{"id":33112,"date":"2026-11-13T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=33112"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:37:16","slug":"president-ali-promises-update-within-one-week-on-mv-barima-wreck-salvage-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-promises-update-within-one-week-on-mv-barima-wreck-salvage-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali promises update within one week on MV Barima wreck salvage operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Dr Irfaan Ali says the responsible authorities will provide an update within one week on efforts to salvage the wreck of the MV Barima, which sank off Guyana&#8217;s coast in July 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at Friday&#8217;s presidential press conference, the Head of State acknowledged that the recovery operation is technically complex and requires specialised expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that experts had previously advised that the operation would not be straightforward, given the nature of the work involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ali said he has requested technical updates on the salvage efforts and understands that work is continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he acknowledged that he was unable to provide an immediate assessment of the wreck&#8217;s current position or confirm the anticipated timeframe for completing the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President recalled that an initial minimum timeframe of approximately four weeks had been discussed, although he cautioned that he could not confirm the exact estimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He assured that the relevant sector will provide the media with more detailed information within a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MV Barima tragedy remains the subject of a Commission of Inquiry examining the circumstances surrounding the vessel&#8217;s sinking and the factors that contributed to the loss of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President&#8217;s comments come as questions continue about the recovery operation and the technical challenges associated with salvaging the vessel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr Irfaan Ali says the responsible authorities will provide an update within one week on efforts to salvage the wreck of the MV Barima, which sank off Guyana&#8217;s coast&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[488,370,1151,412,405],"class_list":["post-33112","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\/33112","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=33112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33113,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33112\/revisions\/33113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}