Stabroek Weekend

A new poll conducted in 18 Latin American countries confirms that the United States has significantly improved its image in the region since President Barack Obama’s election.

When you are planning a garden it is nearly always the case that in order to get a fuller and more mature look in a short time you naturally (and rightly) plant more thickly than normal and thin out as plants begin to establish and grow.

Proctitis (‘sore bottom’ = irritation of the anus/rectum) In spite of TV shows, booklets and columns such as these, many pet owners still feed their wards incorrectly, and do not follow proven nutritional advice.

The work of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1953) is hardly known to English-speaking peoples.

Introduction Despite its relative infancy, the global carbon market is plagued with a virtual deluge of corrupt and illegal transactions.

The disclosure that the President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has initiated two new tournaments for the Caribbean, is good news for Guyana.

The Caribbean film and cinema industry is more than forty years old. 

Anal gland (sac) disease Dogs and cats have two small glands/sacs on either side of the anal opening.

Conclusion Health Ministry: fire and non-cooperation In closing last week’s column, I referred to a mystery fire on July 17, 2009 that destroyed the main office buildings of the Ministry of Health housing its Central Accounting Unit and the storage area for financial and other records.

A widely shared view among operatives on the global climate exchanges as well as most governments of rich countries is that, from a global perspective, forest carbon capture by poor rainforest countries constitutes ‘low-hanging fruit’ available for cheap harvesting through market-based efforts to combat global warming and climate change.

In a vibrant democracy elections should be a cause for celebration, an ever welcome occasion regularly marking the successful outcome of what in any country’s history has always been a long struggle to overcome authoritarian, and often brutal, rule.

That is the question, and the response could get one showered in vituperation or faeces or acid. 

By Dr Jagriti Jain, MS (Ophthalmology) Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in African-Americans.

The announcement has been made and the news has been very well received that prominent West Indian and Guyanese writer Theodore Wilson Harris has been included in the prestigious Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2010 and will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. 

Happy Father’s Day 2010. This is for every father, everywhere. Hoping that while I share this Nostalgia it brings back some poignant memories of your Dad. 

On March 18, 2010 the Special Select Committee of the National Assembly submitted a report on the impact of global food price increases: The following table shows an outline of each of the recommendations proposed by the food committee that financial aid has been sought for.

Over the last few weeks we have been discussing the major causes of constipation and the corresponding treatment regimes.

The Bougainvillea ‘Mary Palmer’ is attractive, sometimes stunningly so, but when variegated can be wayward and unpredic-table. Nevertheless

The annual Dutch Chess Champ-ionship is underway with Jan Smeets and Friso Nijboer sharing the lead after three rounds.

Good news for those of us who love soccer and want the game to keep growing: US television ratings for the World Cup have been very good so far, and many sports analysts are predicting that the United States will soon become a major soccer power.