Daily Features

The President, ‘scraps’ and concessions By Christopher Ram It was a week of ‘scraps’ for President Jagdeo, if we count his inexplicable meeting last Monday at State House with the scrap metal dealers, who come under Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ portfolio.

‘Only in America’ By Wayne Brown Well, wasn’t that something, in The Land that Slavery Begat!

When winners take too muchBy Ian McDonald It would cost US$600 million a year to immunise 200 million children in poor countries against polio, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus and tuberculosis. 

Increases in ocean transport costs have offset all trade liberalisation measures of the last three decades By David Jessop When governments engage in trade negotiations their principal objectives are to achieve trade advantage for their business community in overseas markets, lower the cost of imports and to encourage foreign investment.

Barbados makes roofing tiles out of recycled plastic waste By Eileen Cox Many consumers would have been concerned when they read the headline in the Stabroek News of May 28, 2008, ‘Guyana facing grave plastic waste problem,’ but I would bet that not all who read the headline took the trouble to read the text.

Messages in music By Cheryl Springer It would have been one morning in last week as I was preparing for work, that I heard Tony Ricardo’s song ‘Margie’ playing again on local radio.

Anaemia in women: The ‘pale’ facts defined By Dr Amrish Kamboj, MD (Pathology ) With every breath we take, oxygen is picked up by haemoglobin, an iron-rich protein in the red blood cells, and carried to tissues throughout the body.

Tapeworms By Dr Steve Surujbally Well, if you think that hookworms (Pet Corner May 18, 25) were vicious beasties, tapeworms are in the same category fighting for the dubious honour of being dubbed the quintessential helminth horror.

Of old crocks and trees By John Warrington Everyone I suppose has come across the term ‘old crock.’

Inter-schools chess competition for later this year With Errol Tiwari The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has confirmed that it will host an inter-schools chess competition during the last quarter of this year.

By A.A. Fenty -The Freedom of Information Challenge Admittedly – perhaps regrettably – I did not pay much attention, or interest, when the issue of Freedom of Information legislation gained a degree of national momentum two years ago.

Constitutional developments in colonial British Guiana: From Dutch inherited system to Crown Colony Government   (Part 1) By Tota C.

Unreleased Inflation Figures Watch: Day 111 We never realised until last week that the real problem with parliament was not the actual lack of genuine debate, nor its rubber stamp role; its lethargy in passing important bills contrasted with its indecent haste in ramming through others – the Casino Gambling legislation; its utter subservience to the executive; indeed its irrelevance and almost zero contribution to the betterment of the nation; and most egregious its routine snarling of downtown traffic.

(This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.)

Their favourite hangout Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles and Sara Bharrat Where in Guyana do you go to relax and why?

Food Security and the CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement Havelock R.

A perspective on the economic crisis: Catastrophe or opportunity By Dr.

The audit report: does it really mean anything? By Christopher Ram The second oldest profession Shareholders may not quite realise it but they not only appoint (and can remove) the auditors but the auditors are by law, required to report to them.

A reduction in air services to the region creates the potential for a new economic crisis By David Jessop Around the world the biggest airlines are reducing services, increasing fares, levying surcharges and abandoning destinations as the cost of fuel continues to rise.