Lancelot Richard Gibbs (born 29 September 1934 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana) was a West Indies cricketer, one of the most successful spin bowlers in Test cricket history. He took 309 Test wickets, only the second player (after Fred Trueman) to pass 300, the first spinner to pass that milestone, and had an exceptional economy rate of under two runs per over.

Gregory Isaacs is dead at 59. Gregory Isaacs died Monday October 25, 2010 at home in London after battling liver cancer; Isaacs’ death was confirmed by representatives today.

A search-and-rescue operation was underway Sunday November 02, 2008 after a plane hired by a Canadian mining company disappeared in the Amazon jungle of Guyana.

The aircraft N87V, with three people aboard, was doing uranium survey work for Prometheus Resources Guyana Inc., a subsidiary of U308 Corp. of Toronto.