Bath Settlement residents furious over new charge for street lights

A street at Bath Settlement

Some residents of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, have had their street lamps removed by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) after their failure to pay a monthly charge.

A protest action was organised last week by residents, who are demanding the return of the lamps and the reduction of the $3,500 which GPL is demanding they pay.

Some villagers opted to pay the charge and their lamps were not removed. Others said that the persons