{"id":31063,"date":"2026-07-24T20:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31063"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:08:03","slug":"govt-says-support-for-grieving-families-remains-central-to-mv-barima-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/govt-says-support-for-grieving-families-remains-central-to-mv-barima-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t says support for grieving families remains central to MV Barima response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret\u2019d) Mark Phillips says respecting the wishes of grieving families remains at the heart of government\u2019s response to the MV Barima tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Friday\u2019s media briefing, the Prime Minister explained that authorities have been working closely with relatives since the disaster to identify both survivors and the deceased while ensuring funeral arrangements honour each family\u2019s religious and cultural traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the inception, we said we were working with the families to identify both survivors and the deceased,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that government is also respecting the rights and wishes of families regarding burial arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are working with the families to respect the rights of the deceased in keeping with the wishes of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to questions about varying burial practices across communities, the Prime Minister said every decision has been guided by relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is in keeping with families\u2019 wishes,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phillips also revealed that Cabinet did not meet this week because ministers have instead been fully engaged in the national response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur ministers are attending funerals. Our ministers are working with families that are affected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said government\u2019s immediate focus remains helping families through the tragedy while continuing search and recovery operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret\u2019d) Mark Phillips says respecting the wishes of grieving families remains at the heart of government\u2019s response to the MV Barima tragedy. During Friday\u2019s media briefing, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[488,370,1151,412,405],"class_list":["post-31063","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\/31063","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=31063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31065,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31063\/revisions\/31065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}