Stabroek Weekend

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Let me make no apology for re-visiting the issue of Air Passenger Duty (APD), the British tax measure that continues to divide the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.

By Dr Tejaz John, MS (Orthopaedics) An intervertebral disc prolapse or disc herniation, commonly called a ‘slipped disc’ is a medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion (nucleus pulposus) to bulge out.

Minister Ramsammy has appealed to Guyanese to part with old tyres to curb the spread of dengue fever.

Chess

In recent years Jamaican plays have been extraordinarily popular in Guyana and whenever any of the companies from that country are booked on tours to Georgetown they are in high demand. 

Continued Periodontitis I read somewhere that the most common disease in humans is periodontitis.

By David A. Granger November 2009 marks the 170th anniversary of the purchase of a single village and the start of a movement that laid the foundation for a nation of human settlements far different from the plantations that existed before.

A Gardener’s Diary I have previously mentioned some of my favourite flowering plants, and now, because of the proximity of Christmas I will say a few words about Euphorbia pulcherrima a plant which came to us from Mexico.

Not many Guyanese, I am sure, think about it but we have a National Trust whose high and shining objective is to preserve the national heritage.

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In last Sunday’s column I had described the many pledges made in the past by rich countries to come to the aid and support of poor countries as the ‘fool’s gold’ of international economic diplomacy.

Dr Madhu Pandey Singh, MD – (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) Couples who have been trying to conceive for a long time without success will likely eventually turn for help with conception.

“Do unto others as you would that they should do to you”.

With six rounds to go and a phenomenal three-point lead against opponents who are supposedly the strongest chess players in the country, Wendell Meusa has almost certainly established that he would be the new national champion.

This week, Arts on Sunday revisits the comparative literature of Guyana and Brazil as relations between the two South American neighbours deepen and the University of Guyana renews its study of Portuguese.

Two years into a PhD in American History, James R Dickenson came to the realization that he was neither historian nor academic though he had significant interest in his country’s history and he did the next best thing – he became a journalist.

Fargo is next Tuesday’s classic film at the National Gallery, Castellani House.

– continued A colleague who reads these articles (Glory be!) commented that I should mention that some dogs have a genetic predisposition to have more (or less) teeth in their mouths.