Daily Features

by Jeffrey D. Sachs (Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

The anglophone Caribbean could learn from the Scottish parliamentary model By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) A little over a week ago Caribbean High Com-missioners to the United Kingdom paid a formal first visit to the Scottish Parliament which is located in Edinburgh.

Roy Heath: ‘A writer of prodigious talent’ Al Creighton Anne Walmsley sent a note on May 15 to say, “You, like so many of us, must have been reeling from news of the sad loss of one great Caribbean writer after another:  Césaire, Archie Markham, OR Dathorne, Wordsworth McAndrew in quick succession. 

Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy Cheryl Springer If you have not had it, you really, honestly do not want it.

Tapeworms By Dr Steve Surujbally Conclusion  Control and treatment You will notice that I have said ‘control’ and not ‘prevention.’

On to November (sort of) Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

GT&T should refund contributions paid by Essequibo residents for new telephone system By Eileen Cox A letter in the Stabroek News of June 13, 2008, brings the curtain down on an experiment by Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Ltd on the Essequibo Coast, Region 2. 

The smoker’s zone:  Are you in a fool’s paradise? By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) People have many questions about tobacco that can sometimes be hard to answer.

Try green manuring By John Warrington  Bougainvillea ‘Mary Palmer’ is attractive, sometimes stunningly so, but when variegated can be wayward and unpredictable.

Shirov v Svidler Norway’s teenage chess wizard, 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen, has won the prestigious Aerosvit invitational tournament in the Ukraine with a round to spare. 

GETTING TO KNOW GUYANA   – As The Bandits Do Regard this brief offering today as my own “Friday Ramblings.”

Remembering Walter Rodney By Winston McGowan Last week marked the 28th anniversary of one of the most tragic events in the modern history of Guyana.

What happens in Orinduik stays in OrinduikWe have always had some affection for The PM.

(Stephen Lande, former Assistant United States Trade Representative (ret.), is President of Manchester Trade and has 40 years trade negotiating experience dating to the 1960’s Tokyo Round of the GATT.

Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week we asked persons: If you had one concern to raise with the president what would it be?

By Pastor Stanton Adams If you have just become a father, congratulations.

‘Exit Hillary’ (Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

Chess should assume its fundamental role as a mental stimulant for studentsWith Errol  Tiwari (“Our young people must be afforded the fullest opportunity to participate in the processes of political, social and economic change in our hemisphere.

Introducing Damian Moore By Alim Hosein Damian Moore is a young artist who is now trying to make a name for himself.

TapewormsByDr. Steve Surujbally (– continued Last week, you received an introduction into the destructive nature of the tapeworm – its anatomy, its physiology and its method of attacking the host’s body.