BATS AND BATAHAAS GALORE 02 08 2012
BY EWALT AINSWORTH
The biggest small industry now in GT is recycling cardboard. Bats and Batahaas have moved away from pan handling and hustling around the markets to scrambling any piece of cardboard, water tank, metal or old tyres. These products fetch high prices on the world market and in the absence of traditional jobs; Guyanese of every ethnic stripe, ethnicity, age, race, political affiliation sexual orientation or preferences are getting into the junkie business.
Ten years ago, displaced public servants, technicians and artisans would commute daily to Georgetown and migrate to the car parks as bats and batahaas. Not now; things change. Forgive me for not saying exactly what a bat is and how they can double or juxtapose between the two labels. Continue reading
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