Region Two Chairman Parmanand Persaud is maintaining that the captain of the regional administration boat that collided with another vessel on the Pomeroon River last month, resulting in six deaths, left the scene to get help and did not abandon the victims.
The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has recommended charges against the captain, whose licence has been suspended since the accident and a police source yesterday told Stabroek News that police investigators are now proceeding with information to file additional charges.
The source explained that MARAD’s investigation only
