Maritime
Ali appoints audit team to review maritime safety
President Irfaan Ali on Friday picked several top Guyanese maritime experts to review safety and compliance standards governing vessels operating...
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MV Barima inquiry commissioners sworn in, media not invited
The five-member Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the ferry MV Barima earlier this month that unofficially claimed the...
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Protests against murder charge for MV Barima captain, others, Indigenous Amerindians among activists picketing president’s office
Protesters in solidarity with the Transport and Harbours Department staff protest on the Den Amstel Public Road. Family members and...
Read moreDetailsGovt willing to leave MV Barima on sea floor even if there is useful evidence for probe
The ferry MV Barima Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Tuesday said several international companies were available to salvage the ferry...
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PM says no effort to deliberately kill MV Barima occupants
The location of the MV Barima Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Tuesday said he did believe that anyone set out...
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DPP defends instituting murder charges against MV Barima captain, others
Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Hack. Even as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Hack, sought to defend the...
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Hughes, Wade say ‘weak’ murder charge slapped on MV Barima captain, others; Opposition Leader offers to salvage vessel
Prominent attorney Nigel Hughes on Tuesday said the charging of the captain of the MV Barima and other persons with...
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MV Barima captain, others charged with murder of ferry passengers, crew
Captain Kevin Price The captain and chief mate of the MV Barima have been charged with the murder of several...
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Opposition MPs disrupt parliamentary sitting over MV Barima tragedy, but govt proceeds with agenda
Despite the eruption of protest by all opposition members of parliament (MPs) inside the chamber of the National Assembly to...
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No more bodies in two days from sunken MV Barima
A member of the French military diving team speaking in the presence of Chief-of-Defence Staff Brigadier Omar Khan and others....
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