Jul 24, 2026
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Powell steers Amazon Warriors home against San Francisco Unicorns
Guyana Amazon Warriors secured a three-wicket victory over the San Francisco Unicorns under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the second match of the ExxonMobil Global…
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Interim barge service to keep supplies flowing to Port Kaituma
An interim cargo arrangement has been announced to maintain the delivery of essential supplies to Port Kaituma while normal transport services remain affected, the Ministry…
Cricket steps up for MV Barima victims with GSL Final proceeds
Guyana Amazon Warriors and ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League announced on Wednesday that all proceeds from ticket sales for the Final will be donated to…
MV Barima tragedy: 57 recovered, 44 positively identified
The number of bodies recovered from the MV Barima disaster has risen to 57, of which 44 have been positively identified, the Government said on…
Commission of Inquiry to be established into MV Barima tragedy
The Government is moving to establish an independent Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips said on Wednesday,…
MV Barima tragedy: Mother holds onto hope son is alive after four days
With four days almost elapsed since the tragic sinking of the MV Barima on Saturday night, 22-year-old Antoine Harcourt of Lichfield Village, West Coast Berbice,…
A love built on small errands, ended at the sea
Every time Orin Anthony Clarke came home from the sea, he came home with something for her. Casareep. Cassava bread. Whatever produce her small business…
Mother’s grief: the wedding that never came
Days before he died in the MV Barima disaster, 28-year-old crew member Kevin Carl Wilson told his mother he had found the woman he planned…
Hospital clerk returns from outing to find home in flames
A 39-year-old clerk attached to the New Amsterdam Hospital is counting her losses after the two-storey wooden house she rented at Lot 22 Palmyra was…
Brazilian Navy, T&T Coast Guard join Barima search as death toll climbs to 53
Naval and coast guard reinforcements from Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago are due to arrive in Guyana on Wednesday, bolstering an intensifying search for those…
MV Barima Ferry Disaster: Timeline
Saturday, July 18, 2026 • The MV Barima, a passenger and cargo ferry built in 1939, departs Georgetown bound for Port Kaituma, North West District,…
Dartmouth man reportedly dies of electrocution; two children hospitalised
A 28-year-old Essequibo Coast man died on Monday afternoon after he was reportedly electrocuted. Kelton Benn, of Dartmouth Village, had gone to use an outdoor…
Unregistered boat captain among eight injured in Canje Creek collision
Eight persons were injured following a head-on collision between two boats in the vicinity of Pat Walla, Canje Creek, Berbice, on Tuesday, police said. The…
President declares three days of national mourning for MV Barima victims
Three days of national mourning will be observed from Wednesday to Friday in honour of victims of the MV Barima tragedy, President Dr Irfaan Ali…
77 rescued, 41 bodies recovered in ferry disaster
Seventy-seven persons have been rescued and 41 bodies recovered so far in the MV Barima ferry disaster, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) said on…
Mother holds on to hope missing sailor son is clinging to shoreline
The anguish continues for the family of 57-year-old sailor Raymond Somra of Islington, Greater New Amsterdam, who remains among those reported missing following the maritime…