Stabroek Weekend

Arts On Sunday We have already made reference to the fading away or the dilution of African culture in Guyana and the Caribbean. 

Consumer Concerns Dr Ian McDonald’s article in last Sunday Stabroek, August 23, should serve as a wake-up call for those who, like me, tend to avoid reading the horrific details of the crimes now emerging in our society.

Health By Dr Badhri Veerappan Sivaji, MD (Rradio-diagnosis)What is a CT scan?

With one tournament still to go, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is already the winner of the 2008-2009 Fide Grand Prix.

Ian on Sunday I cannot escape the terrible feeling that such pitiless cruelty goes beyond brutality and mad violence.

Guyana and the Wider World E – mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy Readers requests Eight years ago the then SN editor-in-chief, David de Caires, ask-ed me to contribute a regular Sunday column under the general rubric: ‘Guyana and the Wider World.’

Business Page Business Page is dedicated to providing objective information and opinion on issues of interest to the business community and the public at large.

Consumer Concerns The Guyana National Bureau of Standards monitors twenty-four commodities under its Standard Compliance programme.

Pet Corner (Continued) Lip Fold Pyoderma (LFP) A lot of that which was said last week during the discussion of genuine lip infections would be valid for this ailment as well. 

Chess This year’s Staunton Memorial, which pits top English grandmasters against their Dutch counterparts, was played from August 8-17.

Nostalgia 464 By Godfrey Chin This is a tribute to the National Library, Georgetown, celebrating its centenary on September 19, 2009.

In Our Time It’s an emotion under siege by our explanatory, know-all, internet age: Wonder, I mean.

A Gardener’s Diary Before I left New Providence I paid a visit to a local Garden Centre on the West Bank where I bought some herbs.

ROME (Reuters) – A party at Silvio Berlusconi’s  home, with beautiful girls invited for the prime minister’s  pleasure — it could have been this summer’s story, but this was  1986.

Pain and suffering Over the past year, the full-blown effects of the global financial and economic crisis, have led to unprecedented pain and suffering across the global economy.

Business Page Conclusion Introduction Today we conclude our review of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) announced by President Jagdeo to the international community and now the subject of consultations taking place across Guyana. 

Ian On Sunday A man is murdered, a woman beaten and raped, a child horribly abused, a business robbed, a home terrifyingly invaded.

Consumer Concerns Georgetown Average Commodity Prices for Period 2001-May 2009 Note: Currently the prices for loose milk and sweet potato are not available.

Arts On Sunday In spite of the many erosions, intrusions, dilutions, discouragement and disappearance, contemporary Caribbean societies can celebrate several African cultural forms and social traditions.