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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Preliminary reports suggest that a massive wave may have caused the MV Barima to capsize on Saturday night while en route to Port Kaituma, a small village in Guyana’s Barima ...
News Guyana » Barima-Waini » Traffic: Commission of Inquiry Into Fatal Boating Incident in Guyana Begins Public Hearings
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 boating incident that left more than 100 people dead, heard on Wednesday ...
News Guyana » Barima-Waini » Traffic: Death toll from Guyana ferry disaster reaches 41, 3-day national mourning declared
Guyanese Prime Minister Mark Phillips said Tuesday that the death toll from the MV Barima ferry capsizing has risen to 41, while search and recovery operations intensify. Phillips confirmed that 77 ...
News Guyana » Barima-Waini » Traffic: Guyana tightens ferry safety procedures following MV Barima tragedy
Divers resting after searching for survivors of the MV Barima tragedy in Guyana. Photo - CMC/ Contributed photo. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Prime Minister of Guyana Mark Phillips says the Government is ...
News Guyana » Barima-Waini » Traffic: Towards an Amerindian nation
On Saturday, July 18, 2026, the MV Barima, a 132-foot passenger and cargo ferry, capsized off the Essequibo coast in Guyana. It capsized at approximately 11 p.m., in 45 feet of water, around seven ...
News Guyana » Barima-Waini » Traffic: Guyana Government tightens ferry safety procedures following MV Barima tragedy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Recovery teams have retrieved one more body from the wreck of the MV Barima, as a multi-agency operation involving local and international divers continued on Friday in ...