Stabroek Weekend

Professor Richard Allsopp, January 23, 1923 –  June 3, 2009Professor Stanley Reginald Richard Allsopp, CHB, PhD, retired Reader and Honorary Professor of Caribbean Lexicography at the University of the West Indies, died on June 3, 2009, aged 86.

The Theatre Guild’s problems are not yet overIn 2004 ‘Arts on Sunday’ in the Sunday Stabroek carried a virtual SOS for the rescue of the  Theatre Guild whose Playhouse and adjoining buildings were in a state of serious disrepair and seemed about to collapse. 

A new AmericaWayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

Spearmint and old crocks In England it is called ‘flaming June.’

What has happened to the Doha Round? David Jessop is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe What has happened to the Doha Round at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the multilateral trade negotiation that was meant to encourage development through liberalising trade in goods and services?

Common foot disorders (Part 1) A weekly column by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.

Standards are vital for export According to Mr Lloyd David, Public Relations Officer of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards, adherence to standards is very important when producing consumer goods for export, and these standards facilitate trade. 

Ear ailments  (continued) Middle ear infection (Otitis Media) Last week, we discussed external ear infections. 

Nine-round rapid chess tournament  today Chess has entered a new era in its development.

The clock that strikes thirteen Let us applaud a small but significant victory in the never-ending battle against those who think – no, who are sure – they know what is best for us.

Ian on Sunday Why should flesh and blood men and women, with feet of clay like anyone else, presume to think for us and act for us and push us around and mollycoddle us and punish and reward us as if they were inherently superior beings?

Guyana and the wider world By Dr Clive Thomas (E-mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy)

The View From Europe By David Jessop(Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) A little over a week ago, Sir Shridath Ramphal addressed some of those who will be the region’s future ambassadors.

‘The Lethem road would only make economic sense if it was complemented by a deep water harbour’ Ambassador Arthur VC Meyer took up his position as Brazil’s top diplomat to Guyana in October 2005 and is now scheduled to leave the country in early July for another posting.

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

Consumer Concerns President Jagdeo publicly signed The Evidence and Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2008 on May 22 this year.

Pet Corner (Continued) Bacterial problems of the outer ear I had promised last week that we would go delving into the ‘middle ear’ and see what sort of stomach-turning maladies we will find there. 

Arts on Sunday “On Thursday the 6 of Februarie in the yeare 1595, we departed England, and the sunday following had sight of the North cape of Spayne, the winde for the most part continuing prosperous;  wee passed in sight of the Burlings and the rocke, and so onwards for the Canaries and fell with Fuerte ventura the 17 of the same moneth… “The empire of Gviana is directly east from Peru towards the sea, and lieth under the equinoctial line; and it hath more abundance of gold than any part of Peru, and as many or more great cities than ever Peru had when it flourished most.”

Chess with Errol Tiwari Today’s feature game is taken from the 2009 Linares super-tournament that was held in March.

by Wayne Brown(Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.