Daily Features

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction: There is a great need in our nation for a true sense of optimism and patriotism.

Janice Rogers is a graduate of the Creative Writing programme at Humber College.

Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson As the year draws to a close, we asked the man and the woman in the street what they thought were some of the shining moments in the country and what were some not so good moments.

As some of you may know the Ministry of Culture has recently been making strenuous efforts to revitalize the masquerade band in Guyana by providing instruments and workshops for the artistes attracted to this genre.

Business Page Introduction The word ‘merry’ fits in with Christmas as horse goes with carriage.

‘Dirty secrets’ I hope that I have already indicated clearly Norway’s double standards in its climate change and global warming actions.

Surely I am not the only one to have noticed that not long before India’s Test team rose to No.

By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD  (Internal Medicine Specialist) A stroke is caused by the sudden loss of blood flow to the brain or bleeding inside the head.

As you read this, the New Year is just around the proverbial corner.

The intention of the Guyana Chess Federation is to transform chess from backroom obscurity to a Goliath like cricket in popularity among sporting disciplines in Guyana.

By Dominique Moisi PARIS – “Do not forget India.” That warning made sense 10 or 15 years ago; not any longer.

Brindley Horatio Benn, CCH, former High Commissioner to Canada, Chairman of the People’s Progressive Party, Deputy Premier and Minister of the Government died on December 11, aged 86.

As 2009 comes to a close Sunday Stabroek takes a light-hearted look at the 2010 prospects for some of our leaders according to the astrological charts.

I was interested to read that gardeners throughout Britain are being urged to collect and save trimmings of their yew trees (Taxus baccata) for processing into the anti-cancer drug, Taxol.

-and the more I see of people… Admittedly, this brief Christmas Day offering is garnered, in the main, from other folks’ research, presentations and, perhaps, conclusions.

– Georgetown to Mahaica (Part 6) History this week By Shammane Joseph This is the sixth and final instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of the History of the British Guiana railway with particular reference to the Georgetown-Mahaica link.

– Part 1 By Tarron Khemraj Introduction Financing economic development is not going to be an easy task.

Being fast in the Spy Shop “Spyglass go sell in Grenada Everyone wan spy dey neighba-peeping Everyone wan spy one-anodda-peeping” (Everybody Peeping – Super P-2002)A A Fenty at the Spy ShopJust a few lines from a popular soca song of a few years ago.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Overview Long gone are the days when the US Embassy in Guyana was a beacon of hope for many people both from a foreign travel perspective and for facilitating investments.

– Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.