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Stabroek Vendor Raises Price Of Fine Leaf Thyme, Blames Guyana Dollar, Oil Companies, And Weather

STABROEK MARKET — Greens vendor Miss Pamela adjusted the price of fine leaf thyme upward by $40 Wednesday morning, citing a confluence of factors that included ’the dollar slipping,’ ’these oil people,’ ’the rain,’ and ‘general foolishness,’ none of which she elaborated upon when pressed.

The situation continues to develop.