Daily Features

Van Wely v Shirov The 38th Chess Olympiad began last Wednesday in Dresden, Germany.

Feline ‘Flu’ Continued Last week, we dealt with the situation whereby feline respiratory distress comes on rapidly and with great severity (acute form).

The first Leader of the World? Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

The bill prohibiting loud music in public transportation is not yet an act The Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) (Amendment) Bill, No.

Eye exercises and healthy visionBy Dr Neeraj Jain (MBBS, MD (Ophthalmology), DNB, MNAMS Consultant ophthalmologist)The natural state of the body is to be at peace.

Plants, pests and soil I think a lot about visitors to our garden.

Quality, stress – and distress Congrats my police, but… Hello, regular friends.

– Jean-Michel Severino is CEO of the French Development Agency and a member of www.ideasfordevelopment.org.

Diversity Visas Installment Seventy The US Congress makes available 55,000 immigrant visas annually worldwide to countries that send less than 50,000 permanent immigrants over the previous five years. 

The beginnings of rice cultivation in Guyana  (Part 3 – Final Instalment) By Winston McGowan The first two instalments of this article showed that rice cultivation in Guyana was initiated by enslaved Africans in the 17th and 18th centuries and was extended substantially between 1884 and 1920 especially by enterprising Indian peasants.

Zachary Karabell is President of River Twice Research and an Associate Fellow at the Asia Society.

Changing venues for the K&S football finalWith interviews and photos by Cathy WilsonThis week we asked Lindeners about the loss of economic and other benefits in the light of the Kashif and Shanghai organisation’s decision to change the host venue of the Football Championships from the Mackenzie Sports Club ground to the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

If America can elect a Black President, why can’t Caricom nations agree to pool their sovereignty?

Teaching beyond the ordinary run of our lives When we are young, if we are lucky, we meet a person who opens our minds to the infinite possibilities of life in this wondrous world.

How is a credit crunch different from a financial crisis? The enormity of the challenges posed by the present financial crisis and credit crunch is starkly revealed in its two most basic aspects, firstly, the enormous toll on the United States’ financial system and secondly, the unprecedented scope of the governmental responses, which have been provoked.

David – a Goliath of a man David de Caires was very clear on what Business Page was about – the dissemination of financial and economic information and discussion of ideas and issues aimed at enhancing the business culture and environment.

The Caribbean and restructuring the global financial system On November 15, the heads of government from the world’s most powerful nations will meet in Washington to discuss how to restructure the global financial system.

David de Caires, December 31, 1937 –  November 1, 2008 David Francis de Caires, Executive Chairman of Guyana Publications Inc, and Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News, died on November 1, aged 70 years.

David de Caires: a true connoisseur of the arts So jail me quickly, clang the illiterate door If freedom writes no happier alphabet.