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MV Barima Rescue Operation Live | Guyana News
A passenger ferry, the MV Barima, sent out a distress signal late Saturday night with 116 people on board en route to Port Kaituma. Emergency crews launched a massive, multi-agency search and rescue operation, pulling eight survivors from the water so far. Air and sea units from two regions are still actively scouring the area, while a floating medical base has been set up on a government steamer to treat rescued passengers. Though the ferry was equipped with 250 life jackets and six liferafts, the cause of the distress remains unknown. Authorities are working around the clock under a unified…
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