Passengers of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Ferry Service, particularly those travelling between Parika and Supenaam, are once again raising concerns over the management of the boarding system at the Parika Stelling.

The passengers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed the belief that the system is being misused for financial gain, despite efforts by the T&HD to curb such occurrences. Commuters have noted the adverse effects the system has had particularly on the business community in the Essequibo region.

“If yuh have stocks to carry on over (the river), plenty time yuh does got to pay money for yuh truck to pass…and who pay more get in front,” one driver noted.(Kaieteurnews.co/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

ITALY   –  Sobs and screams pierced the air outside an Italian hospital yesterday as relatives departed after finally identifying some of the 27 people killed in the collision of two passenger trains a day earlier.

One by one, relatives were called in to the hospital mortuary in the southern city of Bari and asked to confirm the identities of the deceased. Many left crying and yelling. Two trains collided head-on Tuesday in the countryside east of Bari, killing 27 and injuring more than 50 others, Italian news agency ANSA reported — a crash that a local prosecutor has said may have been caused by human error.(CNN.COM/photo: AFP)…[+]

US –  A 9-year-old girl has set a new state record by reeling in a massive 94.6-pound fish.  It took 20 minutes for Emma Zajdel to bring in the record-breaking cobia that weighs more than she does, and towers over her at 66.5 inches long.

Father-daughter pair Emma and Ed Zajdel were joined by friends for a day of fishing on the waters of Little Gull Shoals, near Maryland’s Assateague Island, on June 30th. Minutes after Emma set her hook and cast it into the water, the line went tight. “I kept the boat in gear and followed the fish at a 45-degree angle to keep the line tight and Emma settled,” Ed told Maryland Department of Natural resources.

“When she got the fish in and we lifted it on board it went ballistic.” After a group effort, the fish was wrestled into the fish box and iced down, said Ed.(CNN.COM/photo: CNN.COM)…[+]

AUSTRALIA   –  A wedge-tailed eagle tried to fly away with a terrified boy at a popular wildlife show in central Australia.

A crowd of stunned onlookers watched the enormous bird latch its talons on to the screaming boy’s head during a show at Alice Springs Desert Park. Witnesses said the bird attempted to pick him up “like a small animal”. The boy – believed to be between six and eight years old – escaped with a “superficial” gash to his face. Christine O’Connell from Horsham in Victoria state was visiting the park with her husband on 6 July when the attack occurred. She told the BBC the eagle flew straight for the boy from about 15m away.(BBC.COM/photo: Instagram)…[+]

GERMANY   –  A woman aged 45 has admitted involvement in the deaths of eight newborn babies whose corpses were found in a house in the southern state of Bavaria last year.

Andrea G’s lawyer told a court in Coburg that she had wrapped the babies up in towels and hidden them whether they showed signs of life or not. The bodies were found in plastic bags in a house in the town of Wallenfels. The woman’s ex-husband, 55, has also gone on trial accused of complicity. Andrea G is charged with the deaths of four of the eight children, due to the bad state of decomposition of some of the other bodies.

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