Tears, tributes flow as 1st set of MV Barima victims laid to rest

What this source establishes

Guyana Times reports the first funerals, and is the most useful domestic source in this corpus for named victims and the geographic spread of the loss. It names nine of the dead across five separate services and shows the deaths reached beyond Region One: White Water and Mabaruma in Region One, Memorial Gardens in Georgetown, Berbice for crew member Kevin Wilson, and Zeelugt in Region Three. It records that a different cabinet minister attended each service.

Figures cited in this source

Nine victims named across funerals; 'scores' dead including children

Key claims

• Funerals were held Thursday for Shamera Smith and Aarave Daniels in White Water Village, Region One.
• Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and REO Dr Steven Cheefoon attended the White Water service.
• Funeral services for Gwenette Nunes and Ulanda Marques were held at the RDC Lawns in Mabaruma.
• Clairmonte King was laid to rest at Memorial Gardens Funeral Home; Minister of Human Services Dr Vindhya Persaud attended.
• Crew member Kevin Wilson was buried in Berbice, attended by Regional Chairman Junior Bassant and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh.
• Ravindra Singh and Bibi Mohamed were buried at Zeelugt, Region Three, attended by Minister Deodat Indar, Minister Priya Manickchand and Regional Chairman Ayube Inshaan.

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