Stabroek Weekend

Leptospirosis – infectious jaundice Over the years I have spoken and written so much about this disease that at one time my friends used to call me Dr Lepto.

Cholesterol –  The good, the bad and the ugly facts Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD – Physician Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.

Poui accepts Simmons-McDonald’s burnt offerings The editors of Poui, the Cave Hill Literary Annual, “are happy to see that so many of our regular contributors continue to send us work” while at the same time they feel “it is good to find a number of new voices”. 

Let us improve the conditions of the lock-ups It was reported in the Sunday Stabroek of October 5 that a murder suspect was to receive $75 a day for ‘inhumane’ jail conditions.

Petunias give my sprits a lift Life and work in the garden rotate with remarkable speed, and absolutely nothing seems to come round with such speed as the Christian festival of Christmas.

A chess tournament is not for the fainthearted It is said that a chess tournament is not for the fainthearted.

EPA: Moral Hazard and the Betrayal of the Public’s Interest Perspective Put in a proper analytical frame two crucial considerations have emerged out of my column last Sunday, which continued the analysis of the Guyana Consultation on the CARIFORUM/EC, EPA and its aftermath.

Curbing Corruption – The Corruption Perception Index Introduction Not unexpectedly, the Government has taken issue with the ranking accorded Guyana in the Transparency International (TI) Index for 2008 announced late last month.

Greed brings down a nation In the 1987 film “Wall Street”, ruthless stock trader Gordon Gecko, played by Michael Douglas, famously declared “Greed is Good.”

There must be public consultation on issues that affect citizens The editorial in Sunday Stabroek of October 5 should be studied by every citizen of Georgetown.

Poui introduces poet Richard Allsopp One of the many significant features of Poui, the Cave Hill Literary Annual, is that one can always look forward to its introduction of noteworthy new writers.

The Bradley effect By the polls, it should already be over: Obama is leading McCain nationally by a ‘washout’ 6 points, and Electoral College vote tallies (EVs) suggest he’s unassailable.

Laparoscopic hysterectomy – An obituary of standard cut hysterectomy?Dr. S.

Kennel cough Or, if you wish to get technical – Acute Infectious Tracheobronchitis.

Patios are for sitting out In the past few months we have spent a lot of time sitting on our small patio, once the heat has gone from the day.

Victory at all costs? An old sporting argument – good for many lovely hours of intense discussion and fervent discussion – surfaces every now and then.

The EPA: Technicality subverts democratic discourses I have already pointed out that the text of the Cariforum-EC; Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) is very long.

Died on a Monday, exhumed on a Wednesday and born on a Friday:  The rescue of a rescue package It takes going back to the childhood nursery rhyme to capture the events of the past week in the United States of America.

The Caribbean needs to engage in a painful debate on ‘development’ “The euphoria of speculators has spawned the anguish of entire peoples… Only decisive action by governments, especially in countries at the heart of the crisis, will be able to control the disorder that has spread through the world’s financial sector, with perverse impacts on the daily lives of millions of people.