Daily Features

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 Guy-ana and the Carib-bean) By Yarimar Bonilla (Yarimar Bonilla teaches an-thropology at the University of Virginia.)

Photos by Jules GibsonThis week we asked the man/woman in the street if they’d had a vacation this year and where, or if they hadn’t where they were planning to go and why.

Is the CL Financial Group too big to fail? Last week I had indicated that it was the stated conviction of the Trinidad and Tobago Government and its Central Bank Governor that the CL Financial Group was “too big to fail.”

A change in approach at the summit Look closely at the official photograph taken at the start of the Fifth Summit of the Americas and it is hard to miss the symbolism.

On the Line:National Insurance Scheme Annual Report 2007 Introduction The column on March 29, 2009 featured the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) along with the New Building Society in a supporting role to Clico Guyana in which the NIS stands to lose several billions of dollars worth of investments.

Agriculture should be seen as the foundation of the nation’s progressEvergreen Nature Study Club has some thoughts on agriculture.

The view from seventy-six With shocking quickness, another year has gone by in a blur and I am suddenly seventy-six.

Plants grown for their leaves Plants that are grown for the beauty of their leaves are just as important as those grown for their flowers.

Heart of darkness ‘The trouble with torture is that sometimes it works; and when it does, the devil sings.

Grandmaster Buhmann  introduced some fresh ideasThe Guyana Chess Federa-tion (GCF) does not have the magical crystal ball to predict exactly the future for chess in Guyana, but what it sees gives us hope for the upliftment of the game.

Mohamed Bacchus, October 3, 1940 − April 9, 2009 Dr Mohamed Yousouf Bacchus, FRCOG, former chairman of the Medical Council of Guyana, died on April 9, 2009, aged 68.

First thoughts on the ‘Second One’…By Dr Mhetre Santosh, MD If you are getting ready for second one, get ready for the attitude of first one There is a natural jealousy on the part of children towards a new brother or sister and it is called sibling rivalry.

The earContinued General considerations By now, it must be clear how susceptible to infection ears are. 

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

Letting our people know What? FOI Laws? Capitalism? I’m attempting to examine the issue of real, but responsible freedom of information as it relates to citizens’ rights in our own society.

Student Visas Installment Eighty-One This installment of Ask the Consul seeks to inform prospective students about the requirements for obtaining a student visa.

Ordinance No.26 of 1969 By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction Nearly two months ago, we celebrated the 39th anniversary of our achievement of Republican status.

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

By Bernd Debusmann (Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed  are his own) WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – They have no fear, they  never tire, they are not upset when the soldier next to them  gets blown to pieces.