Stabroek Weekend

Illth Absurdly, we still take for granted that Gross Domestic Product is an accurate measure of success and well-being in a nation, so that if GDP is increasing we think we must be doing better.

When the Carifesta X finale is held later today, the 10-day festival will no doubt be hailed as a resounding success, perhaps based on the numbers of people who would have attended the various events, as well as showed up for what turned out to be non-events.

Scoliosis: Learning the curve By  Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Did you know… ?

Canine vaccines Much of what was said last week in the general discussion of feline vaccines would be valid for dog vaccines as well.

Shridath Ramphal and the art of diplomacyRichard Bourne (ed) Shridath Ramphal: The Commonwealth and the World.

Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes SJ,  Missionary among the Amerindians 1909-1923 On Monday, August 25, four stamps were issued by the Guyana Post Office Training Centre on Carmichael Street.

Nurturing grandmastersSuddenly, almost overnight some would say, India and China have emerged from chess obscurity to sit among the giants of the great game.

Talk to your plants At the time of writing this article I am in England.

Guyanese Arif Ali, the owner and editor-in-chief of Hansib Publications, who migrated to the UK many years ago, said that the career he was initially interested in – politics – was not “powerful enough” and as such he went into a field “that had more of an international scope.”

The Auditor General’s Report for 2006 Introduction It is now established that the Report of the Auditor General was late by more than ten months.

Kamsky v Gelfand The Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament is being played (August 17-31) in Moscow.

Whose convention? (Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

The Pre-Carifesta programme has paid off As the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts gets into full stride, the public awareness campaign in Guyana seems to have already begun to show some positive returns.

Not all Railway Line occupants are squatters The caption in the Stabroek News of August 19 ‘Railway Squatters to get moving help from gov’t’ gave hope that serious attention was being given to a serious problem. 

Feline vaccines Well, I had promised that we would deal with the specific diseases today, but there was a change of mind.

Put poetry on the buses I favour the reintroduction of public transportation.

The Yeast in you uncovered By Dr Soumyaroop Dash, MD (Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist) Yeast infections are one of the most common infections occurring in women.

Hydrangeas and heliotrope It is at this time of the year that the hours of daylight start to slide towards equality with my home in Guyana, and in a few months it will be winter.

World economic uncertainty: Cause or consequence This analysis of the recent rapid increases in global food and fuel prices along with the strong surge in bio-fuels production and their combined impact on the Guyanese economy would be incomplete without taking into account major uncertainties that have been confronting the global economy in recent times.