Daily Features

Is there life after Carifesta? And so we come to the end of Carifesta… the curtain comes down on a spectacular ten days of art and culture and we bid adieu… Aaaaaagh!

By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the Beijing Olympics, China trounced the United States in the contest for gold medals.

CARIFESTA and Culture CARIFESTA X is over. Those who have worked so hard with just one year’s notice are to be fully commended.

Carifesta X Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man/woman in the street what their favourite Carifesta event was and what made it stand out.

Near-term prospects for the Guyana economy: A tale of ‘falling prices’The surging increases in food and fuel prices have produced considerable economic uncertainty worldwide.

The Auditor General’s report for 2006 (Continued) UpdateIn the first part of this review (BP 24.8.08) of the Auditor General’s report for 2006 we examined the several statutory obligations of the Audit Office under the constitution and several other statutes.

Guyana should be metric A Metrication Committee has been established by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to monitor the implementation of the metric system which came into operation when we changed from the imperial system on  January 1, 2002.

Illth Absurdly, we still take for granted that Gross Domestic Product is an accurate measure of success and well-being in a nation, so that if GDP is increasing we think we must be doing better.

When the Carifesta X finale is held later today, the 10-day festival will no doubt be hailed as a resounding success, perhaps based on the numbers of people who would have attended the various events, as well as showed up for what turned out to be non-events.

Scoliosis: Learning the curve By  Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Did you know… ?

Canine vaccines Much of what was said last week in the general discussion of feline vaccines would be valid for dog vaccines as well.

Shridath Ramphal and the art of diplomacyRichard Bourne (ed) Shridath Ramphal: The Commonwealth and the World.

Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes SJ,  Missionary among the Amerindians 1909-1923 On Monday, August 25, four stamps were issued by the Guyana Post Office Training Centre on Carmichael Street.

Nurturing grandmastersSuddenly, almost overnight some would say, India and China have emerged from chess obscurity to sit among the giants of the great game.

Talk to your plants At the time of writing this article I am in England.

Guyanese Arif Ali, the owner and editor-in-chief of Hansib Publications, who migrated to the UK many years ago, said that the career he was initially interested in – politics – was not “powerful enough” and as such he went into a field “that had more of an international scope.”

Our culture, after Carifesta -Corbin’s concerns, blunders, americana In the spirit of Carifesta realities and opposition leader RHO Corbin’s concerns, I pen these notes.

Post Emancipation Economic Development in colonial British Guiana By Tota C.

VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS Installment Sixty-Three U.S. citizens who are residing in Guyana can exercise their right to vote in the upcoming November 4, 2008 Federal election that will determine the next President of the United States. 

The Carifesta opening Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles This week we asked persons at the Carifesta opening their opinion of the ceremony.