Daily Features

A Gardener’s Diary

Some people are shy about showing off their gardens My Gloriosa rothschildiana, a most aptly named plant, is in full flower, and embracing a large plant of Prickly Pear just by my gate.

Pet Corner

Some other general considerations pertaining to the structure of the eye The retina We promised last week that we’d discuss the retina in more detail.

 Frankly Speaking …

‘Not Guilty’, but not innocent Criminal connections? I’ll leave this for a significant while after today’s offering.

The Terror Next Door

By Shashi Tharoor – Shashi Tharoor, an acclaimed novelist and commentator, is a former Under-Secretary- General of the United Nations.

Olga Byrne

History This Week

Women in the Trade Unions: The Pre-Independence Period Introduction By independence in May 1966, there were some 62 registered worker unions in Guyana.

Ask the Consul

FAQs for Non-Immigrant Visas Installment Seventy-OneMany non-immigrant visa applicants planning personal or business travel to the U.S.

The road to depression

By J. Bradford DeLong J. Bradford DeLong is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a former Assistant US Treasury Secretary.

In the Diaspora

‘Ever so welcome, wait for a call’ (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) By Arif Bulkan Arif Bulkan is an attorney-at-law and lecturer in the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies in Barbados For those who might have missed it, that was the message Prime Minister of Barbados David Thompson had for aspiring Guyanese immigrants to his island.

What the people say about…

Women and abusive relationships This week we asked the man/woman in the street why they thought women stayed in abusive relationships and what more could be done to help them.

The death of NATO

By Nick Witney Nick Witney, former Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, is a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

Business Page

Response to a crisis Introduction Today’s column looks at some of the ironies and contradictions in the response to what started as a domestic crisis in the mortgage sector in the US and the prospects for the developing countries arising out of the Obama victory.

The View From Europe

Cariforum nations should follow Jamaica’s initiative in relation to Cuba On December 8 in Santiago de Cuba, Caribbean heads of government and representatives of a range of regional institutions will gather for the third Cuba-Caricom Summit.

Ian On Sunday

The irrelevance of sport? A couple of weeks ago I explained in a column what an important part sport has played, and very much continues to play, in my life.

Guyana and the Wider World

An abrupt about face: From the Troubled Assets Relief Program to partial nationalization   From the inception the US Treasury authorities have made it clear that the primary objective of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) is to stabilize the US financial system and free the flow of finance to business.

The Guyana Chess Federation displayed three banners advertising the National Chess Championships outside the National Library, and on the roadways leading to Georgetown from the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara, compliments of Shamdas Kirpalani and Swiss House Cambio. In picture is the banner on the East Bank of Demerara.

Chess

The finals are today Today, we play the final round of the National Chess Championships.

A Gardner’s Diary

The many members of the Solanaceae family The potato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is a member of that great family, the Solanaceae.

In the Obama era

Stepping up to the (hot) plate Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

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