Kaieteur jumper body spotted

THE Ministry of Tourism and the National Parks Commission have limited access to certain sections of Kaieteur Falls and have confirmed that the body of the female visitor, Roshinee Phagwah who jumped off the ledge of the Falls has been spotted at the edge of the pool at the base of the Falls.Efforts are now unde rway to send a recovery team into the Park to extract the body, the ministry said in a release. However, due to the complex logistics and the dangerous terrain, the recovery is expected to take a number of days. Sections of the Park will remain off limits to visitors until further notice.
Minister of Tourism Catherine Hughes, had announced last Monday that this incident has forced the authorities to come to the difficult decision to restrict visitors from the viewing ledge.
“This was a hard decision to make,” she said, pointing out that last Saturday’s incident has become a national issue that is being dealt with by a number of stakeholders. “Our young people are too valuable to lose them like this,” she stated. The Government of Guyana and the Tourism Ministry have conveyed condolences to the grieving family and we have collaborated with the Ministry of Human Services to deliver grief counselling services to the family.

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