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Viola Burnham
Viola Burnham

History This Week

The achievements of women descended from the 19th century Chinese Immigrants – (Part 2)By Cecilia McAlmont and Margery Kirkpatrick Introduction In the previous article, a brief account of what was called “the Chinese Experiment”, the implications of the immigrants and their descendants becoming Creole, and one female immigrant, Loo Shee, her descendants and their achievements were discussed.

In The Diaspora

Progressives and Pan-Africanists: Our collective duty to Zimbabwe (Horace Campbell is a Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University.

What the people say about

A state-owned big bus service By Sara Bharrat with photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street what they thought about the state resuming a big bus service.

Guyana and the wider world

Rising food prices, inflation and oil prices By Dr Clive Thomas Last week’s column posed the question: has the era of cheap food really ended?

Business Page

Facing the threat of rising oil and food pricesBy Christopher Ram IntroductionOil seems to have a talismanic role in the world’s psyche.

Consumer Concerns

Living in darkness By Eileen Cox The Guyana Power & Light Inc seems committed to improving its service. 

Dr Henry Jeffrey

The View From Europe

There is a change in political mood about trade liberalization among small states By David Jessop As this is being written Caribbean Heads of Government are meeting in Barbados.

Through a woman’s eyes

Don’t hold your breath By Cheryl Springer Women, women’s organizations and anti-violence advocates may just have felt a sliver of hope three weeks ago, when the government launched its much-touted national policy on domestic violence, titled ‘Break the Cycle – Take Control.’

Ian On Sunday

The filthy rich By Ian McDonald I have been asked why I criticize the way rich countries treat poor countries.

Arts On Sunday

River Bottom: Reflecting current popular trends in theatre The theatre of Oliver Samuels as it is today has many things to tell us about itself and its development over three decades, but it can also say quite a bit about Jamaican and Caribbean theatre over the same period.

A Gardener’s Diary

The Casuarina is a good barrier against salt-laden wind By John Warrington When the rain is bucketing down and everything is awash and bedraggled it can often be enchanting.

Health

Of moans, groans and kidney stones! By Dr Badhri Veerappan Sivaji, Consultant Radiologist What are kidney stones?

Pet Corner

Infectious diseases By Dr Steve Surujbally ContinuedTransmissionThere are several different routes that an infectious agent (germ) can take to enter a new host and make it ill.

Viswanathan Anand

Chess

Where was chess With Errol Tiwarti Who invented chess? Where did it come from?

The world’s runaway train

By Kenneth Rogoff (Kenneth Rogoff is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and was formerly chief economist at the IMF.)

Margery Kirkpatrick

History This Week No.27/2008

The achievements of the women descended from the 19th Century Chinese Immigrants (Part 1) By Cecilia McAlmont and Margery Kirkpatrick Introduction One hundred and thirty years ago, thirty one members of British Guiana’s plantocracy subscribed the sum of about 8,647 pounds sterling to charter the ship “Dartmouth” to transport a group of Chinese immigrants from Canton.

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