Stabroek Weekend

Regulating or manipulating agricultural trade: The shoddy practice of non-tariff barriers A central proposition of this analysis of rapidly rising food prices globally, is that the only long-term sustainable solution to this is the reconstitution of global trade along lines that allow for comparative and competitive advantages to be the main determinants of what and which countries export food products.

‘One people’ Wan one tree so many leaves one tree one river so many creeks all are going to one sea one head so many thoughts thoughts among which one good one must be one God so many ways of worshipping but one Father one Suriname so many hair types so many skin colours so many tongues one people Robin DobruTo be described as Janus-faced is no compliment.

In an article reviewing Kasia Boddy’s book Boxing: A Cultural History the American writer Joyce Carol Oates quotes from that dark, unsettling philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.”

The harsh reality of global agricultural trade: Artificial competitiveness and the need for safeguards Most observers would argue that, technical and natural considerations apart, the most positive development favouring the stabilisation of global food prices in the long run would be the successful conclusion of the long drawn-out process of global trade reform.

Some months ago in a rural magistrate’s court not generally covered by the media, a man was convicted of sexually abusing his granddaughter, who would have been around three years old when the sordid use of her innocent body began.

Kenneth King, August 22, 1929 – July 30, 2008 Dr Kenneth Fitzgerald Stanislaus King, former ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Minister of Economic Development, died on July 30 aged 78 It was Kenneth King’s good fortune to have been appointed chief architect to lead the teams that designed the two most ambitious economic development plans in post-independence Guyana.

Healthy eating Consumer Reports On Health, an American magazine, has prepared a vitamin chart which should be of interest to all consumers who are concerned about the food they eat.

UG has a close partnership with Carifesta management We would like Carifesta X to showcase not only the great cultural talent that this region has spawned over the short period of Caribbean history, but the great philosophical legacy and diverse economic, productive and natural resource capacities that we as a region have to offer.

An Olympic memory I am the ultimate sports junkie. If games were abolished by some satanic world dictator I would be almost as lost as if he banned all books.

The collapse of the WTO ministerial leaves the Caribbean in limbo Set in a park with views across Lake Geneva to the snow-capped Alps, the elegant 1920s building that houses the World Trade Organisation is an unlikely, almost surreal setting for the intense multi-dimensional power play over global trade that ended suddenly last Tuesday afternoon (July 28).

Diabetic foot: Prevention and treatment By Dr Ajay Gupta, MS (Consultant Surgeon) Foot infections are the most common problem in people with diabetes.

Dirt flies; the race tightensBack in late February, when it dawned on the Clinton camp that they were suddenly on the cusp of defeat, the campaign pulled an astonishing switch.

Artificially acquired immunity Artificially acquired immunity is of two types. Either it is an active immunity or it is a passive immunity.

You can make your own seed trays I always try and use a standard seed tray box for sowing seeds.

Competition at Oasis and practice at Saints Proprietors of the Oasis Cafe, William and Nisa Walker, sponsored a grand knockout chess tournament over the past two weekends that attracted some of the strongest chess players in the country.

Inadequate $$ had been budgeted for repairs A Rupununi man died on Thursday after falling through the incomplete decking of the Moco-Moco Creek Bridge at Lethem, which had been undergoing rehabilitation work.

The role of the Privatisation Unit in the QAII dealIntroduction The President’s postponed Privatisation and Taxation Seminar finally gets underway this Tuesday at Le Meridien Pegasus, on a by-invitation only basis.

Global trade reform and food pricesBy Dr. Clive Thomas World food markets When discussing recently rising food prices most persons do not refer solely to their day-to-day experiences purchasing food items, but to the frequent media reports of prices in the major global markets for food as well.