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Perils of life in the city

Editorial-Guyana Chronicle February 16th 2006

A BARRIER has been thrown up on a section of the wooden bridge leading to the southern end of Le Repentir Cemetery in Georgetown, warning drivers and cyclists and pedestrians about a gaping hole there.

And we understand that repairs are to be done shortly.

The pity is that this was done only after a young life was snuffed out because of the hole on the bridge.

Mark Anthony Montouth, 26, a husband and father, was killed on the bridge when the front wheel of his motorcycle struck the hole, causing him to lose control of the machine. …


Road deaths

Editorial-Stabroek News January 15th 2006

In the context of the current crime rate, most citizens feel that disease aside, if they were to meet an untimely end it would probably be at the hands of armed bandits. They would be wrong. As our story today on page 3 shows, an inhabitant of the coastal belt is more likely to be killed on the country’s roads than shot by gunmen, or murdered by anyone else for that matter. In 2005, when over 120 people were murdered, 182 lost their lives in traffic accidents. It is an astonishing statistic. 

According to our …


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