Two men reportedly missing at sea

missing at seaTwo men from the Kalinago Territory have been reported missing at sea since Tuesday.

DNO was informed that Ian Joseph and Walters Joseph were traveling on a boat from Guadeloupe to Dominica when their outboard motor encountered difficulties.

The men then called the owner of the boat who went out in search of them, but the search proved futile.

A relative informed DNO on Friday morning that contact with the two men were last made between Tuesday and Wednesday.

According to the relative the men said they were out at sea somewhere around the Colihaut area.

He said they have not been heard from since.

DNO was told that a formal report was made to the police on Thursday morning.

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22 Comments

  1. girly14
    March 16, 2016

    The guys were found alive and well. Thank god. They’re on their way back home.

  2. girly
    March 16, 2016

    They guys were found alive and well. Thank god

  3. March 14, 2016

    They’re my family?i hope they find them soon

  4. positivity
    March 13, 2016

    Plz someone should contact the Venezuelan coastguard to sweep come up north of the Caribbean waters!!!
    My voice is not enough!! Someone in position should do it urgently!!
    The Dominican coast guard should contact Venezuela..

  5. great athletic supporter
    March 13, 2016

    stop mixing apples and grapes get serious on issues

  6. Joker
    March 13, 2016

    Who’s next

  7. Caretaker
    March 13, 2016

    Hooray! two human lives are at danger at sea and no body cares. Buggery subject and over 100 comments

    • Ms. Kalinago
      March 14, 2016

      Its a shame that two Kalinago men are missing and not one of the leaders of the Kalinago people have said anything about that. Irrespective of the nature of the circumstances that got them out at sea, the fact remains that these are human beings and Tuesday of this week will give them a week since their loss was reported and no one seem to care. I guess its not election time!

  8. the facts
    March 12, 2016

    So if you just outside colihaut not coast guard they have to call na. Why the owner? Guess cargo was more important than life. something wrong here

  9. Zoaila Joseph
    March 12, 2016

    If you Dominicans doe have nothing good to say doe say nothing at all

  10. Caretaker
    March 12, 2016

    You are at sea and develop engine trouble, the first person to contact is coast guard. where was the owner in Guadeloupe or Dominica. What were their purpose going to guadelope,time of departure and time of call.colihaut, Guadeloupe kalinago

  11. Zoaila Joseph
    March 12, 2016

    No they were not on bail eat em if u don’t have nothing to say just shut ur mouth

  12. stupes
    March 12, 2016

    DNO before you print reports i think you to need to make direct contact with the people first. why didn’t you all contact the boat owner for information about the boat. That boat was never
    in Guadeloupe so i don’t know how it was travelling from Guadeloupe.

    secondly: the COAST GUARD were informed on Wednesday afternoon as soon after the boat who went looking for them came back, and not THURSDAY as reported in the article. the COAST GUARD did nothing and was more interested in what the men were out as sea doing instead of remembering that their lies were more important regardless of what they were doing.

    the Coast Guard sat on their lazy on tax payers money and then saying official report was made on THursday. if somebody thnk i lying or can prove i lying i dare you to challenge me. sick country!!!!!!!

  13. Face the Facts
    March 11, 2016

    At least they were in Dominican waters, we hope. I hope they are safe and will be found.

  14. Unknown
    March 11, 2016

    But wait a minute people, if you’re coming from Guadeloupe to the Carib Territory and you get engine issue, how do you end up outside of Colihaut? Are they sure that was their location? We might be looking in the wrong area. Hope they are safe

    • Ideal
      March 13, 2016

      They could be drifted of course by the sea. They can end up miles away from their destination.

    • just saying G
      March 14, 2016

      isn’t guadeloupe located to the north of dominica? where would you place colihaut on the dominica map?if they said they were in the scottshead area then id say maybe they were not sure of their location but seeing the location of colihaut in regards to coming from guadeloupe its not a stretch depending on the current flow.tsk! kalinagoes are not as foolish as you people think!!!!

    • WHAT ABOUT
      March 14, 2016

      no offence but there is a thing called current it takes u to china if it has to

  15. omg
    March 11, 2016

    Hope they are found safe,

  16. eat em
    March 11, 2016

    They are missing but that doesn’t mean they are dead. Were they out on bail? jus axing.

    • Floridian diaspora
      March 11, 2016

      Just “axing”? A tree you cutting down there man dirty?

      • are sniss
        March 11, 2016

        wel it have 2 kind of axe…one u does axe d wood and one u does axe people lol

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