Daily Features

Central Asia’s Waking Giant

by Marcel de Haas (Marcel de Haas is a Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael)THE HAGUE – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) brings together almost half the world’s population, several members own nuclear weapons, many are big energy suppliers, and it includes some of the world’s fastest growing economies.

Business Page

On the line: Banks DIH Annual Report Banks DIH, the giant food and beverage company will be holding its 53rd annual general meeting on Saturday, January 17, 2009, close to four months following the end of its financial year of September 30, 2008.

Guyana and the wider world

How is the crisis being transmitted to Caricom? In the space of a couple of months and with breathtaking speed, what began as the bursting of the private housing market bubble in the United States, has turned into a gargantuan financial crisis, credit crunch, and global recession.

Ian On Sunday

Enhance your life It is extremely important that you pay attention to what today’s column says if you wish to live a longer, healthier, more alert and happier life.

The return of just wars?

Robert Spaemann is a leading Roman Catholic philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at both the University of Munich and the University of Salzburg.

Consumer Concerns

Planning versus spontaneity Last week I gave what may be called an introduction to my daughter’s article, ‘On be-coming a writer.’

Health

Leptospirosis – Are you at risk? By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) What is leptospirosis?

President George W Bush

The two Americas

Some years ago, in what was not a confession but a roughneck’s boast, GW Bush declared that he didn’t read the papers.

Frankly Speaking

Guyanese and their government with a new “Trade Union Culture” On this the third day of the New Year, I thank you for allowing me to ramble, waffle and muse on the captioned topic.

History This Week

Valerie Hart: The Woman at the Heart of the Rupununi UprisingIntroductionAccording to declassified Department of State Documents “At 8am EST [January 3, 1969] Valerie Hart contacted US Ham radio operator and broadcast appeal for help from U.S.

Big Brother Google?

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

In The Diaspora

The debt is unpayable La deuda es impagable January 1, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, with commemorative events held in virtually every corner of the world.

In the Obama era

Obama: From poetry to prose Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

Guyana and the wider world

How will future economic growth be affected? V, U, or L-shaped growth curve Following last week’s column, I shall discuss this week the impact of the financial crisis and credit crunch on the prospects for economic growth performance in the United States, the broader global economy, and Caricom.

New Year wishes

Sunday Stabroek asked a few of Guyana’s politicians to share their wishes for the New Year; here are their responses.

Business Page

Our world in 2009 Introduction Certainly the most authoritative publication which predicts the grand occasions and developments of the following year is the widely circulated Economist, published in the UK.

Ian On Sunday

Dark night of the soul When our young son was struck by agonising abdominal pains in the middle of the night recently and we had to rush him to Emergency at York Central Hospital in Toronto, in the four or five hours before he was attended to I felt the sort of helpless despair which must be the experience of countless thousands in this pitiless world when their loved ones are at deadly risk or dying or dead by accident or some other stroke of unrelenting fate.

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