Daily Features

A tumultuous year It proved to be a tumultuous year for the game of chess.

By Nigel Westmaas “To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world; our stories are singular but our destinies are shared – the new dawn of American leadership is at hand.”

Heart attack – Getting to the ‘heart’ of the trouble By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) A heart attack may be defined as a sudden failure of the heart to function normally.

To become a writer So you want to become a writer, a novelist, and you don’t know how to begin.

The value of adopting a pet in the new year I would urge you, dear readers, on this last Sunday before the advent of the New Year, to consider adopting a dog or cat in 2009.

The Christmas festival has always contained a strong secular element, which has its early origins in the Roman midwinter festival of Saturnalia.

Karim Sadjadpour is an Associate at the Carnegie Endow-ment for Inter-national Peace.

Milton Bruce is a Guyanese-born journalist/writer. He has published two books, one poetry entitled “Thoughts” and a novel “The Hustle”.

Or What Some People Do With `The Season’ (A few reflections today)No I don’t want to, nor can I ever, put any damper on this wonderful, now all-pervasive festival of celebration of the Christ-Child’s Birth.

The British Guiana Railway System – Georgetown to MahaicaBy Shammane Joseph This is the beginning of a series of articles that will briefly describe the development and eventual closure of the British Guiana railway system.

A Guyanese Creole Christmas – and Jim Jones in the assemblyWhat the Dickens!

‘Tagga’, pepper-pot and seeing the masquerade from under the bedChristmas used to be the best time of the year when I was a youngster growing up in Manchester Village with my grandmother.

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

Whither the real fight against poverty in Guyana? Nigel Westmaas is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York, and was a former WPA executive member By Nigel Westmaas In an article in the Daily Chronicle of September 9, 1917, Rev.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street what would be the perfect Christmas present?

From financial crisis to real economic crisisTwo issues need to be considered at this stage of the analysis of the financial crisis and credit crunch.

Introduction Today’s Business Page looks back not over the past year but to some fifteen years ago when on January 8, 1994, Ram & McRae (then Christopher L.

Content to be where I amWhen I was a child I had as good Christmases as any child ever had – the love of parents which anchored life, the tree with the star and the gleam of lights, the gifts in white pillow-cases found mysteriously early morning, the fat balloons flying and the decorated crèche, the spread of food and sweets and aromatic cake and even sips of wine allowed, the fragrances of Christmas, the hugs of old grands and aunts and tobaccoey uncles, the carols and immortal songs of Christmas, the sights and sounds of happiness.

The year 2009 will be a difficult one for the CaribbeanFor many, for reasons of family, religion and tradition, Christmas is both a moment of reflection and celebration; a time to look back, take stock and to consider what might lie ahead.

Where possible keep bottled water refrigeratedThe concluding paragraphs in the article ‘Water − Liquid of Life’ published in Nyam News August Nos 1&2 2001 are shown below:“Facts about bottled water“The taste of bottled water comes from the bundle of minerals in it and the method of processing.