Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal
Stabroek News on Thursday spoke to members of the public in the areas from Central MacKenzie to Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Eastern Bank of the Demerara River generally about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them. Their comments follow:
Haslyn Edmondson, a 50-year-old: ‘Everything in the market gone up, to my knowledge…everything is very expensive in the market, even rice. Look at pork, for the past few months ago, a pound of pork was $400, now that same pound is $600/$700-lb…Greens all gone up, a bundle of bora that used to have 5 bundle inside was sold for $400 before, now the quantity is reduced by 3 bundles for the same price. I live with my old lady and she’s a pensioner and she’s feeling it, even I’m feeling because we can’t afford to buy certain things since things are expensive… I’m aware that the Government has increased the pension, however, I think they should put control prices on food items…the vendors when they see salaries or pension increase, they too increase their prices on food items, the rising cost of living here in this town is very high.’