Decorated Trinidad and Tobago Rear Admiral (RADM), Hayden A. Pritchard has been appointed to serve on the five-member Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy.

Pritchard is a retired military professional with over 38 years of experience in security and maritime operations, policy development, change management and public and security sector reform. He is also renowned for his experience in maritime safety, logistics, port and ship development and personnel management

He ended his milita

Captain Hamada Fouda, an internationally respected maritime safety specialist with more than 35 years of experience in marine regulation and casualty investigations, has been appointed as one of five commissioners tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the MV Barima tragedy, announced by President Ali on Sunday.

The Commission is chaired by Godfrey Smith and includes Nyree Dawn Alfonso, Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Hayden Pritchard, and Dr Andrzej Jasionowski. With more than 35 years of maritime

President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced the establishment of the HEART Initiative, a national support programme aimed at providing sustained assistance to survivors of the MV Barima tragedy and the families of those who lost their lives.

In an address to the nation on Monday, the President said the initiative reflects the government's commitment to ensuring those affected continue to receive support long after the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

"I promised in the early hours of that tragedy that

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced the appointment of Dr Andrzej Jasionowski, a forensic naval architecture and marine engineering expert, to sit on the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy.

Guyana was plunged into mourning exactly a week ago when the vessel capsized at sea on its way to Port Kaituma, Region One (Barima-Waini) with 179 people on board. Thus far, 76 people have been rescued, 73 bodies recovered and 30 people remain missing.

Dr Jasionowski holds a PhD in damag

Former Belizean Justice of Appeal and distinguished legal expert Godfrey Phillip Smith has been appointed to head the crucial five-member Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the recent MV Barima tragedy.

Smith currently serves as the CARICOM High-Level Representative for Law and Criminal Justice and is the Ad Hoc Justice of Appeal at the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal.

He is also a partner at ByronSmith, Arbitrators & Litigation Support Services (St Lucia) and Senior Partner at Marine Parade Chambers,

President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced the appointment of Trinidad and Tobago Senior Attorney-at-Law Nyree Dawn Alfonso to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy.



Alfonso is the Managing Partner of N.D. Alfonso & Co. and brings more than 36 years of experience in commercial, maritime, insurance and public law. She is admitted to practise in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Grenada, St Lucia and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (St. Kitts and Nevis).



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