Daily Features

The shoes seen around the worldWe live in extraordinary times.

Gemma Robinson is the editor of Martin Carter’s University of Hunger: Collected Poems and Selected Prose (Tarset: Bloodaxe Books, 2006).

For most people, Christmas is a time of peace and joy; gift-giving (and receiving); fun, family, food (some of us overeat) and friends.

Raising 46 pre-schoolersEven parents with the largest families do not have 46 pre-school age children to feed, clothe and care for every day, but that is the task facing the staff of the Guyana Red Cross Society Children’s Convalescent Home.

Next year promises to be exciting for the children ‘Every decision we make builds our character and forms the basis of our future decisions’ – Garry Kasparov The hosting of a National Schools Chess Championship marks the fulfilment of a dream for the Guyana Chess Federation and Dr Frank Anthony.

Molar pregnancy – a type of abnormal pregnancy By Dr Soumyaroop Dash, MD (Obstetrics/Gynaecology)Molar pregnancies are an uncommon and very frightening complication of pregnancy.

What not to do to pets during the festive season As you read this, Christ-mas is just around the proverbial corner.

A time for plant inventories My Christmas will really begin in three days time on Christmas Eve when I sit down and listen to the ‘Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’ which is broadcast by the BBC every year from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge.

Christmas past in Parliament -And Pay The Darn Bonus! Obviously it’s that time of year.

– Jorge G. Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico (2000-2003), is a Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University.

Summer Travel Installment Seventy Two Q: Why write about summer travel a week before Christmas?

Eusi Kwayana and National Politics in British Guianaby Estherine Adams This is the first in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of Eusi Kwayana’s involvement in national politics in British Guiana between 1950 and 1961.

Guy Sorman, a French philosopher and economist, is the author of Empire of Lies.

by David Hale (David Hale is Chairman of David Hale Global Econ-omics and a long-time analyst of China’s economic reform process.GENEVA

Guyana to Barbados Michelle Springer is a features writer with the Nation Publishing Company in Barbados.

Christmas shopping This week we asked the man/woman in the street about the shopping trend leading up to Christmas compared to other years.

Assessing the G20 Summit responses: Weak diagnosis equals weak solutiaons Overriding considerations Except by pure chance, ultimately the effectiveness of the actions proposed by the G20 Summit held on November 15, 2008 would depend on the accuracy of its diagnosis of the present financial crisis and credit crunch that are engulfing the global community.

There has to be a focus on survival strategies before the region is overwhelmed David Jessop is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe On December 3 the President of the Caribbean Develop-ment Bank (CDB), Dr Compton Bourne, issued a stark warning.

Who’s left now? Conclusion The death of socialism Business Page last week suggested that amidst the cataclysmic dislocation to have rocked the capitalist world first manifested in the housing market in the United States, the response of the governments in the developed market economies is leading to a fundamental rethink of the role of ideology, and in the context of Guyana, raised the question playing on the word ‘left.’