Stabroek Weekend

Endless, illusory dramaBy Wayne Brown (Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

Fit for children  By Cheryl Springer The Caribbean Community’s much vaunted special conference on children has come and gone.

Pre-paid metering By Eileen Cox Continued from last week For the benefit of all customers of Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), we publish the concluding paragraphs of the letter in which Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company Bharat Dindyal explained Pre-paid metering.

Low backache: will I be pain free without surgery Dr Raghu Sudarshan Thota – MD (Anaesthesiology) We will start from where we left last week.

The Women’s Day  By Alim Hosein (This week, Alim Hosein reviews the work of the Guyana Women Artists Association exhibited at a special show mounted in honour of International Women’s Day (March 8) 2008 at the Centre of Brazilian Studies in Georgetown.

David Jessop is currently on leave so his regular column will not be appearing in this space during this period.

 A Culture Valuable in the World  By Ian McDonald In 1991 and 1992 when I was working with the West Indian Commission a feature of many of the presentations made by scores of experts and academics and businessmen and educators was how often they cited other countries as influences we needed to recall or examples we should strive to emulate.

By David Jessop David Jessop is currently on leave for two weeks so his regular column will not be appearing in this space during that period.

Waiting to exhale Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

The whisper in our ear By Ian McDonald When I was young I sometimes used to sit in the evening with an old aunt while she told her rosary beads.

Recession in the US: impact on Guyana Introduction If nothing else President George Bush is an incorrigible optimist.

The Ataturk International Women Masters Chess Tournament was completed in Turkey yesterday.

Pre-paid metering For some time the Guyana Power & Light Company has been advising stakeholders of its intention to change to pre-paid meters.

The holiday weekend:More than a convergence of calendar dates By Al Creighton Christianity, Hinduism and Islam are often described as three great religions, and they are certainly dominant across the contemporary world and specifically in the anglophone Caribbean where they have contributed considerably to the shape and colour of the cultural landscape.

A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. By Dr Raghu Sudarshan Thota, MD (Anaesthesiology) If you’ve ever groaned, “Oh, my aching back!”

Cancer in our companion animals Dr Steve Surujabally Continued from last week Types of cancer We have been discussing cancer.

Ladybirds are the gardener’s friend By John Warrington It is hard to believe that despite promises from various friends I have still not acquired a plant of the Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, which used to be A communis).

A cautionary tale By John Warrington  I mentioned fleetingly last week some of the dangers inherent in the hobby we have, and I will now tell you a cautionary tale.