Editorial
Ministerial accountability
In the aftermath of the MV Barima tragedy, public attention quickly shifted from the sea to the corridors of power.
Opinion
Letters To The Editor
Let us not have to await a change of gov’t for MV Barima to be raised
Dear Editor, In March 2025, the remains of two Indigenous women – Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran – who were murdered in 2022 by Jeremy Skibicki, a serial killer, were found after a search of a landfill in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Guest Columns
Hunger in Latin America keeps falling. Now healthy diets must become affordable
By Máximo Torero Hunger is falling across most of Latin America and the Caribbean. The region’s next challenge is harder: ensuring that everyone can afford a healthy diet, not merely enough calories to survive.
Editorial
Culpability for capsizing of MV Barima
Predictably, what appears to be a campaign for scapegoats in the horrific loss of life aboard the MV Barima on July 18 is well under way.
Letters To The Editor
Commission of Inquiry and accountability are two separate matters in MV Barima tragedy
Dear Editor, The tragic loss of lives aboard the MV Barima has left our nation grieving, searching for answers, and demanding accountability.
Letters To The Editor
Behaviour of the opposition was nothing short of hooliganism and thuggery
Dear Editor, The sinking of the MV Barima and the deaths of so many of our fellow Guyanese is one of the most tragic and traumatic events in our history.
Letters To The Editor
Gov’t of the day needs to be prepared for disasters
Dear Editor, I have a fundamental love for Guyana. It is my country of birth and my invested interest in what goes on in my country and that loyalty leads me to voice my concerns and I am also glad to do this through this medium, Kiskadee Watch, a competent and dignified online news outlet.
Letters To The Editor
T&HD Board
Dear Editor, Is there a Board of Directors at Transport & Harbours Department? If so, could the chairperson come forward and hold a press conference on the matter?
Letters To The Editor
All citizens should now demand that the salvage of the MV Barima ferry get underway
Dear Editor, On 27 July, I called on the government (President Ali, Prime Minister Phillips, MPW Edghill) to immediately requisition the Normand Installer, a heavy-lift vessel at Chaguaramas, Trinidad on 25 July, and heading for installation of mooring anchors and SURF for the FPSO ‘One Guyana’, on contract to SBM Offshore.
Letters To The Editor
This Commission of Inquiry must have indigenous representation
Dear Editor, The sinking of the MV Barima on July 18 claimed at least 73 lives, with dozens more still unaccounted for.
Letters To The Editor
Seismic shift in consciousness may finally create space for new movement demanding fair, truly developed Guyana
Dear Editor, As we observe this cataclysmic moment in our history with the sinking of the MV Barima and the State’s response to this tragedy, we are forced to confront a larger problem in our evolution as a nation.
Letters To The Editor
Many unanswered questions about MV Barima tragedy, captain can’t be blamed for everything
Dear Editor, Primarily, my condolences to the grieving family members, friends and a sorrowful nation on the loss of lives of those who had been travelling on the M.V.
Letters To The Editor
Key members of PPP have turned into the rich and have abandoned purpose of the party
Dear Editor, The founder of the PPP and the Founding Father of our nation once said, “The working people must have a say, and the state must help to protect the poor.
Letters To The Editor
Unilateral declaration of five persons as commissioners for MV Barima tragedy is abomination
Dear Editor, Yesterday July 27, 2026, I had confirmed, that there was no discussion or any form of consultation with the leader of the opposition, and even more distressing was the fact that parliament, the representative of all of our people, was not summoned to be briefed on what took place with the MV Barima, the worst maritime disaster in Guyana’s history.
Letters To The Editor
I salute these courageous divers
Dear Editor, I want join our people to offer some words to all the first responders, be they members of the joint services, the local fishermen, and all who used their private boats to go out on the high seas to search for survivors and, in the process, retrieved bodies out of the water.
Editorial
Credit is due
President Irfaan Ali has appointed a five-person commission to enquire into what caused the MV Barima tragedy, with attention understandably focused on what went wrong.
Letters To The Editor
Hire this vessel to lift MV Barima immediately
Dear Editor, The head of the French Navy diving team at the wreck of the MV Barima stated that the wreck site was swept by strong current and being covered in silt.
Letters To The Editor
We must reject attempts to scapegoat T&HD workers who were on MV Barima
Dear Editor, The nation rightly mourns the many souls lost aboard the MV Barima. We grieve with the families who will forever live with an emptiness that can never be filled.
Diaspora Voices
Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous
By Arundhati Roy Editor’s Note: This article was first published on June 22, 2026 by The Wire, and is reprinted in Kiskadee Watch with generous permission of the author.
Letters To The Editor
Ian radiated positive vibrations
Dear Editor, Ian was one of my best friends. This may surprise many. For many reasons except one, humanitarianism, we were poles apart.