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Hours after a boat with 20 persons aboard caught afire off the mouth of the Waini River, the body of a Venezuelan man washed up on Shell Beach, sources said. The man’s name has been given as Antonio Ramón Wells. Police have already confirmed that a woman, with second degree burns, was rushed to the Mabaruma Hospital. She was due ...

A speedboat ferrying at least 20 Venezuelans and Guyanese to Guyana caught afire Sunday morning off the mouth of the Waini River, police confirmed. Interior Divisional Police Commander, Kevin Adonis confirmed the incident. The vessel was reportedly travelling from Venezuela to Pomeroon in Guyana when tragedy struck about 10 miles off the south of the Waini River. He said a ...