After almost a month with no word from them, a frantic search has started for two Berbician cousins who were last heard from at 14 Mile, Issano.
Odel Downer of Number 8 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) and Winston Johashen, of Number 9 Village, WCB, both 20, had started working as miners only about three months ago before their disappearance sometime in May.
Merlyn Downer, the mother of Odel, explained that this is the longest she has ever been out of contact with