Daily Features

The debt is unpayable La deuda es impagable January 1, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, with commemorative events held in virtually every corner of the world.

Obama: From poetry to prose Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

How will future economic growth be affected? V, U, or L-shaped growth curve Following last week’s column, I shall discuss this week the impact of the financial crisis and credit crunch on the prospects for economic growth performance in the United States, the broader global economy, and Caricom.

Sunday Stabroek asked a few of Guyana’s politicians to share their wishes for the New Year; here are their responses.

Our world in 2009 Introduction Certainly the most authoritative publication which predicts the grand occasions and developments of the following year is the widely circulated Economist, published in the UK.

Dark night of the soul When our young son was struck by agonising abdominal pains in the middle of the night recently and we had to rush him to Emergency at York Central Hospital in Toronto, in the four or five hours before he was attended to I felt the sort of helpless despair which must be the experience of countless thousands in this pitiless world when their loved ones are at deadly risk or dying or dead by accident or some other stroke of unrelenting fate.

A tumultuous year It proved to be a tumultuous year for the game of chess.

By Nigel Westmaas “To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world; our stories are singular but our destinies are shared – the new dawn of American leadership is at hand.”

Heart attack – Getting to the ‘heart’ of the trouble By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) A heart attack may be defined as a sudden failure of the heart to function normally.

To become a writer So you want to become a writer, a novelist, and you don’t know how to begin.

The value of adopting a pet in the new year I would urge you, dear readers, on this last Sunday before the advent of the New Year, to consider adopting a dog or cat in 2009.

The Christmas festival has always contained a strong secular element, which has its early origins in the Roman midwinter festival of Saturnalia.

Karim Sadjadpour is an Associate at the Carnegie Endow-ment for Inter-national Peace.

Milton Bruce is a Guyanese-born journalist/writer. He has published two books, one poetry entitled “Thoughts” and a novel “The Hustle”.

Or What Some People Do With `The Season’ (A few reflections today)No I don’t want to, nor can I ever, put any damper on this wonderful, now all-pervasive festival of celebration of the Christ-Child’s Birth.

The British Guiana Railway System – Georgetown to MahaicaBy Shammane Joseph This is the beginning of a series of articles that will briefly describe the development and eventual closure of the British Guiana railway system.

A Guyanese Creole Christmas – and Jim Jones in the assemblyWhat the Dickens!

‘Tagga’, pepper-pot and seeing the masquerade from under the bedChristmas used to be the best time of the year when I was a youngster growing up in Manchester Village with my grandmother.

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

Whither the real fight against poverty in Guyana? Nigel Westmaas is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York, and was a former WPA executive member By Nigel Westmaas In an article in the Daily Chronicle of September 9, 1917, Rev.