Before I get off on the wrong foot here, let me start by saying that there are many causes for anxiety in Guyana – we all know the list very well – and each of us will find ourselves trying to cope with this or that aggravation from day to day, but the difficulty is that we can get so consumed with the negative that we often become blind to what I call “rays of hope” that shine out from the gloom.
Interviews and photos by Tiffny Rhodius In keeping with observances for the Month of the Elderly, Stabroek News asked senior citizens to share with us what it is they have done to maintain their health.
Recap Last week’s column responded to three queries readers had raised in regard to my earlier discussion on trade.
World Standards Day Message The world is facing a critical challenge.
If you can, every now and then it is good to escape the reality which you have settled into.
In Guyana, access to a local newspaper is as easy as any Sunday morning, except for those who live in the rural areas, who would have to wait for the newspapers to arrive at a local vendor in their area before being afforded the opportunity of reading the news.
Introduction Even accountants can benefit from a periodic encounter with history and as this column revisits the never ending journey to arrive at the Nirvana of Corporate Governance, it is good that we recall a few facts.
You may recall that last week we decided to deal with that which is normal before embarking on the pathological.
Part I Dr. Anirban Banerjee (MS,MRCS) – Consultant Surgeon The organs and tissues of the body are made up of tiny building blocks called cells.
– Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
A Gardener’s Diary The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a member of that great family; the Solanaceae.
Rivalries in sport are usually riveting; between individuals, and sometimes, between countries.
Some time in the next two to three years the global recession will end.
By Dr Bertie Ramcharan Director of the Guyana Institute of Public Policy The acclaimed Indian Nobel economics laureate, Amartya Sen, an economist, philosopher and public thinker, who wrote the much-cited work, Development as Freedom, has just published another powerful book, the Idea of Justice (2009), in which he argues that instead of approaching the issue of justice from the traditional perspective of a social contract and of being concerned with identifying what perfectly just social and institutional arrangements might be, one should concentrate instead on preventing and reducing injustices in society as a concrete way of rendering justice.
Frankly Speaking… By A.A. Fenty Or Very Poor Prosecution I know I’ve explored this theme, this vexed issue before.
History this week – No 37/2009 By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction On January 3, 1969 the National Assembly of the Second Parliament of Guyana had its first meeting.
Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction: This is an updated column from a year ago given this issue was once again raised by the Mayor of Georgetown and the need for new revenues in order to improve the city.
In The DiasporaMelanie Newton is a Barbadian and Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto.
Photos and interviews by Tiffny RhodiusThis is the month of the elderly and the Ministry of Labour hosted a Health Day last Thursday and provided medical services to senior citizens from various homes for the elderly and others and SN asked the senior citizens about their lives now and the problems that they may be encountering.
So It Go I’m going to take one more crack at this, and then I’m going to leave it alone.
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