Dental implants vs dental replants
By Dr Bertrand Stuart, DDS
PEOPLE sometimes call me to ask if I do dental implants, and if they could have it done. It may be difficult to believe this, but the average price one would pay for the implantation of one tooth in Guyana is half a million dollars and the process takes nearly a […]
National Inventory on Hazardous Wastes gets underway
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Government of Guyana/United Nations Development Programme (GoG/UNDP) Capacity Building for the Management of Natural Resources and the Environment Project is undertaking a survey for the compilation of a National Inventory for Hazardous Waste in Guyana. The national survey will commence this month and is intended to gather data […]
Direct Answers from Wayne and Tamara
Game, set, match
I don’t know whether to call it jealousy or insecurity. My husband and I have been married almost 30 years. Last year at my husband’s surprise birthday party, one of my friends asked who a certain woman in the room was.
Preserving Our Literary Heritage - World Book and Copyright Day 2008
WORLD Book and Copyright Day is on Wednesday, April 23.
In 2007, we in Guyana marked the occasion with an exhibition of Guyanese books and a photographic display of Guyanese writers. This exhibition was staged at the National Library under the auspices of the National Library in collaboration with this writer who coordinated the event. The […]
A Q&A session with Sherry
I’ve Lost Trust
Dear Sherry,
I am a Banking executive, and I’ve lived with my girlfriend for two years. I love my job and find it rewarding and challenging. I have to do shift work, but my girlfriend has a nine-to-five weekday job in an office.
When I work at weekends, I have no problems with her going […]
WWF for a living planet
Water and Sanitation – Sanitation is Vital to Human Health
Episode 3: Wetlands and clean water
What are wetlands, and of what use are they
Wetlands:
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas is an international non-profit environmental organization based in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. We are a Programme Office, and fall within the Latin America & Caribbean […]
Bad Breath In Children
By Dr Bertrand R Stuart, DDS
WE TEND to believe that bad breath — also known as halitosis — is essentially an adult problem. So it’s always a shocker when parents smell foul breath coming from their little angel. If it persists, they often worry that something is seriously wrong with their child. As one mother […]
Council Of Elders
I am writing because my wife just hit me with “I want another kid.” It’s no surprise — she comes from a family of four — and she has always said she wanted a big family. I was okay with that before I had two of my own. Now, not so much!
I […]
Molly and the Muslim Stick - David Dabydeen releases sixth novel
“…it’s rare to read a novel so ambitious, so tautly written, so able to survey a personal and historical landscape mired in horror and from it to divine otherworldly pathways that hint at the possibility of redemption.” Sukhdev Sandu, The Telegraph
GUYANESE-born David Dabydeen has completed his sixth novel, titled ‘Molly and the Muslim Stick’, […]
‘Glamorous’ on tonight at ‘Le Peg’
GUYANA’s top male and female models will be selected amidst a fashion extravaganza featuring local and Caribbean designers this evening at Le Meridien Pegasus.
The event, titled ‘Glamorous’, is organised by the Guyana Fashion Weekend committee, whose chief executive, Sonia Noel, said she is happy that the winners are soon to be named.
Last week, in […]
