Stabroek Weekend

On the line

The Banks Group Comment Ram and McRae has identified and announced as one of the activities and initiatives for its 25th anniversary being observed this year, an award for the best Annual Report by any Guyanese company.

The LCDS through the lens of the Copenhagen summit

As I have pointed out earlier, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway and its associated Joint Concept Note are best evaluated in the context of the outcomes of the recent United Nations Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change and global warming.

US crime falls despite prolonged recession

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – US law enforcement agencies are reporting a surprising drop in crime last year,  with homicide rates in some major cities plunging to levels not  seen in four decades, despite a deep and prolonged recession.

Green v Eggleston

The annual Hastings tournament ended in a four-way tie for first place between grandmasters Mark Hebden, British champion David Howell, Andrei Istratescu of Romania and Romain Edouard of France.

Waiting for an owner: Who will offer this male dog a good home? He is at the GSPCA and he has been neutered.

Ailments of the oral cavity

Continued Laryngitis The larynx is the organ (really a cavity) in the upper part of the windpipe (trachea) which has cartilaginous walls, and which when moved by associated muscles will vary the tension of the vocal cords, and hence the quality of the sound produced.

Our double-dip future

By George Soros NEW YORK – We are at a moment when the range of uncertainties facing the global economy is unusually wide.

Predictions 2010

Introduction Accustomed only to the arcane drudgery of a calculator and a columnar pad, I turned to the Angel Gabriel and the Deity Ganesh for divine guidance in looking at the world in 2010.

Keeping faith with resolutions?

In the spirit of the season Sunday Stabroek asked a few persons not just whether they had made any New Year resolutions for this year, but the silliest one they ever made and whether they had ever kept a resolution in the past.

This sad-looking female dog (she has been spayed) has not completely lost hope that some kind person will offer her a home in this New Year. She is waiting at the GSPCA.

Pharyngitis

ContinuedLast year on December 13, 2009, we discussed the various possible causes of pharyngitis (the consequence of infectious diseases, inflammation of nearby tissues, extension of a rhinitis, air pollutants, unskilled administration of oral medicine, the eating of hot food, genetic defects, etc).

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