Daily Features

This week on What the People Say, members of the Community-based Rehabilitation Programme (CBR) commented on the challenges that differently-able people are faced with and what they would like to see for the way forward.

Ian on Sunday What distinguishes human beings more than anything is their use of language.

Guyana and the Wider World By Clive Thomas E-mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy

Business Page is dedicated to providing objective information and opinion on issues of interest to the business community and the public at large.

Consumer Concerns The Special Select Committee of the National Assembly earlier this year invited submissions dealing with the impact of global food price increases.

Pet Corner By Dr Steve Surujbally Rhinitis Any inflammatory process (whether sudden = acute, or present for a long period of time = chronic) of the nasal passages may be termed a rhinitis.

Health A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.

Chess The national qualification chess tournament for entry into the national championships promises to be a long exhausting struggle, as participants compete for one of seven places to progress into the nationals.

In Our Time Six months ago, Barack Obama came to office with his plate overflowing: a stricken US economy, two wars, and ambitious (and politically expensive) plans to reform health care and move the US towards (clean) energy independence.

LAGOS (Reuters) – An uprising by a radical Islamic  sect in northern Nigeria may ostensibly have been about religion  but such bloodletting will recur unless underlying issues of  poverty, unemployment and education are addressed.

(This is the sixth  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.)

– Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, chairs a Commission of Experts, appointed by the President of the UN General Assembly, on reforms of the international monetary and financial system.

By Janette Bulkan (This is the fifth 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.)

– And  Mr Chapman’s Training in TracingFrankly Speaking Two preliminary/introductory points: no matter how determined and steadfast one used or wants to be with respect to an issue, sheer attrition and frustration can drive one to just give up. 

History This Week By Dr. Mellissa Ifill In contemporary Guyanese society, the various ethnic groups have deep-seated mental images of one another.

Development  Watch By Tarron Khemraj Introduction My columns have elicited quite a campaign of letters to the press promoting spin, misinformation and distractions. 

By Janette Bulkan (This is the fourth 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.)

Introduction: Over the last few days our nation has been bombarded with information that ultimately will have a negative impact on our economy.

In the Diaspora David Hinds teaches at Arizona State University. Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College and Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column.