All roads lead to Fort Island for the 60th Independence celebration

What this source establishes

Guyana's 60th Independence national flag-raising was held at Fort Island on the evening of Monday 25 May 2026, with the flag raised at midnight into 26 May

Key claims

• Guyana's 60th Independence national flag-raising was held at Fort Island on the evening of Monday 25 May 2026, with the flag raised at midnight into 26 May
• Attendance is given as 'over 4,000 patrons'
• President Irfaan Ali attended and delivered the feature address
• Dozens of licensed water-taxi speedboats were integrated into the transport operation alongside the state ferries
• [CONTESTED] HGPTV names a vessel 'MV Canarukuk (newly commissioned)' leading three shuttle runs from Parika; no vessel of that name appears in any other source and it is likely a rendering of MV Konawaruk 1899
• No source in this corpus describes how passengers disembarked at Fort Island - whether the large ferries berthed alongside the stelling or lay off with transfer by tender

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