National Championships continue today
The first round of the ten round qualification tournament for the National Chess Championships was played last evening and continues today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Complex. Eight
The first round of the ten round qualification tournament for the National Chess Championships was played last evening and continues today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Complex. Eight
Among the most memorable acts in recent and contemporary Caribbean theatre is a theatrical innovation out of Guyana known as Dem Two.
Let’s take a break today from our current discussion on oral ailments to treat a more acute problem affecting our pets.
Obituary We regret to inform our readers that Wayne Brown, whose columns on the US presidential campaign and its aftermath, and more recently on US and world political events, died on Tuesday.
In the 1960s the Caribbean’s diaspora had a distinctive identity. It predominantly comprised migrants who had grown up or been born in the region, understood it well and maintained a close relationship with family and friends at home.
Business Page By Christopher Ram Introduction After two years before a Special Select Committee, new anti-money laundering legislation was passed by the National Assembly on April 30, 2009 and assented to by the President on August 14, 2009, a gap of close to one hundred days.
Four concerns In last week’s consideration of the pros and cons of conditional cash transfers as a policy tool for fighting the increased poverty and economic distress occasioned by the global economic crisis I referred to the results of impact evaluations of these schemes, mainly in Africa and Latin America.
A Gardener’s Diary The fruit of papaw (or papaya or pawpaw) is one my favourite tropical fruits.
And I also know the most important thing is that the questions must never stop.
Guyana and the wider world Within the international economic community there is a growing consensus that the worst is over.
Business Page Introduction The stereotypical auditor as a fat, prematurely aging, bald, boring and unenterprising man probably says as much about the audit profession as it does about its practitioners.
Ian On Sunday Having retired a couple of years ago after 52 years in the sugar industry, including working closely with governments and regional institutions along the way, if there is one thing I have learned it is the extreme frailty of all grand plans.
Consumer Concerns Three years ago house owners in the coastal region of Georgetown were warned not to engage in elaborate house repairs as the rising Atlantic Ocean would sweep away coastal houses 20 years on.
Arts On Sunday In addition to the re-introduction of the Edgar Mittelholzer Lectures with a presentation on distinguished artist and scholar Denis Williams, there were two recent events of note which highlighted the work and contributions to academic and cultural enlightenment of two more scholars.
Pet Corner Continued Stomatitis (Sore mouth) In terms of a definition, I think the one most easily understood would reflect an inflammatory condition of the mouth which usually produces small vesicles or abscesses.
Health By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS Dentists say that the most important part of tooth care begins at home.
The View From Europe A few days ago I was asked a question by the host of one of Jamaica’s morning talk shows.
In our time I am become Death, destroyer of worlds. (J Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, quoting from the Bhagavad Gita upon the successful testing, in New Mexico in July 1945, of the first atom bomb)Now we are all sons of bitches.
The National Library celebrated its centenary last week. Built in 1909 with funding provided by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the library was designed by Percival Hodge.
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