Taxi driver feared dead after boat mishap in Essequibo River

Family members and friends of 54-year-old taxi driver Lakeram Kuber of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam Island, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are fearing the worst after news started circulating that he might have drowned following the capsizing of a boat he was in in the Essequibo River.
The boat capsized at around 23:00h on Thursday, and Police have since said that the boat had left Wakenaam Island in the Essequibo River with 58-year-old Feroze Amin of Good Success and 54-year-old Lakeram Kuber of Belle Plaine. They were going to Supenaam, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), to pick up Floyd Dazzell.
The fiberglass boat in which they left Wakenaam was powered by a 100hp Yamaha outboard engine, and was captained by Amin. It was reported that as they were returning to Wakenaam, the boat capsized and went down.
Dazzle and Amin managed to swim to the Wakenaam shore safely, but Kuber went missing. The matter was reported to the Police, and a river search has been launched.
On Tuesday last, at around 15:00h, 19-year-old miner Renaldo Rampersaud died after the boat in which he was travelling capsized in the Mazaruni River between Luw Luw Island Point and Banana Landing, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Rampersaud and another miner had left the Cashew Creek Backdam in a canoe and had gone to Banana Landing, where they had purchased some items. The Police have said that while the men were paddling the canoe back to the backdam, it began taking in water, and eventually sank.
The other man managed to swim to shore, but Rampersaud went under water and did not resurface. A search party was then launched, and the body was recovered in the same area where he had gone under. (G9)