GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 19, CMC – Preliminary reports indicate that a huge wave may have caused the the MV Barima with 116 passengers and a 17-member crew to capsize on Saturday night as it made its way to Port Kaituma, a small village within the Barima-Waini administrative region of Guyana, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill.
So far 67 persons have been rescued and Edghill remains confident hopeful that “we’ll be able to account for all that were on board 116 passengers and 17 crew.
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