Daily Features

Ringworm ‘Ringworm’ has nothing to do with a worm. It is a fungus disease.

Water: The liquid of life As children growing in British Guiana we had few choices for drinking water.

Keeping him safe’ Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

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

The enforcement ‘hustle’ – one reason for defiance, disorder… Simply put, I am submitting that the inability to enforce laws, by-laws, regulations and rules – enacted by a well-meaning parliament, court of law, church, company or club – is a major reason for the breakdown of good social order.

Frank Trentmann is Professor of History, Birkbeck College, Un-iversity of London, and author of Free Trade Nation by Frank Trentmann LONDON – “Laissez-faire,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently declared, “is finished.” 

Remembering Jonestown By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction Shortly after the twenty-third anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy, I wrote two articles on the subject.

By Hamid Karzai KABUL – We began a journey in Afghanistan seven years ago with the war that ousted the Taliban from power.

by Ban Ki-moon WASHINGTON, DC – The world does not need to be reminded of the urgency of this historical moment.

Yasser Abed Rabbo is Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organ-isation (PLO).

The Obama win Interviews by Sara Bharrat with photos by Melissa Charles This week we asked people in the street: What do you think about the Obama win?

The View from the Rear View Mirror By Havelock Brewster It must have taken much courage for the University to confer this honour on me, who, as a young lecturer was threatened with firing for what is now known as politically incorrect behavior, and who over the years has not figured on Caribbean governments’ lists of persona grata.

Half year economic performance The Guyana economy has performed reasonably well during the first half of the year according to Dr Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance, and there is cautious optimism about the domestic economy for the rest of the year.

At the epicentre of the crisis − a bursting bubble In last week’s column I put forward the thesis that, the enormity of the global financial crisis and its associated credit cr-unch could be gauged from two indicators.

The outlook for tourism is far from brightAs the global economic outlook darkens, the Caribbean tourism industry has begun to look closely at its revenue forecasts and how best to position itself to weather the storm that will affect negatively arrivals from the second quarter of 2009 onwards from all of its main markets.

The joy of a lifetime All my life I have loved sport.

Van Wely v Shirov The 38th Chess Olympiad began last Wednesday in Dresden, Germany.