Daily Features

In the Diaspora

Homophobia and the Caribbean state Aaron Kamugisha is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados By Aaron Kamugisha Some weeks ago, Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding appeared on BBC’s Hard Talk programme (you can see the full interview on http://www.youtube.com/results?search_

Deborah Payne
Deborah Payne

What the people say about

The prices Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man and woman in the street which prices have gone up and how they are coping with the increases.

Business Page

A close-up look at the QA II dealBy Christopher Ram Introduction When the Ministry of Finance belatedly broke its silence last month on the concessions given by the government to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QA II) it asked Guyanese to ignore such considerations as transparency and the rule of law and sought to shift the debate to the “ultimate question that needs to be asked… whether these investments are a positive development for Guyana.”

The View From Europe

Caribbean ministers, officials meet to prepare for the WTO mini-ministerial meeting By David Jessop In a matter of days Caribbean ministers and officials will meet in London to prepare for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) mini-ministerial meeting that will take place in Geneva from July 21 onwards.

Health

A Weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospitap Inc. What I need to know about diarrhoea (stomach flu) By Dr Santosh Mhetre, MBBS, MD (Paediatrics) What is diarrhoea?

Pet Corner

Infectious diseases By Dr. Steve Surujbally Continued   Factors influencing infectious diseases        1.

Chess

An unusual chess tournament With Errol Tiwari It was an unusual chess tournament that was held in November 2007 in the Basque city of Bilbao, Spain.

Frankly Speaking

Detective movies, detective work —Guyana’s Wider-World Carifesta By A.A. Fenty (Bet this will be my briefest offering in weeks!)

Viola Burnham

History This Week

The achievements of women descended from the 19th century Chinese Immigrants – (Part 2)By Cecilia McAlmont and Margery Kirkpatrick Introduction In the previous article, a brief account of what was called “the Chinese Experiment”, the implications of the immigrants and their descendants becoming Creole, and one female immigrant, Loo Shee, her descendants and their achievements were discussed.

In The Diaspora

Progressives and Pan-Africanists: Our collective duty to Zimbabwe (Horace Campbell is a Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University.

What the people say about

A state-owned big bus service By Sara Bharrat with photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street what they thought about the state resuming a big bus service.

Guyana and the wider world

Rising food prices, inflation and oil prices By Dr Clive Thomas Last week’s column posed the question: has the era of cheap food really ended?

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