Dear Editor,
The Bartica-Parika speedboat service is in chaos. A turn system was implemented by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and everything was going fine. However, recently at Parika and Bartica unlicensed boats have been plying the route daily and barefacedly touting, taking away passengers from the turn-system boats. This I have witnessed myself. I also have video clips of these boats.
I spoke to some of the licensed boat captains and owners who said they have reported the matter to MARAD and the police, but so far no action has been taken and the touting continues.
I am appealing to whomever it may concern to please show some interest in this matter because wrong things could happen to Bartica again.
Yours faithfully,
Winston Miller Sr
