Stabroek Weekend

Bad news from Europe

The news from Europe is not good. So serious has its sovereign debt crisis become, that at worst it threatens not only to bring down the Eurozone but also to make unviable the European integration process Hopefully this will not happen, and over the next week European leaders will be able to agree how to avert the danger that spreading economic contagion in Europe will trigger renewed financial turmoil in a weak global economy.

‘Puri man’ Tony Favourite (left) and his nephew hard at work.
‘Puri man’ Tony Favourite (left) and his nephew hard at work.

Puri man

From as early as 4 am, 56-year-old dhal puri maker Tony Favourite is at work at his 4585 Roxanne Burnham Gardens home, kneading an estimated 50 pounds of flour, which will give him 400 dhal puris.

Tasha Mohammed tends to her kitchen garden at Enterprise. She says she cultivates mainly cash crops while she also rears chickens in another section of her backyard.

Enterprise

With a contented look on her face Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident Lakhraji (only name given) recalls “the long way the community come through“ since she moved to the area more than three decades ago.

U.S. could learn from Mexico’s coalition debate

A group of 46 high-profile Mexican politicians and academics from across the ideological spectrum shook this country earlier this week with a daring proposal to end Mexico’s political gridlock: forcing whomever is elected president in 2012 to form a coalition government.

Giving thanks

About four years ago I travelled from Cayman for the funeral of my friend Bobby Clarke who had died in Castries after a tough two-year battle with cancer.

Take care of your trees

I am often asked to give an opinion on the health of a fern called Polypodium aureum popularly known as the Breadfruit fern ( because the shape of the leaves is similar to those of the Breadfruit tree). 

This curious female dog is looking for a home. She has been spayed.

Canine heartworm – Continued

Destruction of the  immature stages Last week, we concluded the article by saying that even after the adult heartworms in the right heart chambers (and elsewhere) have been killed by the series of arsenic injections, the problem is not over. The

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