Stabroek Weekend

I came across the January Nos 1 & 2, 2001 issue of Nyam News, a publication of the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute.

The most frequently asked questions about pests and diseases are ‘What is it?’;

Continued from last week Cysts Salivary gland cysts are characterized by an accumulation of thick, sticky saliva because of a blocked-up duct (canal through which the saliva travels to the mouth).

By Dr Anirban Banerjee, MS, MRCS (Consultant Surgeon) What is hernia?

Steintz (the first world champion) recognised and demonstrated that chess has an objective basis.

“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times”:  so wrote Niccolo Machiavelli in his discourses in 1513.

A summit of Latin American and Carib-bean leaders in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, decided to create a new regional bloc excluding the United States and Canada, in what most international media described as an act of defiance against Washington.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chávez and Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe chose a regional  ‘unity’ summit for the worst verbal flare-up of their  long-running feud that has rattled the Andean region.

Recently, a long-time friend, Dr Riyad Insanally, reminded me of how heart-beatingly exciting the prospect of great cricket matches and the matches themselves used to be.

Frequently, there are reports of Guyana being the beneficiary of either impressive sums of monies or favourable developments from multiple sources. 

Introduction Mark Twain said, “there are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

In last week’s column I began by introducing the sixth and final of the basic contradictions, which as I have argued underlie global multilateral negotiations on climate change.

By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) All of a sudden, I felt a tremendous wave of fear for no reason at all.

An alarming situation has developed in Guyana where young teenage girls who are not involved in sports are seeking entertainment in sexual activities.

‘As much as you enjoy winning, remember that winning every time is not ideal.

On February 23, 2010 the Republic of Guyana will celebrate 40 years since the nation became a republic. 

Remember the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed in Barbados in October 2008?

Well over a century ago the British Admiralty required all naval vessels to carry stocks of limes as part of the food intake for sailors to prevent them suffering from scurvy, a nasty horrible disease related to Vitamin C deficiency which could immobilise an entire ship’s company. It

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The quiet assassination of a Hamas commander gets unexpectedly messy.