Stabroek Weekend

The collapse of CLICO has left a number of senior citizens with the problem of maintaining their former standard of living.

The January Trophy Stall chess tournament promises a turn-out of the country’s strongest chess players. The

Derek Walcott achieved yet another significant chronological landmark with the celebration of his birthday yesterday, January 23, at the end of the first decade in the twenty-first century. 

Continued Tonsillitis Let us first understand what tonsils are. You may have had a nail pierce your sole, and the result of that is a swelling in the inguinal area (the ‘groin’ as we call it).

By Michel Rocard PARIS – The United Nations’ General Assembly is the world’s only body in which all countries vote, with majority rule prevailing.

It is hard to comprehend the scale of the suffering that the people of Haiti have had to endure since January 12.

You have to knock a plant out of its pot to see if it needs moving to a larger container. 

Part 1Introduction So often we hear time-worn sayings like ‘Chickens coming home to roost,’ ‘History repeating itself’ and ‘Forgetting the lessons of history,’ and we think they are just platitudes of no consequence.

Last week I started to identify, in no particular order of importance, those vital lessons that should be learnt from the recent United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change held in Copenhagen, Denmark, which are needed for a careful evaluation of the LCDS and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway.

There is an entry in my father’s diary which moved me deeply when I read it after he died.

At the beginning of the year, GT&T indicated that they would be offering a reduced fare structure for some overseas destinations for a minimum of three months.

Derek Walcott, the Carib-bean’s foremost poet and playwright, who was born in Castries, St Lucia on January 23, 1930, turns 80 this weekend. 

A Gardener’s Diary An old friend of mine grew the most glorious, flawless chrysanthemums for over twenty years at Kew Gardens.

On January 10 two of France’s Caribbean Département d’Outre-mer (the DOM), Martinique and Guyane, rejected the possibility of greater autonomy.

Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

Laryngitis  Continued Last week, we explained what laryngitis is and what the possible causes might be.

By Godfrey Chin “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” is a truism for the Guyanese diaspora in their castles, caches or cubbyholes from Queensland, Australia to Queens, NY; Toronto to Atlanta; Vancouver to London; and even those in ‘purgatory’ in Barbados.

The World Team Championship 2010 was contested during the period January 3-14 in Bursa, Turkey, and comprised teams from Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, USA, India, Brazil, Egypt, Turkey and Greece.

During the Easter weekend, the Bank of Guyana will be hosting the 8th Intra-regional Central Bank Games in Georgetown, and chess is one of the disciplines to be featured.

Part I By Dr Anirban Banerjee, MS, MRCS (Consultant Surgeon) What is cancer?