Daily Features

Christ Church Secondary School student Nellisha Johnson (left), ponders as she decides on her next best move against University of Guyana graduate and the Ministry of Housing’s Shazeeda Rahim during the Engineering and Construction Incorporated (ECI) chess tournament. Nellisha resides in Orealla, some 60 miles up the Corentyne River and learnt chess in her village four years ago. She won the trophy for the Best Junior Female player in the ECI competition. (Chess photos by Ryan Singh)
Christ Church Secondary School student Nellisha Johnson (left), ponders as she decides on her next best move against University of Guyana graduate and the Ministry of Housing’s Shazeeda Rahim during the Engineering and Construction Incorporated (ECI) chess tournament. Nellisha resides in Orealla, some 60 miles up the Corentyne River and learnt chess in her village four years ago. She won the trophy for the Best Junior Female player in the ECI competition. (Chess photos by Ryan Singh)

World champions compete in Chess blitz

Last Thursday and Friday, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov opposed new US champion Fabiano Caruana, and the other two top finishers of the 2016 US championship, namely Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, in a sensational blitz contest.

1763 Monument
Philip Moore
Bronze
1975-1976
Square of the Revolution
Unveiled on Sunday 23 May, 1976

1763 Monument

Stanley Greaves: Linking Stabroek Square (the former slave market) and Independence Square is Brickdam (built with bricks and named Longchamps during the French Occupation).

Blood Lily

Haemanthus Katherinae commonly called Blood Lily originated in South Africa and is a member of the Amaryllis family.

Jorge Familiar

Turning point for energy security in the Caribbean

By Jorge Familiar World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Caribbean countries have quietly started a green revolution and are now leading the way for other small islands developing states in the global effort to limit the rise of global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Reverting to the old placement system is retrograde

“Educational assessment must overcome a central dilemma, … If there are no consequences attached to a test, then it will do little to motivate healthy change within the educational system; however, if the result of an assessment is highly consequential, then it may engender unproductive or undesirable outcomes such as narrowing the curriculum, “teaching to test,” and weakening the role of teacher” (Braun, Henry, et al (2006) Improving Education Through Assessment, Innovation, and Evaluation.

A paean to censorship

It takes a certain mindset for a person to believe that he or she has the right to determine what information, otherwise lawful, that the citizens of Guyana should receive.

Prostate cancer: removing the prostate

Satyendra Persaud MBBS DM(Urol) FCCS Registrar, Department of Urology San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago   Last time we discussed situations where it would be appropriate to observe low risk prostate cancer – this is called active surveillance.

Meeting of the greats: Garry Sobers sits with Muhammad Ali in the dressing room, England v West Indies, Lord’s, 1st day, June 16, 1966 (espncricinfo.com)

Globetrotting with Garry Sobers

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour retraces some of the destinations around the world where Garry Sobers has played.   

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