The cost of the salaries haven’t been increased. “Well, I would have to cut back on my fuel (usage). “In this tough economic day and time right now, I feel as though it’s going to be rough. Jackie Glinton, another straw market vendor, said this increase will force cutbacks for a lot of Bahamians. “They are not increasing the wages, but we are working. Me and my husband, we can’t manage this, we can’t afford this. If BPL coming with foolishness, we need another company and the next company has to deal with us much better than this. She said between her and her husband’s wages, they cannot afford this new increase in BPL’s monthly fuel charge right now. Odette Roberts, a straw market vendor, agreed with Ms Gaitor. And if you don’t think about us, think about our kids, our future generation.” Us Bahamian women, we are out here day by day and some days you don’t even know if you are going to have something to eat. Ms Gaitor added, “They are putting too much pressure on us. You got mothers out here, being both mother and father to children and what is that going to do for them? The light bill going up, that means that’s another headache they have to worry about.” Karen Gaitor, a single mother, said yesterday that this increase makes no sense and the government along with BPL should be trying to make “some sense out of the nonsense”. Those with higher bills will pay almost double that amount at 4.3 cents per kilowatt hour. The announcement was made at The Office of the Prime Minister along with some BPL officials.įor those with a current monthly bill of $182 or less, this new increase would amount to about $20 per month or two cents per kilowatt hours of electricity used. Yesterday morning Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced that the government has approved an increase in BPL’s monthly fuel charge. By LETRE local residents, merchants and consumers are calling the new government approved increase in electricity at Bahamas Power and Light “foolishness”.
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