Stabroek Weekend

In our time   “Dr Du Bois took the lead in making the United States and the world recognize that racial prejudice was not a mere matter of Negroes being persecuted but was a cancer which poisoned the whole civilization of the United States.”

Health- A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwan Singh’s Hospital Inc.

Pet Corner -Nasal solar dermatitis  This fancy name is also called ‘Collie nose’ since it occurs with some frequency in the Collie, the Scottish Sheepdog (‘Lassie’ of television and movie fame is a Collie).

Al Creighton’s Arts On SundayIn a recently published book on the early Caribbean integrationist, legislator, journalist and novelist, ARF Webber, the author Selwyn Cudjoe, in beginning a chapter entitled ‘Colonies in Search of A Nation,’ quotes from Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities (1983): “Nations inspire love, and often profoundly self-sacrificing love.

Wanted: A United Nations Economic Security Council G20 – leading the charge In last week’s column I argued that the global economic crisis had become very complex, involving immense human and social suffering, thereby constituting a grave threat to past global developmental efforts. 

The Allied Health Professions Bill The Parliament Office has been advertising the Allied Health Professions Bill 2009, which was committed to a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.

A review of the Low Carbon Development Strategy Introduction To all Guyanese, from Cabinet to Canal # 1, the announcement that the people of Guyana are willing to act in placing our rainforests under “globally-verified forest and other land use governance standards and transparent, accountable deployment of forest payments” must have come as a great surprise, if not a shock.

The extraordinary value in everythingAll my life I have had an urge to preserve the extraordinary value of everything that I experience.

The law suit which threatens a nation It must be rare if not unique for a law suit to threaten the viability of a whole nation.

Introduction The Office of the Historian of the United States State Department recently published Volume 10 of ‘Foreign Relations with the United States’ covering the period 1969-1972.

Water, water everywhere?When, many years ago, VS Naipaul referred to the land of his birth as “the little island in the mouth of the Orinoco,” Trinidadians resented what they interpreted as an intentionally belittling description.

Ailments of the nose Continued from last week Difficult breathing in short-nosed dogs Certain breeds like the Pekinese, the Bulldog, Cocker Spaniels, Boston Terriers, and a ‘new’ type we are now calling the ‘Pom-Pek’ (you know, those dogs with faces looking as if they had a run in with a concrete wall and came out second with caved-in faces) seem to have a genetically-based predisposition to experience difficult breathing.

Planting bulbs in the lawn I have scribbled a few notes about tasks which most of us have to do at some time during the year, so here goes.

In November last year the Schomburgk Pavilion and pond were officially launched in the Botanic Gardens.

Preparing for the national championshipsWendell Muesa has won his third chess tournament for the year following his victory in the Sasha Cells eight-round swiss tournament.

Health A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.

Consumer  Concerns It was surprising to receive invitations for two functions for Thursday, July 2, on the occasion of the 30th Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.

Pet Corner Continued Discharge Any nasal discharge should not be considered as a disease in itself.

Chess For the Sasha Cells chess tournament, a beginner’s section was introduced.