At least 27 people have been confirmed dead after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana, with search teams continuing to look for 83 people still missing in one of the country's deadliest maritime disasters in recent years.
Authorities said the rescue effort has been complicated by major inaccuracies in the vessel's passenger manifest. Although the official list recorded 133 passengers, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said officials are now confident that 179 people were aboard the MV Barima when it overturned late on Saturday. The revised figure has complicated efforts to determine how many people remain unaccounted for.
