Stabroek Weekend

A Gardener’s Diary ( by John Warrington) At home in New Providence my own answer to the energy-sapping heat which we get from about 9am is to start work early (at approximately 5.30 am) when the air is like wine and really hard work is not a strain at all.

The View from Europe It is not easy to obtain accurate and up-to-date statistics on the value of the food that the Caribbean imports, whether to feed its own population or the many visitors who come to the region each year.

Consumers Concerns ( Elieen Cox) Consumers living in the city of Georgetown and the towns of Guyana do not appreciate how fortunate they are to have backyards in which they can plant some vegetables and fruits.

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.)

Al Creighton’s (Arts on Sunday) Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo held a conference last week with a wide range of officials and practitioners in the country’s tourism sector, tourism industry and in some areas of culture at the Convention Centre in Lilliendaal. 

Chess (with Errol Tiwari)What is a grandmaster? Where did the term ‘grandmaster’ come from?

Pet Corner (Dr Stever Surujbally) Continued Tick infestation on the ear Throughout the year, it is possible to find ticks abounding on the ear flap (Pinna), and to a lesser degree in the ear canal (ticks do not wander deep into the ear canal).

Is the CL Financial Group too big to fail? Last week I had indicated that it was the stated conviction of the Trinidad and Tobago Government and its Central Bank Governor that the CL Financial Group was “too big to fail.”

A change in approach at the summit Look closely at the official photograph taken at the start of the Fifth Summit of the Americas and it is hard to miss the symbolism.

On the Line:National Insurance Scheme Annual Report 2007 Introduction The column on March 29, 2009 featured the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) along with the New Building Society in a supporting role to Clico Guyana in which the NIS stands to lose several billions of dollars worth of investments.

Agriculture should be seen as the foundation of the nation’s progressEvergreen Nature Study Club has some thoughts on agriculture.

The view from seventy-six With shocking quickness, another year has gone by in a blur and I am suddenly seventy-six.

Plants grown for their leaves Plants that are grown for the beauty of their leaves are just as important as those grown for their flowers.

Heart of darkness ‘The trouble with torture is that sometimes it works; and when it does, the devil sings.

The West Indian Literature Conference: ‘Quiet Revolutions’Most of the leading critics and several scholars in the field of Caribbean literature will assemble in Guyana this week for an international conference on West Indian literature hosted by the University of Guyana. 

Grandmaster Buhmann  introduced some fresh ideasThe Guyana Chess Federa-tion (GCF) does not have the magical crystal ball to predict exactly the future for chess in Guyana, but what it sees gives us hope for the upliftment of the game.

Mohamed Bacchus, October 3, 1940 − April 9, 2009 Dr Mohamed Yousouf Bacchus, FRCOG, former chairman of the Medical Council of Guyana, died on April 9, 2009, aged 68.

First thoughts on the ‘Second One’…By Dr Mhetre Santosh, MD If you are getting ready for second one, get ready for the attitude of first one There is a natural jealousy on the part of children towards a new brother or sister and it is called sibling rivalry.

The earContinued General considerations By now, it must be clear how susceptible to infection ears are.