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Dec 23, 2018 Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks
The coming days will see a small impact on the shopping for the Christmas holidays. People who were bent on really putting out the works are now cutting back because of a recent disappointment.
At the same time tension will be high, but wiser counsel will prevail.
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The madness on the roads will continue. People who should have been enjoying the holidays will be in pain. Another road accident will send some people to the hospital.
A car would be transporting some revelers when it would collide with a fixed object. Alcohol would be to blame.
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Robberies will escalate as young gunmen seek to capitalize on shoppers. But it would not be plain sailing, especially for a group that would clash with a police patrol.
In another case there will be some arrests soon after a robbery.
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