Grieving family demands urgent recovery of sunken MV Barima in protest outside President’s office

What this source establishes

Families of the missing picket for recovery. The Cort family picketed the Office of the President for the recovery of two brothers still in the wreck: Neil Cort, 57, who ran the vessel's canteen and had 37 years of service, and Kenrick Cort, 53.

Key claims

• The **Cort family** picketed the Office of the President for the recovery of two brothers still in the wreck: **Neil Cort, 57**, who ran the vessel's canteen and had 37 years of service, and **Kenrick Cort, 53**.
• Family spokesperson **Collin Solomon**: **"It is very uncaring of the government to say that they need two weeks to negotiate for people to bring up this boat."** And: **"We demand justice. We demand accountability."**
• **Diane Cort**, Neil Cort's wife: **"My husband was my breadwinner…not me alone, but he looked out for everybody."**
• **This is the human cost of the procurement timetable, stated plainly by the people it falls on.** Twenty-six days after the sinking, the tender had not closed. It closes 14 August.
• Figures: 73 confirmed dead, 76 rescued, at least 30 missing.
• **No victim list is published on this site.** These names are recorded because the family made them public in a protest they called.

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