Daily Archive: Monday, September 5, 2011

Articles published on Monday, September 5, 2011

Steve Merai

Gov’t lacked will to fight drugs –Thomas in cable

Charge d’Affaires of the US embassy, Michael Thomas concluded in June, 2007 that the government lacked the political will to go after drug traffickers and he related to Washington how he was summoned by Dr Roger Luncheon over a tape which made corruption allegations against senior cop Steve Merai.

The two vehicles at the scene of yesterday’s accident.  (Alva Solomon photo)

Fire engine ends up in trench

Fireman Rawl Barrow was deemed a hero yesterday afternoon after he drove a fire truck which was responding to a blaze into the canal at the corner of Albert and Lamaha streets to avoid a serious collision with a car.

NUMBER ONE! Mohamed Farah of Great Britain celebrates as he crosses the finish line to claim victory in the men’s 5000 metres final (Getty Images)

Record bolt!

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt swept away  any remaining clouds surrounding his 100m disqualification when  he anchored Jamaica to a world record time of 37.04 seconds to  retain the world 4×100 metres relay title yesterday.

Private Sector key partner in integration says CARICOM SG

CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has assured President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) Carol Evelyn that the private sector is a key stakeholder and partner in the regional integration process, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen.

Muammar Gaddafi

Talks fail with Gaddafi loyalists in desert bastion

NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya, (Reuters) – Forces of  Libya’s interim ruling council are poised for an assault on the  desert town of Bani Walid after negotiators failed to persuade  Muammar Gaddafi loyalists to abandon one of their last remaining  bastions.

Farah wins gold for Britain in 5,000

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Mo Farah became  Britain’s first 5,000 metres world champion with a sensational  victory yesterday, giving his country a much-needed boost ahead  of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Nearly 40 pct of Europeans suffer mental illness

LONDON, (Reuters) – Europeans are plagued by mental  and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38  percent of the population suffering each year from a brain  disorder such as depression, anxiety, insomnia or dementia,  according to a large new study.

Land of the Dolorous Guard (E.R Burrowes)

Libel, Wikileaks, context and political culture in Guyana

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” Hamlet It is perhaps a coincidence that the very week in which the Head of the Presidential Secretariat had to respond to embarrassing questions in court in the ongoing libel suit filed by President Bharrat Jagdeo against popular columnist Frederick Kissoon, is the very week that the Wikileaks exposed astounding new revelations on very high officials in the state and more significantly, Guyana’s reputation as a narco-trafficking entity.

Mr Roger Khan and the gov’t

No matter the amount of times the government pleads ignorance and blusters, the stinging questions about convicted drug lord/phantom squad organizer, Mr Roger Khan and his connections to its senior officials will persist.

Non-communicable diseases

Photos and interviews by Frances Abraham and Marcelle Thomas This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they are aware that non-communicable diseases are the number one killer in Guyana and if anyone in their lives is affected by any such disease.