GEORGETOWN, Guyana: At least 27 people died after a ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said Monday, as the small South American nation mourned the tragedy. Sixty-nine people aboard the MV Barima have been rescued since the vessel flipped over on Saturday night, Phillips told reporters, adding that 83 more remained missing. “Our focus again is on finding people,” he said, having raised the death toll from a previous 10. “We still have hope.” The aging ferry was traveling from the capital Georgetown to Guyana’s inland Essequibo region when it overturned.

The MV Barima ferry has capsized off Guyana's coast with eight people so far retrieved alive, the country's public works minister has said

Guyana's Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill noted that eight people have been rescued from the vessel so far