Harry K. Beharry says the MV Barima tragedy must bring both national mourning and tougher vessel safety checks.
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Andre Brandli says the MV Barima inquiry must also probe why a G$1.4B Port Kaituma wharf is still unfinished after 3 years.
The MV Barima disaster demands long-term state aid for grieving families and proves a catastrophic failure of public safety, Hunte writes.
Eight years after Suriname’s Parliament acted over murdered fishers, Bulkan says Guyana still has not convened Parliament on the MV Barima tragedy.
Christopher Ram says Robert Persaud answered the wrong US tariff charge while Guyana still lacks a forced-labour import ban.
Guyana should stop the reprisals and launch a real inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy, Walker writes.
Roopnauth Hardyal says Chile shows growth can come without democratic institutions, and resource dominance matters just as much.
Standhope Williams says the MV Barima disaster may breach Article 25 rights by forcing Region One residents to travel in hopeless squalor.
Vishnu Bisram says critics should stop politicising prayer vigils for MV Barima victims, including the Guyana NY Consulate's event.
Vishul Ishwaridin says Guyana should require fire sprinklers in schools, hospitals and taller buildings before more lives are lost.
Dmitri Allicock says the sunken MV Barima was a historic lifeline in 1964 and now deserves a transparent forensic probe.
Lancelot Hyman says T&HD slid from audited accountability to 14 years without audits, missing assets and ballooning losses.
Guyana keeps reacting after children die in fires and passengers drown, Bunbury writes, instead of enforcing modern safety standards.
Roger Ally says the MV Barima disaster and the idle US$12.7m Ma Lisha show Edghill should be fired for transport mismanagement.
The MYO mourns the MV Barima victims, praises rescuers, and says Guyanese should unite and improve waterway safety.