US imposes 12.5 percent ‘forced-labour’ tariff on Guyana’s exports
US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer Although Guyana said it was not importing goods produced by forced labour, the United ...
Activists mull constitutional case against police arrest at MV Barima vigil
A police officer arresting Sherlina Nageer Civil society activists, who were arrested Wednesday night as they were peacefully picketing at ...
Transparency Institute wants International Maritime Organisation to investigate MV Barima tragedy
Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) on Thursday urged the government to ask the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to investigate ...
MV Barima tragedy: three now in custody, PM confirms 2 GDF helicopters down for repairs
Three staff members of the ill-fated MV Barima ferry are now in custody in connection with the incident that has ...
MV Barima tragedy: US, France, China, EU, Canada, UK, CARICOM join Guyana in mourning lives lost
United States Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Wednesday mourned Guyana's loss of several lives in the MV Barima ...
MV Barima tragedy: jail liars, protect public servants from pressure – GHRA
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA). As the confirmed death toll from the July 18 sinking of the MV Barima ...
Call in int’l experts to investigate MV Barima tragedy – FGM leader
Leader of the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) Amanza Walton-Desir on Wednesday said the government should call in overseas experts to ...
PERSPECTIVE: Built for 1939, sunk in 2026: The MV Barima and the contempt we reserve for our own people
by Anonymous As of Tuesday, 21st July 2026, authorities reported 77 people rescued, 41 bodies recovered — several of them ...
Opposition MP Duncan arrested for flying unlicenced drone – Walrond
Mr Sherod Duncan at the Charity Police Station Opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian Sherod Duncan was arrested ...
Heavy govt cargo was loaded onto MV Barima, “breakdown” in routine inspection
The MV Barima Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Tuesday admitted that the government had loaded several heavy items onto the ...
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