Tragedy
MARAD does not license maritime staff; promoted after training, MV Barima ferry COI hears
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) chief engineer, Christopher Clarke, who has been working at that regulatory agency for 20 years, said...
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Rescued MV Barima ferry occupants weren’t wearing lifejackets
The location of the MV Barima At least 31 occupants of the sunken MV Barima ferry, who were rescued from...
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MV Barima COI insists no real-time live streaming of proceedings
The presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the capsizing of the MV Barima ferry has maintained that there would be...
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GDF Coast Guard arrived on scene two hours after receiving MV Barima distress alert
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard vessels arrived in the area where the MV Barima ferry sank just over two...
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Location of distressed MV Barima ferry identified over three hours after emergency signal
Captain Learie Barclay The area of the sunken MV Barima was located three 3 hours, 26 minutes after its emergency...
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T&HD goods wharf appeared ‘fixed up’ for MV Barima inquiry visit; areas of MV Ma Lisha badly corroded
A vehicle weigh scale that the MV Barima inquiry commissioners found was not connected to any other device and was...
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Nandlall rejects talk of proposed MV Barima compensation “at this stage”
Attorney General Anil Nandlall Tuesday night dismissed reports that the government was proposing compensation to survivors and relatives of passengers...
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MV Barima Commission of Inquiry public hearings slated for October
The long-awaited public hearings of the presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the sinking of the MV Barima would begin...
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Ali warns Amerindians against ‘fast boat’ politicians trying to escape jail
President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday warned Amerindians against politically motivated persons, who arrive in fast boats, in their times of...
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White Water Village tones down Heritage Month activities over MV Barima tragedy
The White Water Village Council has decided that the north-west community would this year observe Amerindian Heritage Month in a...
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