Daily Features

By Aaron Kamugisha By now we wonder if the “male marginalization” theories, which first appeared in the Caribbean in the 1980s, can be considered discredited.

– Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings, is an active investor in a variety of start-ups around the world.

Photos and interviews by Cathy Richards Dustanni Barrow – Businessman `One of the main problems in Linden is that certain powers that be that should be managing the town and assisting business persons and those interested in starting up businesses are not doing so.

In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana an the Caribbean) By Norman Girvan Norman Girvan is Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies.

So It Go by Dave Martins A few weeks back, on a flight from Miami to Toronto, I ended up chatting with a Jamaican about the painful and often unintentionally humorous mangling of the English language that we see these days. 

Is the global economy recovering? Today the issue which seems to concern the international development community most (especially governments and international organisations) is whether it can be fairly claimed that generally, around the world, there are signs of recovery from the global economic crisis.

On the line: Demerara Tobacco Company Limited Annual Report 2008 Introduction The Annual General Meeting of the Demerara Tobacco Company Limited, the tobacco trading company was held on March 31, 2009 making it the first company with a calendar yearend to have presented its 2008 annual report to its shareholders.

NBS is inviting low-income consumers with land to take up mortgages with them The New Building Society Ltd is inviting low-income consumers with tracts of land to take up mortgages with them.

Inconsolable loss Of all the expressions of inconsolable loss I have read concerning the death of anyone greatly loved, the following lament by Henry James, the novelist, when his older brother, William James, the scientist and philosopher, died is one of  the most heartfelt: “I sit heavily stricken and in darkness – for from far aback in dimmest childhood  he had been my Elder Brother; and I still, through all the years, saw in him, even as a small timorous boy yet, my protector, my backer, my authority and my pride. 

Common foot disorders By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Treatment for various problems of the foot Pain in the ball of the foot In general, the goal of treatment is to relieve the pain and improve the ability to walk.

The muse of hatred Back in mid-April, the US Department of Homeland Security under new Obama appointee Janet Napolitano released a sobering report on the recent rise of right-wing extremism in the US.

Sri Prakash Gossai, MS, April 25, 1953 – June 15, 2009 Sri Prakash Gossai, MS, Special Assistant to the President, Chairman of the National Council on Suicide Prevention and popular Hindu community leader, died on June 15, aged 56.

Ailments of the nose General considerations Now that we have concluded the discussions on maladies of the ears, it is only fitting that we deal with ailments of the nose and nostrils.

The pendulum is swinging back with potting composts If you have a garden which is rather on the small side, as mine most certainly was when my wife and I first bought our home in New Providence, then you may have learned a long time ago to tailor the stature of your plants to fit comfortably into it, especially your trees.

The Caribbean diaspora in the UK flexes its muscles For years now there has been talk about the manner in which the Caribbean might mobilise its sizeable silent army, the diaspora.

The Guyana Chess Federation will feature the Sasha Cells chess tournament beginning next Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

Gelfand v Nisipeanu The Chess Society of Bucharest is staging a double round–robin tournament from June 14-25 in Bazna, featuring six of the finest chess players who are currently active on the international circuit.

– Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

-Guyana as a Colony? Definitely one of my shorter offerings today.