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  • What the people say

    By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments

    What the people say

    About Guyanese men and fashion Interviews by Sarah Bharrat and photographs by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man/woman in the street whether Guyanese men are fashion conscious and whether they should be. Their responses are below: Godwin Fernandes,... Read more »

  • In The Diaspora

    By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments

    The Guyana stakeholder consensus offers a way out of the EPA deadlock By Norman Girvan The Cariforum EPA was initialled last December under extreme pressure of time and the threat of imposition of punitive tariffs on Caribbean exports in EU markets. In... Read more »

  • Who wants Cold War II?

    By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments

    by Shlomo Ben-Ami TOLEDO, Spain – Does the war in the Caucasus herald the coming of Cold War II? Or is it a Russian invitation to the West to reshape the global status quo that has prevailed since the end of Cold War I? Russia’s military is certainly... Read more »

  • Business Page

    By Christopher Ram | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Auditor General’s Report Conclusion Introduction Today we conclude our 3-part review of the Auditor General’s report for 2006. I apologise for presenting a rather disturbing picture of the financial management of the country that stands in stark... Read more »

  • The View From europe

    By David Jessop | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    A high stakes gamble What should one make of the fiasco over the date of the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe? The event, meant to take place in Barbados on September 2, has been postponed and the new date hangs on a meeting... Read more »

  • Guyana and the wider world

    By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Near-term prospects for the Guyana economy: A tale of ‘falling prices’ (Continued from last week) Recap Several persons have expressed consternation to me over the Bureau of Statistic’s data indicating an overall increase in the price level of consumer... Read more »

  • Ian On Sunday

    By Ian McDonald | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    A festival Caricom badly needed Carifesta X was a splendid and significant success. There were dropped catches, fumbles in the field, times of anxiety, periods of doubt, batting failures, technical errors and fractious disappointment among loyal fans... Read more »

  • The race for the White House

    By Sara Bharrat | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    The last redoubt America has been changing fast demographically of late — nearly a third of Americans are under the age of 20, and nearly a third are now either black or Hispanic — but you wouldn’t have known it from the mainly old and overwhelmingly... Read more »

  • Arts On Sunday

    By Al Creighton | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Arts On Sunday

    Was Carifesta worth the effort and expense? Among the most memorable features of Carifesta X in Guyana were the interventions of the major writers, and, generally, that is how it should be.  These were critical contributions that allow an assessment... Read more »

  • Chess

    By Donald Duff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Chess

    Working towards producing a Guyanese grandmaster ‘I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in (to a tournament). I’m always confident’- Bobby Fischer Can we produce a grandmaster? In the spirit of exuberance and fierce patriotism,... Read more »

  • Pet Corner

    By David Granger | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Vaccination schedules One can extract from last week’s Pet Corner that there is no correct vaccination protocol. Below, I will be discussing some options that are open to us. Vaccination against Canine Parvovirus (CPV) One can vaccinate against Parvovirus... Read more »

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Christopher Ram | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    We need a culture of reading across the country September is Education Month and September 8, International Literacy Day. The Ministry of Education has chosen as the theme for this year ‘Education of the Child: a Parent & Teacher Obligation.’ ... Read more »

  • Health

    By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    A weekly column prepared by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Of girls, boys and safe toys By Dr Santosh Mhetre Ever found yourself in a children’s toy store… surrounded by tens… maybe hundreds of toys… with all sorts of attractive colours… but... Read more »

  • A Gardener’s Diary

    By Dr Steve Surujbally | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    The gems that make it good to be alive The bulb is a development in plants which is designed to assist them survive long periods of dormancy. The bulb is a storehouse for food. It gives food to the emerging shoots and roots once a period of dormancy... Read more »

  • Fixing the food chain

    By Staff | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 0 Comments

    - Per Pinstrup-Andersen is Professor of Food, Nutrition, and Public Policy at Cornell University and Professor of Development Economics at Copenhagen University, Denmark. by Per Pinstrup-Andersen COPENHAGEN – The global food system is in disarray.... Read more »

  • Frankly Speaking

    By Allan Fenty | Friday, September 5, 2008 | 0 Comments

    ‘Somebody make some noise!!’ Basics about criminal networks Past sixty I am, but very young at heart. (I don’t mean physically.) However, perhaps, just perhaps prematurely, increasingly, I cannot cope with what I hear and see at the numerous live,... Read more »

  • Nepal’s remarkable peace

    By Staff | Friday, September 5, 2008 | 0 Comments

    By Ian Martin KATMANDU – Nepal’s Maoist leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as “Prachanda,” has now been sworn in as the first prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, having won an overwhelming vote in the Constituent Assembly... Read more »

  • History this week

    By Staff | Thursday, September 4, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Remembering the 1823 Demerara slave uprising By Winston McGowan Each year in the month of August some Guyanese remember an important event in our country’s history. I am referring to a slave uprising, which broke out on the East Coast of Demerara on... Read more »

  • The guns and gold of August

    By Staff | Thursday, September 4, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Joseph S. Nye is Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead. By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE – China and Russia have just provided the world with sharp contrasts in the use... Read more »

  • Veiled sexuality

    By Staff | Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | 3 Comments

    by Naomi Wolf (This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.) NEW YORK – A woman swathed in black to her ankles,... Read more »