Authorities in Guyana are investigating a ferry capsizing off the country’s coast over the weekend while rescue crews continue searching for survivors. Multiple outlets report that the vessel is believed to have been overloaded, and the search is ongoing as recovery operations proceed.
The government has also raised concerns about passenger documentation. Jamaica’s Gleaner and the Washington Times report that at least 35 of 67 people rescued are not listed on the ferry’s manifest, suggesting discrepancies between the manifest and those onboard. ABC News and The Independent similarly describe the continuing search and note the ferry is believed overloaded, but focus less on the manifest detail.
Separately, The West Australian and PerthNow report that 32 bodies have been recovered so far, indicating the scale of the incident. Across the reports, authorities have not reported the total number of people onboard or the cause of the capsize, but they have begun a criminal probe tied to the circumstances of the disaster and the mismatch in records.
