Quincy Anderson says opposition attacks on the MV Barima inquiry before it starts deny grieving families the facts they deserve.
Sasenarine Singh salutes the French and Guyanese divers for 15 perilous dives and for telling grieving families the unvarnished truth.
Ali’s five-person Barima inquiry was imposed without Parliament or opposition consultation, Hamilton Green says.
Jamil Changlee says PPP elites abandoned the party’s mission, and the MV Barima tragedy exposed their disregard for the poor.
Janette Bulkan says the government should salvage the MV Barima now, not pressure grieving families to accept it as a memorial site.
Roopnauth Hardyal says Christopher Ram treats US forced-labour policy as moral law while ignoring Washington’s own history and interests.
Albert Baldeo says the ferry tragedy needs immediate transport safety reforms now, not a COI that delays action.
Christopher Ram says the Barima probe will dodge the real question: why officials kept an 87-year-old vessel in service.
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Rajendra Bisessar says airbags, barges and the high tide could raise the MV Barima while officials keep failing victims.
K. Wainwright says the MV Barima inquiry must not stop at crew errors while ministers escape blame for systemic failures.
The MV Barima tragedy has jolted Guyanese into questioning PPP and PNC rule and demanding a fairer, functional country, Juglall writes.
Keith Bernard says Region One families hit hardest by the MV Barima disaster need Indigenous representation on the inquiry.
Conrad Barrow says the MV Barima disaster raises too many unanswered questions for the captain alone to carry the blame.
Clement J. Rohee remembers Ian McDonald as a humane, consensus-driven thinker who shaped Guyana's sugar diplomacy.