Daily Features

Consumer Concerns

Government should maintain a strong consumer protection policy In 1999, United Nations expanded its guidelines for consumer protection.

Health

A weekly column prepared by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body.

Chess with Errol Tiwari

David de Caires was a lover of the ancient game Mr de Caires has died and we in the local chess fraternity are saddened at his passing.

Pet Corner

Continued We said last week that, in addition to a few other infectious agents, two virus groups are primarily involved in this Respi-ratory Disease Complex that affects cats.

The beginnings of rice cultivation in Guyana (Part 2)

By Winston McGowan The first instalment of this article traced the beginnings of rice cultivation in Guyana from the earliest efforts by enslaved Africans during the period of Dutch colonial rule in the 17th and 18th centuries to the early 1880s.

Ask the Consul

Immigration and Children Installment Sixty-Nine Along with the excitement of receiving an immigrant visa from the U.S.

Wednesday Ramblings

A giant has fallen It is with deep sorrow this column notes the passing of a giant among us, David de Caires.

A conspiracy so immense

Naomi Wolf is a political activist and social critic whose most recent book is Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf NEW YORK – Is this the Age of the Conspiracy Theory?

David de Caires

In The Diaspora

David de Caires – Witness to history and the search for a politics of meaningIt was with deep sadness that we learned of David de Caires’ passing.

Ian On Sunday

The quiet sport Not many people guess right when asked “What is the most popular sport in the world?”

Guyana and the wider world

The financial crisis and credit crunch As promised last week, in this week’s Sunday Stabroek column I shall start a fairly extended discussion of the staggering financial crisis and worsening credit crunch facing the global economy, The epicentre of these is the United States.

Chess

National Championships begin on Saturday Fourteen games will be played in the National Chess Championships which begin on Saturday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

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