Guyana remains a peaceful and safe destination for tourists, Minister of Tourism and Telecommunication Cathy Hughes says. In a statement issued yesterday in the wake of the murder of British teen Dominic Bernard, Hughes expressed condolences to Bernard’s family. “He was not a tourist but we would have loved to have the pleasure of showing the beauty of Guyana to this budding film maker,” she said.
Eighteen-year-old Bernard had travelled from London to Guyana on October 14, 2015. His father has said that the teen was supposed to have been visiting his god brother Aaron Hing but there was no trace of him after he cleared customs. On January 8, a decomposed body suspected to be Bernard’s was discovered in the backlands of Nurney, which is located next to Kildonan.
Hing and Staymon George were arrested the following day after wanted bulletins were issued by authorities. The men, while in police custody, allegedly admitted to murdering Bernard, bludgeoning him to death and burying his
