Word: telejiol
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...buses and taxis combined. The drivers were protesting against a government measure that seemed to thrust at their very livelihood: a steep boost in the police fines they regularly expect and richly deserve. Few had bothered actually to read the new scale of fines, but according to the telejiol, Haiti's famed word-of-mouth communications network, merely sassing a cop could cost $24 instead of the traditional $1. Worse, they heard that a $40 bond was to be required of all drivers. Set against the standard fare of 10?, the new operating costs were plainly prohibitive...
...telejiol, however, proved wrong. To bring some discipline to the country's highways, the government had indeed raised maximum fines, but only to $15, and no bond was demanded. After that was made clear-and after President Magloire urged judges to go easy on fining the maximum-the drivers ended the four-day strike and returned to their wheels. With the stupidity over, market women went back to walking to Port-au-Prince. They have always thought the 10? fare too high for a mere five miles...
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