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THERE is not a single Guyanese, of matured age, who would have experienced those years of non-productivity, especially during the 1980s, and would not have remembered the numerous days and nights without power in their homes, and the serious socio-economic inconveniences that such prolonged periods of power outages would have wrought on their daily lives.

OVER the past five weeks, I have had to battle simultaneously with advanced attacks of diabetes, malfunctioned kidney, high blood pressure, suspicious brain damage, all of which was precipitated by a mini stroke, necessitating hospitalisation for fourteen agonising nights.

The Opposition collective has reached a new low with the brouhaha they have created over the Education Minister’s decision anent opting for a private rather than a public school to nurture her child’s education.

From time to time in this column I’ve touched upon what I believe to be social issues, offering at the same time what I believe to be the solutions to some of them. This week, I’m going to offer an extremely condensed view of some of these issues.

Analysis by Rickey Singh PARTY politics can be filled with surprises, some quite amusing and distressing. And Guyana’s minority Opposition Alliance for Change (AFC) seems anxious to demonstrate its leadership capacity to deliver a surprising quota of such surprises ahead of a snap general election by mid-2015, if not earlier.

By PREM MISIR Ph.D This paper was published: Misir, P., 1999. AIDS PATIENT CARE and STDs, 13(6), pp.327-334. Stigmatisation and discrimination continue to negatively affect the victims of AIDS. Stigma is a mark of social disgrace that places the infected person apart from those who see themselves as “normal.” Goffman14 perceives the stigmatised individual as

THE outright rejection by the main political Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), of an invitation from President Donald Ramotar to dialogue on matters critical to the national wellbeing, should serve as the final proof to the nation, that the only thing that is paramount to that party, is the acquisition of power.

I’VE WRITTEN, in more than one column, if my memory serves me correctly, about a particular risk associated with public office: The risk of defamation, simply by virtue of serving in a politically contentious environment such as this one.

AS this week’s article is presented to you, I can’t help but feel forlorn with thoughts of the impacts that this phenomenon will have on the younger generation, situations that were not their creation but will be their legacy. Climate change as we know it is a devastating reality and one that our children will

By PREM MISIR Ph. D This paper was published: Misir, P., 1999. AIDS PATIENT CARE and STDs, 13(6), pp.327-334. ETHICAL ISSUES The transmission of AIDS constitutes a harm done to others and therefore needs to be addressed strategically to modify high-risk behaviour, paying particular attention to privacy and confidentiality.