Stabroek Weekend

On the Line: New Building Society Limited Annual Report 2008 $200M exchange lossNotice to Readers Two weeks ago I wrote that I was taking two months off, and Business Page would not be appearing during that period.

A turning point As this is being written, the fifth Summit of the Americas is about to begin in Trinidad.

Beware of boasting At the press conference of January 30, held in Trinidad, and discussed in last week’s column, Chairman Duprey of the CL Financial Group had indicated that the credit squeeze caused by German bankers refusing the company credit was a main reason for its troubles.

Fulsome words, faltering deeds One of the most serious aspects of life today is the widening gap between talk and action.

Grandmaster’s visit Conventional wisdom holds that if we help ourselves, someone who matters will help us. As

Littering is just a Guyanese trait The heavy rainfall on Thursday morning awoke consumers to the dangers we still face in flooding.

Kenneth George, OR, CCH, March 12, 1930 – April 6, 2009 Kenneth Montague George, OR, CCH, former Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary, died on April 6, 2009, aged 79.

Giving your potted  plants a new home You really have to knock a plant out of its pot to see if it requires a new home.

‘All Obama, all the time’ Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

The ear: General considerations -Continued Last week, I ended the article by saying that after every dog/cat fight, you should look at the ears for wounds. 

Living with Alzheimer’s By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest of tasks.

  The performance tradition of Ramlila returned to Guyana with last week’s production by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha at the National Cultural Centre. 

CL Financial Group: Meltdown and bailoutAs promised last week, this week I begin a review of the CL Financial Group meltdown.

Avoid ‘quack’ dentistsNow that Dr Makepeace Richmond is no longer with us I am learning the true cost of dentistry.

Today we publish a guest business column by Robert V McRae, CPACome Tuesday afternoon the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) will be holding its 21st Annual General Meeting at the Pegasus Hotel, a stone’s throw from where it is constructing a new multi-storey head office.

It is all a dreamMy father died nearly fourteen years ago at the age of 89.

Mrs Jagan: An evergreen interest in the artsArt requires talent  –  real talent and not mere literacy in any medium. 

The earGeneral considerations Quite unlike the eye, which we have already established is not the dog’s most important organ, the ear is of great value. 

Don’t cram your patio We are in the middle of the great Christian festival of Eastertide, and tomorrow is the marvellously exciting time devoted to the flying of kites along the East Coast, in the National Park and throughout the interior of Guyana, all of which, I suppose, might be symbolic of the Resurrection.