Joint opposition hold vigil outside of Edghill's home for him to resign

What this source establishes

Published Friday 31 July 2026, 2:07 AM GMT-4, bylined Staff Editor. A joint opposition vigil of over two hours was held Thursday night outside Minister Juan Edghill's South Ruimveldt home, watched by police, demanding that Edghill and Minister Deodat Indar resign. Attendees included Azruddin Mohamed, APNU parliamentary leader Terrence Campbell, and MPs Odessa Primus, Vishnu Panday and Sherod Duncan. Mohamed alleged Captain Kevin Price "had been reluctant to make the ill-fated trip on July 18 as he was of the few th

Key claims

• Published Friday 31 July 2026, 2:07 AM GMT-4, bylined Staff Editor.
• [SINGLE SOURCE] A joint opposition vigil of over two hours was held Thursday night outside Minister Juan Edghill's South Ruimveldt home, watched by police, demanding that Edghill and Minister Deodat Indar resign. Attendees included Azruddin Mohamed, APNU parliamentary leader Terrence Campbell, and MPs Odessa Primus, Vishnu Panday and Sherod Duncan.
• [ALLEGATION] Mohamed alleged Captain Kevin Price "had been reluctant to make the ill-fated trip on July 18 as he was of the few that the vessel was overloaded", that at least five survivors would attest to this, that "the captain did not want to leave but received instructions to do so", and that the vessel "had already begun to take in water" as it left. These are untested claims advanced by a political figure about a man facing trial; they bear on his defence and must not be treated as established.
• [ALLEGATION] Mohamed alleged that around 10pm on 18 July only one engine was working, making the vessel susceptible to overturning, and that although it capsized at 10.20pm it took the GDF Coast Guard seven hours to reach the scene.
• [ALLEGATION] Mohamed alleged the GDF Coast Guard base at Pomeroon was "merely 20 minutes away from the point of capsizing" and criticised the response under Captain Shamsudeen; he repeated that two GDF helicopters were down.
• [ALLEGATION] [SINGLE SOURCE] Mohamed "charged that there had been infighting in the government over who should get the $125m contract for the rehabilitation of the MV Barima and the task should have been finished before July 18." Unproven, and carried only here.
• [ALLEGATION] Mohamed described the three charged men as "innocent" and accused the government of "slapping murder charges on three 'innocent' men from the T&HD", quoted as: "You put murder charges on three innocent men…I know y'all trying hard with me (to bring a murder charge) ..but I am one step ahead…". Note this is an assertion of innocence, not of guilt, but it is equally a pre-trial characterisation.
• [SINGLE SOURCE] Mohamed vowed to support the families of the three charged men from his salary as Opposition Leader.
• [ALLEGATION] Mohamed made personal claims about President Ali's wealth — "one of the richest presidents in the history of the Caribbean with a big farm at Long Creek and a monthly salary of $3m" — and asserted Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo "has not been happy with the way thing are going under President Irfaan Ali". Unevidenced.
• The vigil is reported as putting the death toll at "over 70 lives".

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