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Chinese enterprises make additional donation to support MV Barima response efforts The Association of Chinese Enterprises in Guyana (ACEG), through the collective support of its members, made an additional donation on Friday to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in support of…
By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – How do you say goodbye to a shadow? How do you tuck a child into a grave that lies 40 feet beneath dark, muddy ocean water, or fold the clothes of a father whose body remains trapped inside a submerged steel hull? Across Guyana, in quiet wooden homes, tear-stained meeting […] The post “Bones, not concrete’: Families of Barima victims demand their dead appeared first on Kaieteur News.
Government seeks specialist firms to salvage sunken MV Barima The Government of Guyana has begun the search for an experienced marine salvage company to recover the wreck of the MV Barima, nearly two weeks after the passenger and cargo vessel sank off the country's coast in one…
Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Dem boys hear a politician telling de nation how he talk to plenty survivors of de M.V. Barima tragedy, and dem survivors tell he de vessel was in bad shape and overloaded. But de real bombshell is that one crew member allegedly say he wasn’t going to sail de vessel […] The post In Guyana, de more yuh live de more yuh learn appeared first on Kaieteur News.
Sylvia Grey was asleep when her son woke her after smelling smoke, moments before a massive fire destroyed a property on Lamaha Street, Newtown, Kitty, on Thursday night. The blaze, which erupted around 9:00pm, claimed the life of 65-year-old Vernon Duncan, who became trapped…
A 65-year-old man lost his life on Thursday night after becoming trapped inside his burning home when a massive fire destroyed a property on Lamaha Street, Newtown, Kitty.
A body wrongly believed to be that of missing sailor Raymond Somra was found following the MV Barima sinking, his uncle Pooran Grant said. Grant became emotional as he reflected on his close relationship with his nephew. However, he said he was relieved by an assurance to…
An Emancipation celebration was transformed into an evening of reflection and collective healing on Thursday, as Guyanese gathered at The Black Magenta, Georgetown Club, to stitch messages of hope into a community tapestry following the MV Barima tragedy.
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