{"id":31066,"date":"2026-07-24T20:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31066"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:10:21","slug":"73-bodies-recovered-30-people-unaccounted-for-after-mv-barima-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/73-bodies-recovered-30-people-unaccounted-for-after-mv-barima-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"73 bodies recovered; 30 people unaccounted for after MV Barima tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government says efforts to identify victims and return them to their families remain a key priority as recovery operations continue following the MV Barima tragedy, with 30 people still unaccounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret\u2019d) Mark Phillips announced on Friday that the total number of bodies recovered has risen to 73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of those, 69 have been positively identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prime Minister said 63 bodies have already been released to their families, while arrangements continue to transport victims back to their respective communities for burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Friday, 22 funerals had been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phillips said the Government continues to work closely with families throughout the identification and release process to ensure their loved ones are laid to rest with dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reaffirmed that the administration remains committed to standing beside every family affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe Government of Guyana continues to stand with the families of those we have lost and all those impacted by this tragedy,\u201d<\/strong> the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities continue to provide logistical support for transportation, identification and funeral arrangements, while search and recovery efforts remain ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government says efforts to identify victims and return them to their families remain a key priority as recovery operations continue following the MV Barima tragedy, with 30 people still&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-31066","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\/31066","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=31066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31067,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31066\/revisions\/31067"}],"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=31066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}