Stabroek Weekend

Are Guyana’s companies built to last? By Christopher Ram Introduction If we look across the Caribbean we see a number of companies that have extended well beyond their borders with Grace Kennedy, Republic Bank and Trinidad Cement being very prominent, burnishing their Caribbean credentials by cross-listing on the regional stock exchanges.

By Dr Clive Thomas As promised last week I propose to cover some of the considerations that lie behind spiralling global food prices, as a final issue in this fairly extended discussion on rising food prices, the government’s relief package in response to it, and the impact of the Value Added and excise legislation on the pain we all feel when we have to purchase food.

By Ian McDonald I think I am right in feeling increasingly agitated at the impression one gets that governments everywhere, and certainly in the Caribbean, are simply skipping from one headline problem to the next without time, thought and energy given to the deeper, persistent crises gathering forte like huge, hidden tsunamis.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs (Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

The anglophone Caribbean could learn from the Scottish parliamentary model By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) A little over a week ago Caribbean High Com-missioners to the United Kingdom paid a formal first visit to the Scottish Parliament which is located in Edinburgh.

Roy Heath: ‘A writer of prodigious talent’ Al Creighton Anne Walmsley sent a note on May 15 to say, “You, like so many of us, must have been reeling from news of the sad loss of one great Caribbean writer after another:  Césaire, Archie Markham, OR Dathorne, Wordsworth McAndrew in quick succession. 

Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy Cheryl Springer If you have not had it, you really, honestly do not want it.

Tapeworms By Dr Steve Surujbally Conclusion  Control and treatment You will notice that I have said ‘control’ and not ‘prevention.’

On to November (sort of) Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

GT&T should refund contributions paid by Essequibo residents for new telephone system By Eileen Cox A letter in the Stabroek News of June 13, 2008, brings the curtain down on an experiment by Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Ltd on the Essequibo Coast, Region 2. 

The smoker’s zone:  Are you in a fool’s paradise? By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) People have many questions about tobacco that can sometimes be hard to answer.

Try green manuring By John Warrington  Bougainvillea ‘Mary Palmer’ is attractive, sometimes stunningly so, but when variegated can be wayward and unpredictable.

Shirov v Svidler Norway’s teenage chess wizard, 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen, has won the prestigious Aerosvit invitational tournament in the Ukraine with a round to spare. Carlsen

By Pastor Stanton Adams If you have just become a father, congratulations.

‘Exit Hillary’ (Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

Chess should assume its fundamental role as a mental stimulant for studentsWith Errol  Tiwari (“Our young people must be afforded the fullest opportunity to participate in the processes of political, social and economic change in our hemisphere.

Introducing Damian Moore By Alim Hosein Damian Moore is a young artist who is now trying to make a name for himself.

TapewormsByDr. Steve Surujbally (– continued Last week, you received an introduction into the destructive nature of the tapeworm – its anatomy, its physiology and its method of attacking the host’s body.

Amend the Dog Act to protect pedestrians By Eileen Cox It now becomes the duty of the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) to plead with Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, who has responsibility for consumer protection, to take action immediately to protect innocent pedestrians from being ravaged by pit bulls.