Daily Features

What’s in a word?History teaches that, in times of crisis, ingrained prejudices can, by themselves, make all the difference between success and ruin.

Professor Charles Denbow, September 30, 1945 – February 10, 2009Dr Charles Egerton Denbow, CD, DM, FRCP, FACP, FACC, Professor in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Mona, died on February 10, 2009, aged 63.

Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General, famously remarked a decade ago “You can do a lot with diplomacy but, of course, you can do a lot more with diplomacy backed up by fairness and force.”

The ‘where’ and the ‘what’ of genital wartsBy Dr S Dash, MD (Consultant Gynaecologist) Genital warts, also called condylomata, are a common infection of the female reproductive tract.

Eye ailmentsContinued Sty I might have mentioned before that the great designer was at his/her constructive best when the eye was being put together. 

A prized possessionUnlike the gentle Ian I am not qualified to pass judgement on the economic consequences of the recent flooding.

Putting some sense in the 2009 BudgetIntroduction The National Assembly has the most unenviable task of making sense of the 2009 Budget presented last Monday in the National Assembly.

History of the British Guiana railway system – Georgetown to Mahaica Part 2 By Shammane Joseph This is the second instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of the history of the British Guiana railway with particular reference to the Georgetown-Mahaica link.

– H. T. Goranson is the Lead Scientist for Earl Research and was a Senior Scientist with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Joseph E. Stiglitz, professor of economics at Columbia University, and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, is co-author, with Linda Bilmes, of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Costs of the Iraq Conflict.

Lucille Mathurin-Mair: A Tribute Alissa Trotz is Director of Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto, and edits the weekly In the Diaspora Stabroek News column.

Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week on ‘What the People Say’ we asked residents at Parika what issues are affecting them and got the following responses: Indra Dayal, vendor `I am from Maria’s Pleasure, Wakenaam and the road there really needs fixing.

Addressing the Clico issue Introduction Rumours that the region’s largest conglomerate CL Financial Limited (CL) was experiencing difficulties were confirmed at a dramatic press conference in Trinidad two Fridays ago, hosted by the Governor of the Central Bank and including CL’s chairman Lawrence Duprey and Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira.

In times of financial crisis social cohesion is essential News that the Government and Central Bank of Trinidad have intervened to take control of some of the subsidiary assets of one of the largest of the Caribbean’s transnationals, CL Financial, makes clear the dangers the global financial crisis has for everyone in the Caribbean.

The worst-case scenario: Economic shocks in the 2nd half of 2008Recap In last week’s column I considered three major economic shocks/challenges which rocked Guyana’s economy during the first half of 2008.

Personal  performance is the key Guyana is in a period of gloom, who can doubt it.

Iturrizaga v Giri Here is the game with which Anish captured his final grandmaster norm.

Stress fractures By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Definition Stress fractures are tiny cracks in a bone which are caused by the repetitive application of force, often by overuse, such as repeated jumping or running long distances.

Ailments of the eyeEyelid problems (Continued) Ectropion Last week we dealt with the condition whereby the eyelids roll inwards and, as a consequence, the edge of the lids and the eyelashes rub against the eyeball.