Daily Features

Life’s lighter side…… -Some Stress-Relief Humour Just the light–heartedness, the levity amongst a group of us this past Monday night quickly decided for me that I must abandon the more “serious issues”  today.

Non-Immigrant Visas and HIV Installment Sixty-Seven The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Waiver Final Rule.  

The Rise and Demise of Nationalist Politics in British GuianaBy Dr.

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

The high artfulness of Hawley Harris In tribute to Guyanese cartoonist Hawley Harris, who recently passed away, this week we carry an excerpt from a longer essay by Dr.

Kenneth Rogoff is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and was formerly chief economist at the IMF.

Improving conditions for teachers Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles Sudesh Rampersaud, Painter: ‘Teachers are very important and to my knowledge they are not being treated fairly.

Victory at all costs? An old sporting argument – good for many lovely hours of intense discussion and fervent discussion – surfaces every now and then.

The EPA: Technicality subverts democratic discourses I have already pointed out that the text of the Cariforum-EC; Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) is very long.

Died on a Monday, exhumed on a Wednesday and born on a Friday:  The rescue of a rescue package It takes going back to the childhood nursery rhyme to capture the events of the past week in the United States of America.

The Caribbean needs to engage in a painful debate on ‘development’ “The euphoria of speculators has spawned the anguish of entire peoples… Only decisive action by governments, especially in countries at the heart of the crisis, will be able to control the disorder that has spread through the world’s financial sector, with perverse impacts on the daily lives of millions of people.

Infectious canine hepatitis Infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) is a highly contagious viral disease, which, as the name suggests, attacks predominantly dogs, although the virus is known to cause illness in foxes, wolves and coyotes.

Don’t refuse to accept the change to metric It’s metric time again.

Tournament to identify candidates for the National Championships begins Sunday The preliminary chess tournament to decide the candidates for participation in the National Championships begins next Sunday at the St Stanislaus College on Brickdam.  The tournament, an eight-round swiss system event, will be conducted separately in the Junior and Senior categories.

Obama pulling away Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

The First World War (1914-1918) changed the course of human history in significant ways.

A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. Key ‘whole’ surgery: changing with the timesBy Dr Anirban Banerjee, MS (General & Laparoscopic Surgeon) Laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery Laparoscopy, also known as minimal invasive or keyhole surgery is a procedure used to examine the abdominal (belly) and pelvic organs and also to remove the diseased organ from the abdomen.

‘One year’s seed equals seven years’ weed’ Any man who calls a spade a spade ought to be forced to use one regularly.