Jul 22, 2026
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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,…
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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…
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…
Home Affairs Ministry urges evidence sharing, warns against fake Barima videos
The Ministry of Home Affairs is urging anyone with firsthand information, photographs, videos or other evidence relating to the sinking of the MV Barima ferry…
Hope remains as air pockets raise chance of survivors in Barima
Authorities remain hopeful that survivors could still be found inside the submerged MV Barima, despite the rising death toll, as rescue teams intensify efforts to…
83 still missing as Barima passenger count set at 179
The total number of people believed to have been aboard the MV Barima when it sank off the Essequibo Coast has been revised to 179,…
’I just pray they find him and he comes home safe,’ says mother of missing crewman
"I just pray that they find him and that he comes home safe," said Esther Frank, mother of missing MV Barima crew member Rawle Frank,…
President orders full investigation into MV Barima tragedy, period of mourning to be announced
The Government of Guyana has ordered a full, independent investigation into the sinking of the MV Barima, as authorities continue an around-the-clock rescue and recovery…