Stabroek Weekend

Business Page Introduction Guyanese accountants are this weekend hosting their counterparts from the region in the annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC).

Guyana and the wider world Because of spectacular developments in the ongoing scandals surrounding the CL Financial (Trinidad) and Stanford International (Antigua) Groups and the involvement of local Guyanese enterprises, I will postpone last week’s promise to continue the discussion on whether there are reliable signs of recovery from the global economic crisis, as seen from the perspective of developing countries.

Ian On Sunday Education is important not simply for the implantation of specific information about specific subjects but, perhaps more importantly, for the passing on of a whole ‘culture’ of learning, attitudes, and behaviour – a variety of distinct ‘languages’ of understanding including self-understanding.

Remembering Plaza Cinema By Godfrey Chin The final demise of Plaza Cinema when the roof fell in on June 10 merits a nostalgic journey down memory lane as a tribute to this magnificent Movie Palace.

Ranji Chandisingh, January 5, 1930 − June 15, 2009 Ranji Chandisingh, a former Vice-President of Guyana, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Minister of the Government, died on June 15, aged 79.

Chess The two positions below occurred at the Bazna invitational tournament in which six of the world’s top grandmasters participated.

Al Creighton’s Arts On Sunday During the year 2009 the University of Guyana is celebrating the work of two of the foremost Guyanese and West Indian writers: Edgar Mittelholzer and Wilson Harris. 

The Obama era Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

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

Nosebleed Pet Corner There are some diseases of dogs and cats where one of the associate symptoms is a bleeding from the nostrils (epistaxis).

Consumer Concerns In the March 2009 No: 3 issue of Gapevine the newsletter of the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers, there is an article on cardboard cooking.

A Gardener’s Diary Cuttings are parts of a plant’s stem, leaf or root that can be detached from the parent and which, when given the right conditions, will form roots and grow to lead an independent life.

The View From EuropeIn a few days time, Caribbean Heads of Government will meet in Georgetown, Guyana.

Is the global economy recovering? Today the issue which seems to concern the international development community most (especially governments and international organisations) is whether it can be fairly claimed that generally, around the world, there are signs of recovery from the global economic crisis.

On the line: Demerara Tobacco Company Limited Annual Report 2008 Introduction The Annual General Meeting of the Demerara Tobacco Company Limited, the tobacco trading company was held on March 31, 2009 making it the first company with a calendar yearend to have presented its 2008 annual report to its shareholders.

NBS is inviting low-income consumers with land to take up mortgages with them The New Building Society Ltd is inviting low-income consumers with tracts of land to take up mortgages with them.

Inconsolable loss Of all the expressions of inconsolable loss I have read concerning the death of anyone greatly loved, the following lament by Henry James, the novelist, when his older brother, William James, the scientist and philosopher, died is one of  the most heartfelt: “I sit heavily stricken and in darkness – for from far aback in dimmest childhood  he had been my Elder Brother; and I still, through all the years, saw in him, even as a small timorous boy yet, my protector, my backer, my authority and my pride. 

A new enterprise in the arts Apsara is a new enterprise in its second year of operation in the business of the arts, dance and publishing as well as other cultural endeavours. 

Common foot disorders By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Treatment for various problems of the foot Pain in the ball of the foot In general, the goal of treatment is to relieve the pain and improve the ability to walk.