Three employees of the Transport and Harbours Department were today charged with 73 counts of murder over the capsizing of the MV Barima – a stark parallel to the the 2023 Mahdia dormitory fire where a juvenile faced charges over 20 deaths.
A release from the Guyana Police Force follows.
Following legal advice obtained from the Director of Public Prosecutions, three employees attached to the Transport and Harbour Department were charged with the offence of Murder, contrary to common law, in relation to the tragic deaths of passengers who were on board the MV Barima.
Those charged are Kevin Price, called “KP”, a 40-year-old Captain of Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara; Rondell Dwayne Roberts, a 42-year-old Chief Mate of Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara and Delon Granderson, a 33-year-old Goods Superintendent of Fellowship, West Coast Demerara.
The accused appeared today, Tuesday July 28, 2026, before the Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to them.
They were not required to plead and were remanded to prison.
The matter was transferred to the Charity Magistrate’s Court and adjourned to August 3, 2026.
The charging of the three men and the government’s refusal to oder the removal of the Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill will add to views in parts of society that the government is seeking scapegoats to avoid accountability at ministerial and higher levels of government.
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