Daily Features

The parotid gland In dogs, there are four main pairs of salivary glands.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The horrors of Haiti’s earthquake continue to unfold.

Is the Doha Round dead? That is a question that few want to ask or answer, not least because of what it implies about changing global relationships.

The ixora is one of the most popular of flowering shrubs of the tropics, and in particular the dwarf forms which have gained enormously in popularity in the last twenty years or so, as their potential for use in the sunny hot spots in the garden have been realised.

Achievement! Recognition! Then what? Our young Calypsonians challenge Besides this being one of my “lazy days” when I’ll quote heavily from one of my favourite controversial sources, today’s offering which will no doubt be familiar to my regulars, is informed by the fact that February is the African-American-inspired “Black History/African Heritage Month.”

History This Week  – No.5/2010By Gwyneth George This article examines some of the major transportation issues in British Guiana in the 19th and early 20th centuries to explain the preferred modes of transportation and the type of transportation system established in the colony.

Immigrant Visas Installment Ninety-Seven Q: What is the process to obtain a U.S.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA “Turtle can’t walk if he nah push he head outa he shell.”

By Robert B. Zoellick President of the World Bank Group In the wake of the devastating earthquake there has been an outpouring of international support for Haiti.

(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)Linden Lewis is Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. 

I referred last week to people, in and out of the country, grilling me about what life in Guyana is like, and although these encounters almost always deal with the well-known negatives, they also almost inevitably turn to aspects of the Guyanese culture that remain valuable to us.

What the people say… Interviews and photosby Cathy Richards Last week several people were refused entry to the Linden Hospital Complex when they turned up with vests or other sleeveless attire.

Part 3 Introduction To begin today’s column I conclude with two of the provisions relating to supplementary appropriations in the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003, (FMAA).

Solution or source of  global climate change In this week’s column I shall wrap up the discussion over the past few weeks of the key lessons that should be learnt from the recent Copenhagen climate summit.

In my home, a step down off the dining room, overlooking the beautiful garden my wife has created, I have my studiolo. 

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo’s inauguration was a pretty lonely affair, with most Latin American presidents shunning the ceremony because of the country’s 2009 coup.

The maze was very popular in the UK five hundred years ago. 

Tonsillitis Continued Symptoms Last week, I mentioned the type of tissue that makes up the tonsils.

Ma Jian’s most recent novel is Beijing Coma. By Ma Jian LONDON – When former Czech President Václav Havel knocked on the door of the Chinese embassy in Prague to demand the release of the writer Liu Xiaobo, I had an eerie sense of déjà vu.

Who pays to promote the Caribbean as a destination that tourists should visit?