Residents of Moraikobai, the only Amerindian village in Region Five, 94 miles up the Mahaicony River, received a 15hp Yamaha outboard engine from government on Thursday, and it will be used primarily to transport schoolchildren.
The engine, valued at almost half a million dollars, was presented to the village Toshao Dereck Johnson by Minister within the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker, fulfilling a promise made by government,