Daily Features

Introduction Very little would be known about Synergy Holdings Inc but for a remarkable display of journalistic persistence that deserves an award for champion investigative reporting, not derisive and unpresidential talk about the fabulous five unnamed “bitter old people.”

So far I have addressed several basic features of carbon-trading markets.

By Dr Madhu P Singh, MD (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) The word fibroid in a gynaecologist’s office evokes images of cancer, bleeding and at the very least surgery in the minds of the patients.

Better quality beef and more milk through nuclear research In April 2009, after six years of work by more than three hundred researchers from twenty-five countries, Scientists were finally able to reveal the genome cow – the first mapping of the genetic composition of a mammalian livestock animal. 

The Kei-Shar’s FIDE qualifying chess tournament concludes today with Wendell Meusa in the lead with 4½ points from the five games which have been completed so far.

Continued We had mentioned last week what are the most probable causes of diarrhoea.

Caribbean governments will have to balance economic need against the risk When the oil rig the Deepwater Horizon sank in flames on April 20 few could have imagined that three weeks later the well would continue to spew crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten the coastal economies of the southern United States and their reputations as holiday destinations.

Art Williams has been my aviator hero since my public school days at Smith Church Congre-gational during World War II, when I first learnt of the Rupu-nuni cattle trail and attempts to burst open our glorious interior.

Once more my apologies for what you are about to receive. 

Hey! Let’s Tender! Let’s Bid! I get impatient, crotchety, a wee bit short-tempered and definitely upset when I suspect or know that people are attempting to mislead or deceive me and the masses these days.

This article is the third installment in a series that aims to compare the constitutional developments of British Guiana with those of Jamaica between 1890 and 1945.

(Stabroek News will occasionally publish comments from its website which may be of interest to readers.)

By Dr Bertrand G Ramcharan Under arrangements instituted in 2006, every country in the world is required, once every four years, to produce and defend at the United Nations a report on its policies and strategies for promoting the right to development, economic, social and cultural rights, and civil and political rights.

I’m just back from overseas engagements (Toronto and New York) interacting with hundreds of Caribbean people, the majority of them Guyanese, and, inevitably, after the music was over, I kept finding myself in discussions generated by the news that I am now living permanently in Guyana.

In The Diaspora (This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Savitri Persaud was born in Guyana.

What the people say about… Interviews and photos by Sara Bharrat Given the recent emergence of businesses in the Diamond/Grove area, including the recently opened Bounty Supermarket and Guyoil gas station and the promise of two additional banks, Stabroek News asked Diamond/Grove/Craig/Kaneville residents how they have benefited and whether this would reduce the number of trips they made to Georgetown.

A third of a New Year has passed away. This seems astonishing to me.

Demoralized or compromised.  These are the two unmistakable words that most accurately capture the essence and reality of Guyanese existence. 

Introduction The US$15 million contract to Synergy Holdings Inc for the first phase of the Amaila Falls Hydro-electric Power Project (AFHEP) has drawn intense scrutiny from the two independent dailies.

In this week’s column I continue my evaluation of the global carbon-trading market as a key element in strategies to combat atmospheric pollution, global warming and climate change.