Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has said Trinidad and To­ba­go’s troops will be de­ployed to sup­port res­cue ef­forts fol­low­ing the MV Bari­ma tragedy in Guyana.

On Sat­ur­day, the fer­ry, which was car­ry­ing 133 pas­sen­gers, cap­sized in Guyanese wa­ters.

Guyanese au­thor­i­ties yes­ter­day con­firmed that two peo­ple had died and 70 were miss­ing.