Daily Features

Ask the Consul

Immigrant Visa Interview Preparation Installment Seventy-Four The Consular Section of the U.S.

History This Week No.03/2009

The evolution of an education system in 19th century colonial British Guiana: From the Dutch to British Compulsory Education Ordinance of 1876By Tota C.

In The Diaspora

The Cane Sugar Crisis of the 1880s and the Small Farming Rice Industry Wazir Mohamed spent the formative years of his life as a community and political worker, and is engaged in academic research to find answers to Guyana’s seemingly intractable ethnic dilemma.

What the people say about…The Berbice bridge

This week on What the People Say we asked persons to comment on the Berbice River Bridge and got the following responses: Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah Shazida Abdulla, New Amsterdam businesswoman ‘It is a pleasure driving across the bridge because I am able to get to my destination and back in a short time.

Business Page

Introduction Over the years this column has reported on its fair share of scandals in the financial world, often in the biggest this and biggest that.

Ian On Sunday

‘Open the clenched fist of the past’ It happens all the time in small, closely-knit groups – cabinets, party executives, boards of directors, church congregations or club committees.

Chess

Ivanchuk v Leko A second rapid chess match between grandmasters Ivanchuk and Leko was held a few days ago in Mukachevo, Ukraine.

In the Obama era

Israel in overtime Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

Pet Corner

Diseases of the cornea We last dealt with conjunctivitis, an inflammatory process of the membrane which covers the inner side of the eyelids and part of the surface of the eyeball, (Pet Corner January 4, 2009).

A Gardener’s Diary

Bird wive and mistletoe are relativesFor years I have had questions about an apparent disease on the underside of the leaves of the breadfruit fern, so named because of its similarity to the leaf shape of the breadfruit tree.

Consumer Concerns

Are children really fooled? Santa Claus soared into the headlines of the Stabroek News in the early days of December.

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