Even as residents protested the move, Bartica speedboat operators yesterday hiked the fare for travel between the interior community and Parika to $2,500.
Reports out of the community yesterday are that the fare increase was met with some opposition by residents but it was noted that residents had no other choice but to pay the additional $500 called for by the boat operators. Bartica resident Winston Miller told this newspaper yesterday that many persons in the community expressed disgust at the increase in the boat fare noting that the move by the