The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) yesterday said that the crew of a boat which capsized in the Essequibo River on Sunday with 17 passengers aboard had been suspended while an investigation of the incident is done.
In a statement yesterday, MARAD noted that all 17 persons aboard `YAFFA G’ survived because they were wearing life-jackets. It urged that all river commuters wear life-jackets.
The statement from MARAD was quite unusual as it had not been issuing any on a series of accidents that have occurred in
