Daily Features

Robert’s a no show at UK agri fair Grow more! grow more!

The Moseley ban Photos and interviews by Sara Bharrat and Melissa Charles This week we asked the man and woman in the street their opinion on the Gordon Mosley ban.

Scotiabank Caribana: Economy’s Culture Peter Hudson is a writer currently researching the history of North American banking in the Caribbean.

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.

The role of the Privatisation Unit in the QAII dealIntroduction The President’s postponed Privatisation and Taxation Seminar finally gets underway this Tuesday at Le Meridien Pegasus, on a by-invitation only basis.

Global trade reform and food pricesBy Dr. Clive Thomas World food markets When discussing recently rising food prices most persons do not refer solely to their day-to-day experiences purchasing food items, but to the frequent media reports of prices in the major global markets for food as well.

Naming is not knowingBy Ian McDonald In Guyana getting a good education is defined as getting good exam results.

The region’s new global development partner By David Jessop In the past week Venezuela has clearly emerged as by far the Caribbean Basin’s single most important global development partner.

With Errol Tiwari Carlsen v Eljanov Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, plays host to one of the most fancied invitational chess tournaments in the world in January of each year.

War and literature By Al Creighton’s Here in the twenty-first century wars, insurgencies, terrorist violence, guerrilla warfare, genocidal dislocation, massacres, murderous attacks against humanity, war crimes and criminal carnage of various sorts rage unchecked right in your backyard. 

GT&T sends letter to its Essequibo customersBy Eileen Cox Some time ago this column published a report on the state of the telephone service on the Essequibo Coast, Region 2. 

Sexually transmitted diseases: The ‘deeper’ and the ‘darker’ insight By Dr Soumyaroop Dash  MD,  DNB (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) What is a sexually transmitted disease (STD)?

Immunity By Dr Steve  Surujbally I had said last week that one cannot really understand the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases if the concept of immunity is not grasped.     The word ‘immunity’ stems from the Latin word for ‘exempt.’

A mini-pumpkin and morning glory By John Warrington I often think that with a climate like ours you could almost live forever.

Covering Obama A year ago, his saying that in ‘hot pursuit’ he would breach Pakistan’s sovereignty to attack bin Laden is snatched up by Hillary Clinton as a ‘gotcha’ moment.

Our governments and food Now, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Unions’ by A.A. Fenty And “Carifesta Considera-tions”.

Remembering the glory days of West Indies cricket (Part 11) By Winston McGowan Ardent Caribbean cricket fans will never forget the period between 1980 and 1995.

Citizen Jagdeo –case study Patient name: Bharrat Jagdeo, former President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Age: 46 Employment: 2011 to 2012: Micro-manager for Micro-loan project in Micronesia (dismissed for excessive oversight) March 2012 to Sept 2012: Quality control officer for local firm producing control switches for control panels.

By Jing Liang BEIJING – Now that the aftershocks from the great Sichuan earthquake appear to have dissipated, it is time to ask what shocks, if any, the earthquake delivered to China’s political system.