Views – on the Berbice Bridge toll

Roopnarine Somwaru, fish vendor: ‘From my experience the toll is really too high. It is 95% more than the toll for the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the government should do something to reduce it. I don’t have to cross much because I would use our fishing boat. I can understand what the people who have to use the bridge to get to work on either side are facing though. It is not easy for them, especially single parents who have to find so much money for their children to cross on a daily basis. I agree that the bridge is very useful and it is a faster means. The price would suit the businesspeople but the small fishes would feel the pressure. Many people still use the pontoon that works in the mornings and afternoon to facilitate the schoolchildren, just to economize. With that toll we can cross the Demerara Bridge 22 times with our vehicles.’ 

Bandits carts off millions in NA market robbery

Vendors at the New Amsterdam market suffered major losses when 18 stalls were broken into between Thursday night and Friday morning and two constables have since been taken into custody in connection with the raid.

Reports are that the two constables were arrested after security guards from the nearby J’s Supermarket reported that they heard pounding sounds coming from the market.

Babita Bhagwandin shows the broken locks on her stall