Tag Archives: Georgetown (Guyana)

A welder and his girlfriend were early Friday morning robbed of GY$350,000 in cash and valuables by a lone gunman who pounced on them, police said. The robbery victims are Welder, 29-year-old Mikel Brandt and 26-year-old Alana Bamfield, both of Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown. Police said the robbery occurred at about 1:15 a.m. when the robber ambushed the two victims ...

Police said they were investigating the early Friday night shooting death of a mechanic at Vlissengen Square, between West Ruimveldt Front Road and Mandela Avenue. He has been identified as 23-year-old Troy “Kelly” Rodrigues of 165 Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. Police said he was shot to top his forehead, and no spent shell was found at the scene. Investigators were ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday ann0unced plans for improving the rundown state of Georgetown, once regarded as the Garden City of the Caribbean, with assistance from the United Kingdom’s King Charles Foundation. The Guyanese leader said the local government – Mayor and City Council – would be involved in that urban renewal project, but central government would be responsible for ...

A suspected robber was shot in a store on America Street, Georgetown, as he fled the scene with the service pistol and ammunition that he grabbed from a security guard at a store where a money changer sought refuge, police said. Police said at about 1:20 p.m. Friday, they visited the Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital where 23-year-old ...

Police say a man, who pointed a handgun at a group of men at Stevedore Housing Scheme during an attempted robbery, was shot dead by a policeman. Dead is Mark ‘Bugie’ McLean of Penny Lane, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The policeman was among the group of men who included Shawn Malone, a barber of lot 3488 Stevedore Housing Scheme; Leyland King, ...

A Cuban man was shot dead Thursday morning on Cummings streets, Georgetown while he was on his way to work. Police identified the man as 34-year old Otredis Duarte Gonzales,  who is a butcher employed at Rossignol Butchery on Church Street. Investigators say the attackers are identifiable. Duarte Gonzales, who lived on East Street, was attacked at about 6:44 AM ...

Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), Brian Mullis does not believe that crime is discouraging tourists from visiting this South American nation because visitor figures continue to grow. He says most of the crime seen is petty theft in the capital city, Georgetown, and must be placed in the proper context. “I think we also acknowledge that most of ...

Three bandits were shot dead during a shootout at Lodge, Georgetown late Thursday night. The Guyana Police Force said two of the bandits have been identified as Shawn Brown and Junior Nurse; the other is yet to be identified. Three 9mm pistols and two cellular phones were found in close proximity of the crime scene, police added. The shooting stemned ...