Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Guyhoc, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them. The following are their comments:
Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal
Christopher Walter
Christopher Walter said: “The prices for items going up when you go to buy. The prices for rice and eggs are expensive now. When I go to the market, certain greens that were sold cheaper before, is now expensive. Even the cost for beef gone up. My family of three usually pool our resources together to pay the utility bills and buy food items. My father, his cousin and I live together. Two of us working while the other is a pensioner. We try to cope with the cost of living by budgeting. For example, a tray of eggs before cost $1,300/$1,200; now the tray of eggs cost $1,700/$1,800. The cost for a pound of chicken a couple months ago cost $460; now a pound of chicken cost $500 and something. I can’t really say what could be done about the high cost of living but try to cope with it.”