{"id":30986,"date":"2026-07-21T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=30986"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:19:07","slug":"pm-condemns-exploitation-of-mv-barima-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pm-condemns-exploitation-of-mv-barima-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"PM condemns exploitation of MV Barima tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret&#8217;d) Mark Phillips has condemned what he described as attempts to exploit the MV Barima tragedy for political attention and social media engagement, urging the public to respect the ongoing search and recovery operation and the dignity of victims.<br><br>In a statement, the Prime Minister dismissed suggestions that individuals outside the official response were leading recovery efforts.<br><br><strong>&#8220;Let us be clear: Azzrudin is not ahead of the Government&#8217;s search and rescue operations,&#8221; <\/strong>Phillips said.<br><br>He explained that search and rescue experts had anticipated that some victims&#8217; bodies would resurface over time and had planned accordingly from the outset of the operation.<br><br>The Prime Minister also criticised the circulation of graphic images of deceased victims on social media, describing the practice as &#8220;deeply insensitive&#8221; and one that causes further anguish for grieving families while denying victims the dignity they deserve.<br><br>He called on the public to act with compassion and responsibility, stressing that the focus should remain on supporting affected families rather than seeking publicity.<br><br><strong>&#8220;This is a time for compassion, respect, and responsible conduct\u2014not self-promotion,&#8221; <\/strong>Phillips said. <strong>&#8220;Let the professionals continue their work and let the families mourn their loved ones with the privacy and dignity they are owed.&#8221;<\/strong><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret&#8217;d) Mark Phillips has condemned what he described as attempts to exploit the MV Barima tragedy for political attention and social media engagement, urging the public to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[488,370,1151,412,405],"class_list":["post-30986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-mv-barima","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30988,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30986\/revisions\/30988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}