Daily Features

Chess The two positions below occurred at the Bazna invitational tournament in which six of the world’s top grandmasters participated.

The Obama era Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

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

Nosebleed Pet Corner There are some diseases of dogs and cats where one of the associate symptoms is a bleeding from the nostrils (epistaxis).

Consumer Concerns In the March 2009 No: 3 issue of Gapevine the newsletter of the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers, there is an article on cardboard cooking.

A Gardener’s Diary Cuttings are parts of a plant’s stem, leaf or root that can be detached from the parent and which, when given the right conditions, will form roots and grow to lead an independent life.

The View From EuropeIn a few days time, Caribbean Heads of Government will meet in Georgetown, Guyana.

Locking up their own-And Guyanese in Barbados – legally Just another fleeting look at another unfortunate occurrence and its consequence for our national comfort.

By Ronald Austin Jnr. After 12 hours of lengthy debates fraught with passionately held political views, the Constitution Amendment Bill No.12 was passed in Parliament on the 11th of September 1976.

Summer Travel Installment Eighty – Sixth Q: I am interested in visiting the United States this summer, how do I apply for a U.S.

By Aaron Kamugisha By now we wonder if the “male marginalization” theories, which first appeared in the Caribbean in the 1980s, can be considered discredited.

– Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings, is an active investor in a variety of start-ups around the world.

Photos and interviews by Cathy Richards Dustanni Barrow – Businessman `One of the main problems in Linden is that certain powers that be that should be managing the town and assisting business persons and those interested in starting up businesses are not doing so.

In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana an the Caribbean) By Norman Girvan Norman Girvan is Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies.

So It Go by Dave Martins A few weeks back, on a flight from Miami to Toronto, I ended up chatting with a Jamaican about the painful and often unintentionally humorous mangling of the English language that we see these days. 

Is the global economy recovering? Today the issue which seems to concern the international development community most (especially governments and international organisations) is whether it can be fairly claimed that generally, around the world, there are signs of recovery from the global economic crisis.

On the line: Demerara Tobacco Company Limited Annual Report 2008 Introduction The Annual General Meeting of the Demerara Tobacco Company Limited, the tobacco trading company was held on March 31, 2009 making it the first company with a calendar yearend to have presented its 2008 annual report to its shareholders.

NBS is inviting low-income consumers with land to take up mortgages with them The New Building Society Ltd is inviting low-income consumers with tracts of land to take up mortgages with them.

Inconsolable loss Of all the expressions of inconsolable loss I have read concerning the death of anyone greatly loved, the following lament by Henry James, the novelist, when his older brother, William James, the scientist and philosopher, died is one of  the most heartfelt: “I sit heavily stricken and in darkness – for from far aback in dimmest childhood  he had been my Elder Brother; and I still, through all the years, saw in him, even as a small timorous boy yet, my protector, my backer, my authority and my pride. 

Common foot disorders By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Treatment for various problems of the foot Pain in the ball of the foot In general, the goal of treatment is to relieve the pain and improve the ability to walk.