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Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed today said he has been meeting with survivors and grieving family members of victims of the MV Barima tragedy, and they all want the sunken ferry to be salvaged. Mr. Mohamed has offered to lend assistance in the salvaging of the vessel offshore Guyana as more than 30 persons remain missing. […]
Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has joined the Director of Public Prosecutions in defending the 72 murder charges filed against the Captain and a Crew member of the ill-fated MV Barima ferry along with the Goods Superintendent at the Transport and Harbours Department. The three men were charged on Tuesday and remanded to prison. Appearing on […]
The Guyana Police Force this morning filed 72 murder charges against the rescued Captain and a crew member from the MV Barima ferry tragedy, along with the Loading Superintendent from the Transport and Harbours Department. The three men, 40-year-old Kevin Price, 42-year-old Rondell Dwayne Roberts, and 33-year-old Delon Granderson appeared in Court this morning and […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall this afternoon delivered a message to the National Assembly from President Irfaan Ali on the MV Barima ferry tragedy, which has claimed more than 70 lives with dozens more still missing. As Opposition Members of Parliament loudly protested in the House demanding the removal of the subject Ministers over the ferry […]
Less than six months after the National Assembly passed the Government’s $1.558 trillion Budget, the administration is returning to the National Assembly on Monday for the consideration of a supplementary budget. When the National Assembly meets on Monday, the Government push for the approval of the supplementary budget of $54.9 Billion. In a statement, the […]
Efforts to reposition the sunken MV Barima ferry started this morning with the support of marine assets from the Guyana Defence Force’s Coast Guard and a number of other agencies. Divers, who have been working at the site of the sunken ferry, encountered difficulties during their attempts to board the vessel under water. Once the […]
Former Minister of Public Infrastructure under the APNU+AFC Government, David Patterson, wants the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill and the Director General of the Maritime Administration Department to “come clean” on the true load and passenger capacity of the MV Barima ferry, which sank off the Essequibo Coast on Saturday night. At a Tuesday […]
The total number of bodies recovered from the MV Barima ferry tragedy now stands at 65, as additional bodies were recovered overnight and today. 44 of those persons have been positively identified by family members. At a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Mark Phillips announced that support diving crews from Trinidad and Tobago and […]
The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has joined the calls for the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, to be removed from office in wake of the deadly MV Barima ferry tragedy. The MV Barima was on its way to the indigenous community of Port Kaituma in Region One from Georgetown on Saturday night when it […]
Though overcome by grief at the loss of her husband and brother-in-law still in the MV Barima ferry tragedy, Diane Cort today shared details about the ill-fated vessel in the days and final hours leading up to last Saturday’s tragic incident. Diane Cort is the wife of Neil Cort, who was the the canteen operator […]
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