Stabroek Weekend

By Dr Neeraj Jain, MD, DNB, MNAMS  (Ophthalmology) Most people can recite the warning signs of diabetes.

After having discussed the ailments associated with the oesophagus (that tube which connects the oral cavity with the stomach), the next step would be to zero in on stomach problems.

In Madrid on May 18 the Spanish Government as President of the European Union will host the sixth summit of Heads of Government of the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Again this year the Link Show was a huge popular success.

The Public Service Minister unveiled a rocket named, ‘Corruption Discovery’ during the recent 2010 budget exercises. 

Introduction Last week Business Page began a discussion on the just concluded two-year US$6.7 million Guyana Threshold Country Plan/ Implementation Project (GTCP/IP) funded by the US Government Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

With an estimated 4 billion acres of forests worldwide covering 30 per cent of the earth’s land area, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has reported overall progress in recent years in the utilization of sustainable forest management practices.

By Dr Neeraj Jain, MD, DNB, MNAMS  (Ophthalmology) Glaucoma constitutes a diverse group of disorders associated with elevated intraocular pressure that culminate in a characteristic pattern of optic nerve atrophy, loss of visual field eventually leading to blindness.

Last week we published the first part of an article on physical activity and health, and this week we reproduce the second part.

This game is taken from the German Bundesliga, which is the strongest team championship in the world.

Artists have been known throughout history for their complaints and criticisms. 

Well, dear readers, last week we concluded the huge topic associated with the ailments of the oral cavity.

No one should be in any doubt about the critical importance of Venezuela’s PetroCaribe programme.

Believe it or not the rain forests of the Amazon basin can be very dry places. 

In my column last Sunday I indicated that the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) recent assessment of the state of the world’s forests had observed that, on balance, progress is being made around the world in giving priority to the sustainable management of forests.

Cy Grant,  November 8, 1919 –  February 13, 2010Cy Grant had an extraordinary life experience with Britain that began in a village in Demerara, British Guiana, in November 1919 at the end of the First World War and ended in London on Saturday, February 13. 

Introduction It was interesting to see almost the entire Cabinet turn out on February 17 at a ceremony at the Georgetown Club to mark the end of the Guyana Threshold Country Plan/Implementation Project (GTCP/IP).

God is by no means infallible. She seems to have made pretty obvious errors in some of her attempts at creation.

Had the term ‘Renaissance Man’ not become such a cliché, it would be the best way to describe Rex Nettleford.