Capybara or ‘Watrush’ as it’s known in Guyana is the largest rodent in the world. 

Introduction Here is a cheque drawn on the account of Clico – in Liquidation.

For those of you who would like a plant which thrives indoors, but cannot manage anything that is too demanding in terms of care and attention, then the Aglaonema is probably for you.

By Alim Hosein Guyana has a long history of visual art competitions, going back to the colonial days.

A 28-year-old miner was attacked and stabbed by a group of men at Mahdia, around 10 pm on Thursday as he was walking along the Public Road.

If there were any doubts that Republican candidate Mitt Romney is not a closet moderate but a true convert to his party’s extreme right wing, they should have been cleared by now.

This is a story with a number of levels.  One is simply musical, in that it involved a number of performers, all living in North America except me, in one concert called Caribbean North staged to help raise funds for the Burn Care Unit at our Georgetown Hospital.

By Ronald Austin The Republican Conven-tion is over. As I write, the Democratic Convention is about to begin.

Continued Further preparation This week, we’ll continue with the preparation of the two actors in the drama of canine reproduction.

More than sixty years ago – can it be so many years, gone so quickly, insubstantial as a dream?

In a matter of days, representatives of Caribbean civil society will meet in Trinidad to discuss the process of EPA implementation.

Hi Everyone, A friend: “I ain’t want no blond sauce (referring to all light coloured sauces).