Health By Dr Tejaz K. John, MBBS, MS (Orth) Joint Replacement Fellowship Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon)Knee replacement surgery can help relieve pain and restore function in arthritic and severely diseased knee joints in the elderly.
In Our Time It’s a thought to madden a Manichaean, but the usual outcome of any struggle between ‘good’ and ‘evil’ isn’t victory for one or the other, but stalemate.
Chess The Guyana Chess Federation continues to foster the enhancement of chess countrywide by reaching out to those communities which never had an opportunity to learn and play the ancient game.
A Gardener’s Diary Before I left New Providence my Buxton Spice Mango tree was fully mature and was bearing a full crop of delicious fruit.
Pet Corner Today we begin a new chapter of canine maladies, viz, those which are associated with the oral cavity.
Nostalgia 460 By Godfrey Chin “On my honour, I promise that I will do my best, to do my duty, to God and my country, to help other people, and to keep the scout law.”
Trade unionists Lincoln Lewis and Norris Witter along with social activist Mark Benschop are contending that Guyana has never been this bad since the legacy of Dr Cheddi Jagan’s pre-colonial struggles is being tarnished by what they see as President Bharrat Jagdeo’s “tyrannical reign.”
(This is the ninth in a 10-part series intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.)
Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, Ph.D. (LSE), Barrister-at-Law, is a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, and Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Frankly Speaking… By A.A. Fenty Some disrespect and humour in Parliament Funny how many (mass) organizations declare that “Congress is the highest forum” for their particular body.
(This is the eighth in a 10-part series intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.)
Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, Ph.D. (LSE), Barrister-at-Law, is a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, and Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Ask the Consul Installment 89 It is important to answer all questions on your NIV application truthfully and completely.
History This Week No. 29/2009 By Dr. Mellissa Ifill British Guiana, and in particular Georgetown was the scene of intense, violent protest action in 1905.
Slow Fiah, Mo Fiah and the Guyanese Growth Stagnation Introduction In my third column (SN July 22, 2009) I noted that Guyana’s GDP grew at a paltry average rate of 0.86% since 1998.
(This is the seventh in a 10-part series intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.)
Tuesday’s Economic corner By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Over view: I refer to the future of our nation’s agricultural opportunities as the “Green Anchor” of the region and the fact that we continue to have stagnation in this key sector is alarming.
In The Diaspora Part II Alissa Trotz is the weekly editor of the In the Diaspora Column A few weeks ago we carried a column, Stop the Slaughter, by Luke Daniels, a British-based Guyanese domestic violence counselor, which was published the week we learned of the alleged murders of Ramattie Deonauth by her son, and Rajpattie Jagroop by a man who had been spurned by her daughter.
By Dave Martins Wherever you’re living, there’s something wrong, and everywhere you go there are things that could be done better.
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