Consumer Concerns Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls; Who steals my purse steals trash: ’tis something, nothing; ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Health By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) What is diabetes?
Arts On Sunday The troubled Trinidadian poet Eric Roache was seriously tormented by the gathering dark clouds of Black Power in 1970 and the new emerging poets in the Caribbean “wallowing in the murky waters of race and slavery” (Roache killed himself in 1974).
A Gardener’s diary I had a plant in my garden called Blue Wings, which had the Latin name Torenia fournieri.
Obituary Olga Irene Bone, former Executive Director of the Guyana Book Foundation, Co-ordinator of Education Renewal and Assistant Registrar of the University of Guyana, died on July 27, aged 88.
In our time Jokes about Jamaican ostentation abound — jokes mostly told by Jamaicans themselves.
Ian On Sunday Love of sport is woven into the fabric of my life.
Bookshelf By Ronald Austin George Padmore: Pan-Africanist Revolutionary edited by Fitzroy Baptiste and Rupert Lewis.
The View From Europe In a matter of days, a task force of five Caricom leaders will meet in Jamaica to discuss a regional approach to the global economic and financial crisis.
Pet Corner Nasal ‘warts’ Really, this condition of the nose tip has little to do with warts.
Chess The Guyana Chess Federation will host a one-day workshop for students and teachers at the Cottonfield Secondary school on the Essequibo coast next Saturday .
Business Page Introduction We continue today with part two of the LCDS which President Jagdeo launched on June 8 and which is out for consultation up to the end of September, the timeline driven mainly by the need that it should be ready for the Copenhagen Conference in December of this year.
By Godfrey Chin Nostalgia 456 As a nostalgia buff languishing in reminisces of our wonderful yesteryears – before Independence – the current demise of our cinemas is a total shock and a tragic disappointment.
Guyana and the wider world I have been arguing for weeks now that the present global economic crisis coming on top of the food and fuel crisis of 2007-2008, requires a global effort to resolve it.
Ian On Sunday Modern man has miraculous powers. He flies to the moon and soars beyond the sun.
The View From Europe A few days ago Britain’s Finance Bill received royal assent and in so doing passed into law changes to Air Passenger Duty (APD).
Consumer Concerns PUC Order No 1/2009 has just been received and is as follows:- “The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co has filed an application on May 14tn 2008, seeking to introduce a new service called NEXUS that, it claims, will allow subscribers/consumers who so desire to have a prepaid service and to manage credits from a single prepaid account in such a way that these credits can be utilized for wire line and mobile calls.
A Gardener’s Diary Most of us have our little bit of Eden by the house.
Chess The Guyana Chess Federation in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport will convene a one-day chess clinic for beginners on Saturday, August 8 at Anna Regina.
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