Stabroek Weekend

Pearl Islands Amerindians had been living in this part of South America for thousands of years before the initial wave of interlopers showed their faces.

For screening, securing, hiding, or emphasizing an area, there is nothing quite like a living hedge to do the job. 

By Dr Anirban Banerjee, MS, MRCS (Consultant surgeon) What is the thyroid gland?

Tutorial high school student Sham Khan leads the juniors in the DDL Topco Juices qualifying tournament for the national chess championships.

Usually it’s clear where I’m going when I start off one of these columns, but sometimes I start out one place which leads to somewhere else; today is one of the latter.

Introduction We will soon forget the name Godwin Maxwell. But his story is most likely unique in Guyana.

Structural trade dependence The point of departure for evaluating the effects of the on-going global economic crisis on Guyana’s economy should be rooted in the reality that, by global standards, Guyana is structurally far too small, too poor and too open to withstand severe external economic shocks; particularly when these shocks emanate from economies with which we have the strongest trade, financial, and investment ties and are considered the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament began yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. The

I am reproached for writing too much about death. Please seek a less morbid subject, I am urged.

This time the approach is stealthier.  The government forgoes the blunt axe of direct advertisement deprivation. 

It can be said that the arts have always had a very close relationship with the environment and this has become much more sharply relevant in the current climate of global warming, rainforest conservation and carbon consciousness. 

Continued I found the following in a text written by Drs Carlson and Giffin.

Many new gardeners (and quite a few older ones) get confused about the terms ‘annuals,’ ‘biennials’ and ‘perennials.’

The escalation of drug-related violence in Mexico –  including the mass execution of 72 migrants last week – is moving a small but growing number of US foreign policy hawks to call for a radical solution: send in the US Army.

By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS (Paediatric Dentist) Over the last few decades, several advances have been made in caries prevention.

In these troubled times when consumers are losing their jobs without adequate notice it is useful to know that there is a piece of legislation that makes provision for some benefit.

Hi Everyone, people do various things to avoid work such as approaching deadlines, must-do assignments and chores.

Sometimes you meet a person, and you mesh instantly.  It was like that with a man named Ormand Panton I met in Grand Cayman many years ago.

Introduction At the end of last week’s column I introduced a list, which is not exhaustive, of the main channels through which the negative impacts of the global economic crisis have been transmitted to the economies of Guyana and the wider Caricom region. 

Introduction After what appeared to be a lull in the roller-coaster ride of the medium and small-scale gold miners, the fraternity is once again questioning the good faith of those who control the ride’s levers, and is in mortal fear of its own survival.