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Aug 13, 2017 Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks
The holidays have had their share of tragedies, but that is not what is worrying. The problem rests with the people who are busy trying to force something to happen. They cannot rob people leaving the banks, and for certain, they have a problem entering some places.
So there is frustration. The desperation will result in a carjacking, but sometimes such things do get ugly. This one would, because the police would be hot on the tail of the carjackers. There would be a shootout.
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Donald Trump coined the term, fake news. The situation in the Rupununi would be reported inaccurately. The fact that there is no fuel shortage would cause a problem across the political divide.
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A shooting would occur in the heart of the city largely because of a drug dispute. The police are going to identify it as an attempted assassination.
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