Stabroek Weekend

Anthony: ‘This is our moment and we are ready’ By Iana SealesCarifesta’s return to Guyana has been talked about for 36 years and today an opening ceremony befitting the magnitude of the moment has been promised at the Providence Stadium with a diverse group of performers accompanied by parachuting and pyrotechnics.

GO-INVEST – Investment and reality Introduction As we conclude the series of columns on the QA II privatisation, we turn our attention to the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST), an entity established in 1994 under the Public Corporations Act 1988 to replace GUYMIDA, an agency with similar objectives closed down soon after the change of government in 1992.

Necessary but dangerous: Non-tariff barriers in action in the EPA Last week I had indicated that this week’s column would illustrate the way in which non-tariff barriers are addressed in the Cariforum-EC, Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

Will any record ever go unbroken? It seems impossible that Michael Phelps’s record of winning fourteen Olympic gold medals, with more to come in London in 2012 when he will only be 27, will ever be broken.

A bad week for Obama Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

Never water fine seed with a can One very important thing we should all remember is that seeds first come from plants, not out of packets, so don’t forget that you can get seed direct from the plant without the expense of paying for them at the garden centre.

Vaccines Well, now that we have, I hope, grasped the concept of immunity, let us have some superficial discussions on vaccines.

Asthma – An ‘ease your wheeze’ guide A weekly column prepared by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) What is asthma?

Let the Stabroek Market keep its tradition In the Guyana Telephone Directory 2007 (page 21) under the caption ‘Experience the soul of Guyana’ there is a short description of Stabroek Market.

World Junior Championships The World Junior Championships concluded last evening in Gaziantep, Turkey.

Brassington confirms QA II rent at $12 -17 million annually Introduction Contradicting several earlier statements about the rent the Government would be getting from the lease of 20 acres of land to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc.

Morozevich v Polgar The 2008 Chess Classic took place a week ago at Mainz, Germany, with world champion Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Alexander Morozevich in attendance.

Artificially acquired immunity – (Continued)Passive immunity You may recall that last week we spoke of active immunity which was produced by inoculating an animal with dead or weakened germs.

There are at least six allegations of torture pending against the security services and even though there have been denials followed by promises of in-depth probes, the findings of any investigations have still not been made public.

Cholesterol: The ‘greasy’ truth uncoveredBy Dr Amrish Kamboj (Consultant Pathologist) It is important for everyone to know the facts about cholesterol to reduce the risk for a heart attack or stroke.

Commotion in the wings Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

No single event so signified the vulnerability of the small states of the Caribbean as the catastrophe wrought by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada in September 2004.

A larger police force will be needed with the passage of the Prevention of Crimes (Amendment) Bill The headline ‘Life supervision for paedophiles’ would have sent some consumers to their dictionaries to ascertain the exact meaning of the word ‘paedophile.’