The word is going to be released shortly. Foreign drug powers are operating in Guyana and they are bolder than anyone can imagine. Already one kidnapping has occurred over a drug deal gone sour. This is going to spark a mad dash for money to settle debts.
The result is that in the coming weeks there is going to be a score of robberies targeted at major business places. Petty drug dealers are also going to be pressured to find money.
Life is not going to be easy for the police because they are the ones who would have to respond to reports of gunfire at odd hours.
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The Ministry of Education is going to try its best to cover up a scandal. A teacher is going to be accused of ‘fooling around’ with a girl in school. What is going to bring the matter to light is the disclosure that the schoolgirl is HIV infected.
Panic is going to cause the teacher to disclose his secret. The Health Ministry is then going to fashion a programme targeting school children but as they say, it is a little too late.
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The hierarchy is angry because the media would begin to dig into certain expenditures. The salvos fired back will spark headlines, the kind of which had all but disappeared from the local media.