Stabroek Weekend

Consumer Concerns

Pre-paid metering By Eileen Cox Continued from last week For the benefit of all customers of Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), we publish the concluding paragraphs of the letter in which Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company Bharat Dindyal explained Pre-paid metering.

Health

Low backache: will I be pain free without surgery Dr Raghu Sudarshan Thota – MD (Anaesthesiology) We will start from where we left last week.

Al Creighton’s Arts on Sunday

The Women’s Day  By Alim Hosein (This week, Alim Hosein reviews the work of the Guyana Women Artists Association exhibited at a special show mounted in honour of International Women’s Day (March 8) 2008 at the Centre of Brazilian Studies in Georgetown.

Ian on Sunday

 A Culture Valuable in the World  By Ian McDonald In 1991 and 1992 when I was working with the West Indian Commission a feature of many of the presentations made by scores of experts and academics and businessmen and educators was how often they cited other countries as influences we needed to recall or examples we should strive to emulate.

Understanding the EPA: rice

By David Jessop David Jessop is currently on leave for two weeks so his regular column will not be appearing in this space during that period.

Ian On Sunday

The whisper in our ear By Ian McDonald When I was young I sometimes used to sit in the evening with an old aunt while she told her rosary beads.

Business Page

Recession in the US: impact on Guyana Introduction If nothing else President George Bush is an incorrigible optimist.

Consumer Concerns

Pre-paid metering For some time the Guyana Power & Light Company has been advising stakeholders of its intention to change to pre-paid meters.

Arts On Sunday

The holiday weekend:More than a convergence of calendar dates By Al Creighton Christianity, Hinduism and Islam are often described as three great religions, and they are certainly dominant across the contemporary world and specifically in the anglophone Caribbean where they have contributed considerably to the shape and colour of the cultural landscape.

Health

A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. By Dr Raghu Sudarshan Thota, MD (Anaesthesiology) If you’ve ever groaned, “Oh, my aching back!”

Pet Corner

Cancer in our companion animals Dr Steve Surujabally Continued from last week Types of cancer We have been discussing cancer.

A Gardenner’s Diary

Ladybirds are the gardener’s friend By John Warrington It is hard to believe that despite promises from various friends I have still not acquired a plant of the Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, which used to be A communis).

A Gardener’s Diary

A cautionary tale By John Warrington  I mentioned fleetingly last week some of the dangers inherent in the hobby we have, and I will now tell you a cautionary tale.

Chess

There is a child prodigy out there somwhere What you can do or think you can do, begin it.

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