Scores of people are feared to have drowned after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana on Saturday night local time. Sixty-seven people were rescued on Sunday, officials said, but since then rescue workers have been unable to locate any more survivors. According to the ferry’s passenger list, it was carrying 116 passengers and 17 crew, but Guyana’s prime minister has warned that the list is not accurate.

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