Daily Features

A Gardener’s Diary The largest seed most of us has to handle in Guyana is the coconut.

The View From Europe Nearly two decades ago, a former Caribbean minister with an unconventional background would try to shock those that he met into recognising that agriculture in the region was dying and that it was the services sector that represented the future.

Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister who now serves as the vice-president of the Toledo International Centre for Peace, is the author of Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy.

Stomatitis (sore mouth) Pet CornerContinued Two weeks ago, we dealt with the symptoms and treatment of the classical stomatitis (‘sore mouth’) condition.

Health (Part-2) By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS The nutrition connection Eating sugar, as you probably already know, is a major cause of tooth decay.

Chess The elimination process for determining a national champion of chess for Guyana is underway. 

– Orville Schell is Director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society.

This is the fourth in a series of interviews with children who have been rescued by the Child Care and Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services being published in recognition of Child Protection Week.

What the jackass thinks Really because they’re black? I am a male donkey.

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

Ask the Consul Installment Ninety Two Q: What are the qualifications for a tourist visa?

Latin View Here’s an issue that is drawing growing attention in Washington, but is going almost unnoticed in Latin America – allegations that Venezuela is helping Iran develop nuclear weapons, and that Iran’‘s fundamentalist regime is setting up a foothold in Latin America from where to threaten the United States.

History this week       No 34/2009 By Dr Mellissa Ifill This article examines the circumstances under which trade unions, the middle class and political parties formed linkages, particularly during the 1940s and early 1950s in British Guiana and a subsequent article will examine the role played by trade unions during the 1950s and 1960s when Guyana was moving towards independence.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaking of a US military report of the war in Afghanistan piles more pressure on President Barack Obama, already squeezed by ebbing public support and skepticism in his own party over troop levels.

– Age Bakker is Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund representing the Netherlands and 12 mostly Eastern European countries.

Introduction: The President is getting fame around the world for talking about protecting the planet with our Guyana, yet he waits until the garbage takes over the city with the largest population to start playing politics.

Joseph S Nye Jr is Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead.

In recognition of Child Protection Week Stabroek News is publishing a series of interviews with children who have been rescued by the Ministry of Human Services.

Interviews and photos by Sara Bharrat On September 11, 2009, when Stabroek News visited the Amerindian village of Orealla for heritage celebrations, we asked members of the community what  they found most difficult  about living there and whether they would consider leaving.