Guyana News

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader issued a  stern warning to the pro-reform opposition yesterday, accusing  it of violating the law by insulting the memory of the Islamic  Republic’s revered founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

– guilty of medical misconduct Police Surgeon Dr Mahendra Chand has been found guilty of medical misconduct by the Medical Council of Guyana, which has suspended him for his actions in the treatment of the teen boy who was tortured in police custody.

– as probe continues The Guyana Police Force is sifting through the information that has been submitted to the team investigating the criminal activities of drug convict Roger Khan — reputed head of the infamous ‘Phantom Squad’– during the years 2001 to 2006.

Pawan Outar will celebrate her birthday on Thursday homeless and as she puts it, “without any clothes on my back” after a fire completely destroyed her two-storey home at Mon Repos, East Coast yesterday morning.

– McCormack tells human rights day forum Saying that deep-seated structural flaws plague the Guyana Police Force, Mike McCormack has urged that those long-ignored recommendations of the Disciplined Services Commission need to be addressed to foster a better human rights climate in the country.

The cruelty recently meted out to a teenage boy in police custody was condemned as an act of torture, but subsequent charges which were later instituted amounted to unlawful wounding, triggering the question as to whether a person can be charged with torture in Guyana.

– population report A binding international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions is what is expected from the climate talks which kicked off in Copenhagen last week, but just last month the State of the World Population report called on leaders to factor in the human and gender dimensions of every aspect of the problem.

Registering its concern over the proposed sale of GuySuCo’s land at Diamond, the Alliance for Change (AFC) said on Friday that the long-term viability of the corporation would be compromised if the land was put on the market.

The People’s Progressive Party hailed its former chairman Brindley Benn as a national liberation fighter who had made great contributions to the country.

A man was granted his pre-trial liberty in the sum of $200,000 on charges of two counts of carnal knowledge when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Court on Friday before Magistrate Nigel Hawke.

Police at Berbice raided several houses and abandoned buildings and arrested several persons for various offences last week.

The hyped ‘Keep the Peace’ concert featuring Jamaican’s Vybz Kartel and his contingent, the Portmore Empire was cancelled yesterday after the artiste reportedly failed to show.

The poor quality photographs on new national identification (ID) cards have been a major issue during the continuing distribution exercise, to AFC MP David Patterson has noted.

Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Develop-ment Kellawan Lall has disclosed that the Guyana Elections Commissions (GECOM) has indicated that it will be fully prepared for the holding of Local Govern-ment elections by the first quarter of 2010.

Despite enhanced security after a past robbery, bandits have managed to penetrate the postal system twice within the last few months, a sign of worry for Chairman of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) Bishop Juan Edghill who is offering a reward for the arrest of the culprits.

Castellani House is hosting an exhibition and sale of artists’ works for the Christmas season, a news release said.

In spite of the steady progress being made to have its cell phone customers register their SIM cards, the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) will most likely have to extend the deadline for completing this process, its Director of Rate Marketing Gene Evelyn said.

A miner was transferred to the Georgetown Hospital late Friday night, hours after gunmen with bags over their faces shot him in the chest while relieving him of raw gold at 14 Miles, Issano.

The Working People’s Alliance has accused the government of remaining silent on the widespread and routine use of torture by members of the security forces while dismissing such cases as “roughing up”.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of climate  activists marched in Copenhagen yesterday to urge negotiators  at UN talks to agree a strong treaty to fight global warming  but violence marred a rally that began as a carnival.