Commission of Inquiry into Guyana's fatal boating incident begins public hearings
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October 14, 2026
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The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 boating incident that left more than 100 people dead, heard on Wednesday that the emergency beacon on the ferry, the MV Barima was not registered.
Director of the of the Air Navigation Services Department at the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rickford Samaroo, said also that he became aware of the incident only at around 11.00 am (local time) on July 19, more than two hours after the first alert.
“From our side, it wasn’t registered,” he said when asked by Trinidad and Tobago maritime law expert, Nyree Alfonso.
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