Daily Features

Necessary but dangerous: Non-tariff barriers in action in the EPA Last week I had indicated that this week’s column would illustrate the way in which non-tariff barriers are addressed in the Cariforum-EC, Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

Will any record ever go unbroken? It seems impossible that Michael Phelps’s record of winning fourteen Olympic gold medals, with more to come in London in 2012 when he will only be 27, will ever be broken.

A bad week for Obama Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

Never water fine seed with a can One very important thing we should all remember is that seeds first come from plants, not out of packets, so don’t forget that you can get seed direct from the plant without the expense of paying for them at the garden centre.

Vaccines Well, now that we have, I hope, grasped the concept of immunity, let us have some superficial discussions on vaccines.

Asthma – An ‘ease your wheeze’ guide A weekly column prepared by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) What is asthma?

Let the Stabroek Market keep its tradition In the Guyana Telephone Directory 2007 (page 21) under the caption ‘Experience the soul of Guyana’ there is a short description of Stabroek Market.

World Junior Championships The World Junior Championships concluded last evening in Gaziantep, Turkey.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

– With some agreement on Burnham Too many Guyanese citizens know precious little about their Parliament of Guyana.

– Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

CARIFESTA through the years, a brief glimpse of Burnham’s cultural legacyBy Lloyd F Kandasammy On 24 February 1970 a convention of Caribbean Writers and Artists at the Critchlow Labour College was hosted in Guyana under the chairmanship of the renowned national poet, the honourable Martin Carter, then Minister of Information and Culture.

Marking the first Anniversary of the disappearance of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine Alissa Trotz is Director of Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto, and is a member of Red Thread in GuyanaTomorrow, August 12th marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Haitian political activist kidnapped for his active and tireless commitment to a democratic and sovereign Haiti.

No music on buses Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah Music has been banned from public transportation by a law recently passed in Parliament.

Brassington confirms QA II rent at $12 -17 million annually Introduction Contradicting several earlier statements about the rent the Government would be getting from the lease of 20 acres of land to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc.

Morozevich v Polgar The 2008 Chess Classic took place a week ago at Mainz, Germany, with world champion Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Alexander Morozevich in attendance.

Artificially acquired immunity – (Continued)Passive immunity You may recall that last week we spoke of active immunity which was produced by inoculating an animal with dead or weakened germs.