Stabroek Weekend

Faithful to the causeI venture to suggest that there is no West Indian cause so sacred as the success of the West Indies cricket team.

Junk food leads to obesity, diabetes and hypertensionMarch 15: World Consumer Rights Day.

Carnival: undergoing changeThe January/February edition is usually the carnival issue of the magazine Caribbean Beat produced by MEP for Caribbean Airlines and edited by Judy Raymond. 

Anglo-American rivalry and the Venezuela-Guyana border controversyCedric L Joseph  Anglo-American Diplomacy And The Re-Opening Of The Guyana-Venezuela Boundary Controversy, 1961-1966 (Trafford Publishers, 2008.

Suddenly, ‘crunch time’If this column has a doppelganger, it’s that of the NYT’s columnist Bob Herbert.

Floaters and posterior vitreous detachmentBy Dr Neeraj Jain, MD (Ophthalmology), DNB, MNAMS What are floaters?

Eye ailments Continued Eye infection in the newborn pups A couple of months ago, the Pet Corner column addressed the issue of Conjunctivitis – that inflammatory process of the membrane which covers the inner side of the eyelids and part of the surface of the eyeball.

The giant passion fruit has a spectacular flower Looking back over my records of A Gardener’s Diary I note that in March 1998 we were suffering a prolonged period of drought and were concerned about conserving all the water we could.

Enter a new super-power to the regionWhen Jamaica’s Usain Bolt effortlessly won the one hundred metres in the August 2008 Beijing Olympics it became one of the defining moments of an event that cemented China’s global presence in the minds of hundreds of million’s around the world.

Clico and the related crisis: Confusion continues Introduction It has been an incredibly hot week in Guyana.

The Caribbean should not expect a dramatically changed relationship with the US In a few weeks time the President of the United States, Barack Obama, will attend the Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

Moral hazard and the Guyana regulatory meltdown Moral hazard When a sectoral regulatory authority, in this instance for the insurance sector, takes the position that regulatory intervention as prescribed by law would be prejudicial to a party that is involved in regulatory evasion and abuse, because such intervention “would have precipitated the demise of the company to the immediate detriment of policy holders,” it means one of two ghastly things, both of which reveal a deeply flawed legal-regulatory-institutional oversight framework.

The overmighty centre Any practical person in charge of anything periodically asks the question: ‘How do we get things done most effectively?’

Create a garden pool In Guyana, or at least in Georgetown, I don’t suppose that many gardeners feel any urgent need to have a water feature in the garden, because for a disproportionate amount of time we all have an excess of it!

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

Eye ailments Continued Problems associated with the retina You may recall that we had described the retina as the innermost and light sensitive lining at the back of the eyeball. 

The police are not enforcing the law on noise nuisance The following letter addressed to Mr Balram Persaud, Commander ‘C’ Division, Cove and John and copied to the Commissioner of Police and to me at the Guyana Consumers Association tells a sad story of the failure of our police force to enforce the laws of Guyana.

Three scientists and literature In 2009 the world is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, who, rather like Galileo and Sigmund Freud, is one of the most influential names in the history of scientific discovery.