Guyana News

An elderly Bush Lot businessman and his wife were chopped to death during the wee hours of yesterday morning and one of the four persons held by police has since confessed to his involvement the crime.

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday called on the government to mount an independent inquiry into the bungled surveillance operation that resulted in the deaths of an army intelligence officer and two civilians, while saying that an explanation is needed for the use of military officers in such activities.

The dead man in the yacht that was spotted almost a week ago about 200 miles off Guyana’s Coast has been identified as French national Mocbel Robert Lois Bozier, 70, who was found with a single gunshot wound to the face that is believed to have been self-inflicted.

Banks DIH registered a profit of $2.569b for last year, a 13% rise over the 2014 figure.

Attorney-General Basil Williams is confident that Guyana now has the legal framework in place for freezing the assets of money launderers and terrorists and sources say at least one prominent citizen is on the radar of authorities.

Some 656 complaints were made against police officers during last year, according to Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Chairman retired Justice Cecil Kennard.

The National Assembly early Friday morning approved in excess of $202M for the budgeted operations of the five constitutional rights commissions.

All 24 files compiled on a multi-million-dollar fraud allegedly committed by former Public Service Minister Dr Jennifer Westford and a ministry employee are now back at the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The daughter of Anita Baichan was held on Thursday for questioning in connection with the killing of her mother in a fire but has since been released from custody according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, who said that the other suspects are still being questioned.

The body of a Handsome Tree, Mahaica woman was discovered yesterday morning some distance away from her home, two days after she was reported missing.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has written to the Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud to aid in the recovery of signs that were seized from in front of its Freedom House headquarters on Thursday.

A report carried in Saturday’s edition of the Stabroek News, headlined “Benschop says Gecom’s ‘inefficiencies’ stymieing campaign,” erroneously stated that candidate Mark benschop was “concerned about Gecom’s leadership.”

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A torrential downpour did not hamper director Quentin Tarantino as he left imprints of his hands and feet in cement at Hollywood’s historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday.

The Guyana Bar Association today called for a full inquiry into the botched December 30th intelligence operation that left three people dead and a host of questions in its wake.

The body of a man that was found earlier in this week with his dog in a yacht flying a French flag bore a gunshot wound to the face.

About 0300h. today, acting on a report received police ranks went to a home at Bush Lot, WCB, and as they approached the building three men were seen jumping over a fence on the premises, a statement from the police said today.The

Alana Seebarran, who was mistakenly pursued in a high speed car chase by an army intelligence officer during a bungled operation that resulted in three deaths, has told police that she and her brother fled during an attempt to detain her outside her home because none of the officials properly identified themselves.

The godbrother of missing British teen Dominic Michael Lloyd Bernard is one of two persons now wanted by police, who are also investigating whether a badly decomposed body found buried in a shallow grave in Berbice yesterday afternoon is the youth.

Amidst a probe into whether Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur leaked private taxpayer information, the governing board of the agency has authorised several policy changes which are intended to protect taxpayer data.