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Oct 21, 2018 Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks
The situation in the prison system is about to improve with better and more secure accommodation for the prisoners. However, there seems to be a race among errant young men to fill the prisons.
One of them is going to challenge authorities with a gun after he was apprehended during a robbery.
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The situation with the public service is going to catch national attention, with public servants demanding a pay increase after a number of prices would rise, among them the cost of transportation.
Fuel prices and other incidentals are already costing more, largely due to the Guyana Revenue Authority closing tax loopholes.
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Drug busts are common place. However, the frequency with which these drug busts are made overseas would not do Guyana any good. A foreign airport is going to report yet another arrest, this time of a woman who would be using her child as a courier.
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