At 24, Hadiyyah Mohamed set to become Guyana’s youngest MP
As a child, Hadiyyah Mohamed dreamed of becoming president. Today, she is expected to take a seat in the National Assembly.
Handshakes, excitement and some disappointment as King Charles ends Guyana visit at Kingston seawall
Excited greetings and outstretched hands welcomed King Charles III to the Kingston Seawall Esplanade yesterday afternoon, as the British monarch concluded his two-day State Visit to Guyana with a brief public engagement before departing for Antigua and Barbuda.
Barima families question BK’s salvage experience, demand recovery date
Relatives of victims of the MV Barima disaster yesterday questioned BK International’s experience in raising sunken vessels and called for a firm recovery date, saying the wreck could hold crucial evidence and the remains of loved ones still missing.
Survivors recount MV Barima sinking trauma, demand answers and promised assistance
White Water Village Toshao Andrew Cox yesterday pressed the members of the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) on when their investigation would be completed, whether it could help families obtain promised assistance, and about those who still remain missing.
MV Barima CoI inspects Kingston Wharf, questions raised on new facilities
-survivor says passengers endured ‘hot baking’ conditions on July 18 The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the sinking of the MV Barima yesterday inspected the Kingston Wharf, where commissioners examined the passenger waiting area, questioned officials about recently installed facilities and inspected the MV MaLisha, several sections of which showed signs of corrosion.
Daniel Seeram loses High Court bail challenge for assault conviction
National Border Patrol Director Daniel Seeram will remain in custody pending his sentencing after the High Court today dismissed his application for judicial review of a magistrate’s decision to remand him to prison following his conviction for assault causing actual bodily harm.
MV Barima family grappling wth loss of father and his two sons
Jamal Europe will never forget the moment he learned that his father, Orin Europe, was aboard the MV Barima when the vessel sank off Guyana’s north-west coast — not only because of the fear that his father may have been in danger, but because he immediately remembered that his two younger brothers, Orwin and Omarius, were with him and could not swim.
Some Meten-Meer-Zorg scheme residents have no water, power
Residents of the Meten-Meer-Zorg Housing Scheme on the West Coast of Demerara say they have been living without reliable water and electricity for more than two years, forcing some families to purchase water while others resort to nearby trenches and makeshift ponds for basic household needs.
Forty years experience, intuition, smell of sea led fisherman Haresh Singh to site of MV Barima
`When I call and tell them I think I find the boat, nobody believed that I find the boat’ Fisherman Haresh Singh, who located the sunken MV Barima two days after the vessel went down off the Essequibo Coast, has challenged several accounts surrounding the search, insisting that the conditions at the wreck site were far more difficult than publicly portrayed.
Team Mohamed’s Facebook page disappears
-Opposition Leader’s phone in custody of police The Facebook page of “Team Mohamed,” which had more than 500,000 followers, has disappeared from the platform, just hours after Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed told reporters that a video concerning alleged corruption linked to a $200 million land deal at Leonora would be released shortly.
Defence highlights discrepancies in police statement as Mohameds extradition hearing resumes
Senior Superintendent of Police Prem Narine came under intense scrutiny yesterday when the extradition proceedings against Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar Mohamed resumed at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after a hiatus for a CCJ decision.
Nitya Narine: The record-breaking student who refused to let excellence become a burden
For most students, preparing for CSEC examinations means carefully selecting a handful of subjects and dedicating months to mastering them.
Reality kicking in for wife of dead MV Barima crew member
–‘The kids asking questions I can’t answer. My son keeps asking, when will his dad be alive again’ The wife of MV Barima crew member Sherlon Joseph, who died when the vessel sank in the Pomeroon River last month, says she is still struggling to come to terms with his death, while their two young children continue to ask when their father will return.
‘I’m not doing well’… MV Barima survivor Helena Moonsammy lost four grandchildren in tragedy
-says grief, trauma and uncertainty remain weeks after disaster Three weeks after surviving the sinking of the MV Barima, Helena Moonsammy says she is still struggling to cope with the trauma of the disaster and the loss of four of eight relatives who were travelling with her.
Region 10 protesters in long standoff at Jagdeo outreach
-demand election of chair, vice chair and removal of Edghill, Indar What began as a government outreach at the Watooka Guest House yesterday quickly transformed into a tense, hours-long standoff, as chanting protesters, heightened security and a breached gate became the defining images of the day.
Keoma Griffith deflects questions on association with MV Barima inquiry commissioner
Questions are being raised over Labour Minister Keoma Griffith’s previous association with Trinidad and Tobago law firm N.
Survivor who lost wife, three children in ferry disaster wants accountability
Just days after burying his wife and their three young children, Safraz Nathaniel Matabheek is left trying to rebuild a life shattered by the sinking of the MV Barima.
‘I had no time to think’: Soldier recounts rescuing 11 after MV Barima tragedy
Lance Corporal Job Thom, a serving member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), has recounted the harrowing moments after he survived the sinking of the MV Barima and rescued 11 fellow passengers from the water, saying he acted instinctively as cries for help echoed through the darkness.
Twenty-seven bodies recovered from MV Barima sinking, families in agony over missing relatives
Twenty-seven bodies have now been recovered following Saturday’s deadly sinking of the MV Barima, as search, rescue and recovery operations continue off the coast of Essequibo.
Hope and heartbreak for MV Barima survivors and their families
By Sunday morning, hope and heartbreak existed side by side. As search-and-rescue teams scoured the waters off Iron Punt in the Pomeroon River, hundreds of anxious relatives gathered at holding centres, hospitals and wharves, desperately searching for news of loved ones who had been aboard the MV Barima when it capsized late Saturday night.
