Stabroek Weekend

Weeping and wailing Suddenly, with seven weeks to go to the presidential elections, the Democrats are weeping and wailing, and gnashing their teeth over Sarah Palin, John McCain’s last-minute, galvanic running mate.

After cataract and YAG laser treatment By Dr  Neeraj Jain, MD(ophthalmology), DNB,  MNAMS Whenever a patient comes to know that he has got ‘another cataract’ after a surgery for cataract, he often feels that the surgery wasn’t done properly or the surgeon has left some cataract in the eye which is causing him trouble.

Try rooting African Violets from leaf-stalk cuttings Everything seems to be growing at a rate of knots, and I still have what you might call an irrational fear of trees suddenly shedding large branches without a lot of warning.

– though show was overly long The night was as Morgan Heritage proclaimed, “not a dancehall show but a reggae concert” essentially devoid of club revelry and suggestive music but big on positive vibes and soft, thought-provoking tunes.

Auditor General’s Report Conclusion Introduction Today we conclude our 3-part review of the Auditor General’s report for 2006.

A high stakes gamble What should one make of the fiasco over the date of the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe?

Near-term prospects for the Guyana economy: A tale of ‘falling prices’ (Continued from last week) Recap Several persons have expressed consternation to me over the Bureau of Statistic’s data indicating an overall increase in the price level of consumer items for the second quarter of this year of only one per cent (1%). 

A festival Caricom badly needed Carifesta X was a splendid and significant success.

The last redoubt America has been changing fast demographically of late — nearly a third of Americans are under the age of 20, and nearly a third are now either black or Hispanic — but you wouldn’t have known it from the mainly old and overwhelmingly white crowd gathered in the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday evening to cheer on Republican nominee John McCain, at 72 the oldest candidate ever to run for US president.

Was Carifesta worth the effort and expense? Among the most memorable features of Carifesta X in Guyana were the interventions of the major writers, and, generally, that is how it should be. 

Working towards producing a Guyanese grandmaster ‘I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in (to a tournament).

Vaccination schedulesOne can extract from last week’s Pet Corner that there is no correct vaccination protocol.

We need a culture of reading across the country September is Education Month and September 8, International Literacy Day.

A weekly column prepared by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Of girls, boys and safe toys By Dr Santosh Mhetre Ever found yourself in a children’s toy store… surrounded by tens… maybe hundreds of toys… with all sorts of attractive colours… but not knowing which one would be the right one for your child?

The gems that make it good to be aliveThe bulb is a development in plants which is designed to assist them survive long periods of dormancy.

Near-term prospects for the Guyana economy: A tale of ‘falling prices’The surging increases in food and fuel prices have produced considerable economic uncertainty worldwide.

The Auditor General’s report for 2006 (Continued) UpdateIn the first part of this review (BP 24.8.08) of the Auditor General’s report for 2006 we examined the several statutory obligations of the Audit Office under the constitution and several other statutes.

Guyana should be metric A Metrication Committee has been established by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to monitor the implementation of the metric system which came into operation when we changed from the imperial system on  January 1, 2002.