Opposition calls for BWS to withdraw request for rate increase

Water rates; are they going up? Well, if the opposition had its way, it wouldn’t. Last Friday, we reported that the Belize Water Services Limited is applying for an increase in rates… not an ordinary increase, it’s a twenty-five percent hike. The Public Utilities Commission earlier this week held a press conference to say that the application will be reviewed shortly. Well tonight, the People’s United Party is calling on the P.U.C. to reject the company’s request to increase rates. The release says, “B.W.S.L. has applied to the P.U.C. for an increase in rates by a whopping twenty five percent…”and that, the company, is “owned by the Belizean people and controlled by the Barrow Government. As such this request for a rate increase is directly from the Barrow Administration.” The opposition party calls on the Barrow Government to demand that utility company withdraws its request for a rate increase.