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Pet Corner

Continued We said last week that, in addition to a few other infectious agents, two virus groups are primarily involved in this Respi-ratory Disease Complex that affects cats.

The beginnings of rice cultivation in Guyana (Part 2)

By Winston McGowan The first instalment of this article traced the beginnings of rice cultivation in Guyana from the earliest efforts by enslaved Africans during the period of Dutch colonial rule in the 17th and 18th centuries to the early 1880s.

Ask the Consul

Immigration and Children Installment Sixty-Nine Along with the excitement of receiving an immigrant visa from the U.S.

Wednesday Ramblings

A giant has fallen It is with deep sorrow this column notes the passing of a giant among us, David de Caires.

A conspiracy so immense

Naomi Wolf is a political activist and social critic whose most recent book is Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf NEW YORK – Is this the Age of the Conspiracy Theory?

David de Caires

In The Diaspora

David de Caires – Witness to history and the search for a politics of meaningIt was with deep sadness that we learned of David de Caires’ passing.

Ian On Sunday

The quiet sport Not many people guess right when asked “What is the most popular sport in the world?”

Guyana and the wider world

The financial crisis and credit crunch As promised last week, in this week’s Sunday Stabroek column I shall start a fairly extended discussion of the staggering financial crisis and worsening credit crunch facing the global economy, The epicentre of these is the United States.

Chess

National Championships begin on Saturday Fourteen games will be played in the National Chess Championships which begin on Saturday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Pet Corner

Feline Viral Respiratory Disease Complex  aka Feline Influenza General comments Ailments associated with the respiratory tract are pretty common – and understandably so.

Consumer Concerns

We need to find a quick solution to the problem of the conditions in lock-ups, jails Did you read the article ‘Brickdam lock-ups unfit for humans, former detainee says’? 

 Sasenarine Persaud

Arts On Sunday

Personal odyssey Among the most recent new books of poetry is In a Boston Night  poems  by Guyanese poet and fiction writer Sasenarine Persaud, published by TSAR in Canada in 2008. 

Mrs Ingrid Donna Daphnee Waithe-Peters

‘It’s not the end of the world’

Blind arts teacher a beacon of hope to others visually impaired “Being blind does not mean that it’s the end of the world, neither does it mean that a blind person cannot achieve his or her fullest potential,” says Mrs Ingrid Donna Daphnee Waithe-Peters.

A Gardener’s Diary

Bougainvilleas and ixoras love hot,dry weather For quite a few weeks the weather has been blisteringly hot, and no one should be surprised that their bougainvilleas are flowering prolifically.

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