Stabroek Weekend

Obama swerves right By Wayne Brown Talk about a campaign of shocks!

The Casuarina is a good barrier against salt-laden wind By John Warrington When the rain is bucketing down and everything is awash and bedraggled it can often be enchanting.

Of moans, groans and kidney stones! By Dr Badhri Veerappan Sivaji, Consultant Radiologist What are kidney stones?

Infectious diseases By Dr Steve Surujbally ContinuedTransmissionThere are several different routes that an infectious agent (germ) can take to enter a new host and make it ill.

Where was chess With Errol Tiwarti Who invented chess? Where did it come from?

By Dr Clive Thomas As I pointed out last week, one distinctive feature of the skyrocketing of global food prices has been its suddenness.

By Ian McDonald Pay a visit to the corner lot at Parade and Cowan Streets as soon as you can.

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By David Jessop (executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) A few days ago in Washington DC, Dr Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve up to 2006, addressed the Caribbean Tourism Orga-nisation’s first Annual Carib-bean Tourism Summit.

By AB Yehoshua AB Yehoshua is one of Israel’s most acclaimed novelists and essayists.

By Prof S. Arasaratnam, University of New England, Australia David Chanderbali. 

Indian dance is among the most vibrant forms in the contemporary Guyanese theatre. 

Arthur Chung, OE, January 10, 1918 – June 23, 2008 Arthur Chung, first president of the republic, died on June 23, aged 90.

By Eileen Cox The year 2004 marked a turning point for senior citizens in Georgetown who owned property and paid taxes on their houses to the Mayor and City Council.

‘Bony’ secrets for bonny children: A parental priority By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Typically, when parents think of their child’s health, they don’t think about their bones.

By Dr Steve Surujbally General considerations Diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, one-celled animal organisms (protozoa) and fungi.

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

By John Warrington We have just passed the summer solstice (the longest day and the shortest night).

We shall require tens of thousands of engineers and hundreds of thousands of overseers, mechanics and other technicians.