Stabroek Weekend

By Frances Abraham with photos by Lakhram Bhagirat Located on the East Coast of Demerara is the village of Beterverwagting (BV) (a Dutch name meaning ‘Better Expectation”), better known to residents as ‘Barron.’

Introduction At the end of 2010 I was expecting global economic recovery, albeit at a reduced rate, to take place during 2011.

It’s hard to believe that this would happen today in a largely democratic region, but the beginning of 2012 finds much of Latin America suffering the worst wave of press censorship since the rightist military dictatorships of the 1970s.

By Ian Buruma HO CHI MINH CITY – Can an entire people go mad?

I’ve had the good fortune lately to do one of the things I enjoy the most – browse in good bookstores and buy a stock of books to read and add to my library.

One of the striking things about the Guyanese culture is our disposition to improvise, to use our ingenuity, to use our wiles, to try and overcome. 

Introduction Nothing concentrates the mind like a deadline. With the date for the convening of the 10th Parliament fast approaching – it must be held within four months of the end of the previous session which ended in the last week of September, 2011 – it is expected that our politicians will soon resolve the uncertainties over who will be the Speaker as well as the simmering questions about the Statements of Poll.

Most years Caribbean governments and their counterparts from beyond the region hold policy level encounters at which they discuss matters of common interest.

Kordes Perfecta is a fragrant pink blossom with vigorous, shrubby growth.

Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris), Butterfly Peacock Bass, Waterwolf, or Lukanani is actually a cichlid, not a member of the bass family.

Tick paralysis The saliva of some species of tick contains poisons, which affect the motor nerves of the dog.

Sunday Cartoon

The Trinidad Carnival is often called “the greatest show on earth” even though the Rio Carnival in Brazil might have claim to that title. 

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year! Today is the 6th birthday of this column!

Rajmatti ‘Sita’ Ramjattan is a woman who has supported her husband’s political endeavours for the entire twenty-two-years of their marriage, and it is something she has not regretted.

Introduction One year ago (November 2010), the 42nd Annual Regional Monetary Studies Conference hosted by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago paid tribute to my research in the field of money and finance.

The perception seems to be that sugar is dead in most Caricom countries and dying in the rest.

Santa came early to Silver Hill on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway this year.

Every year brings about changes, but 2012 is likely to be an especially eventful one in the Americas: there will be elections in the United States, Mexico and Venezuela, as well as other news events that could change the political map in the region.

In the early 1990s, during the ‘mo fyah’ disturbances, a prominent Guyanese political figure called me in Toronto with the suggestion that I should write a song to help calm tensions.