Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in several areas in Linden, Region Ten about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them. The following are their comments:
Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal
Walter Cornelius
Walter Cornelius, a 63-year-old of Rainbow City said: “The cost of living is tough on my family of three. The salary is not enough to buy food items because the prices for all food items have gone up in the markets. I usually work part-time to help my cousin and brother with the bill. They work as well. When we finished paying our utility bills and buying food items, we don’t have any money left to get by. For example, a 10 kg rice a couple month’s ago cost $1,600; now the same bag of rice cost $2,800. Before a 10 lb flour cost $500 and something; now the flour cost $1,280. The cost for everything increasing continuously in the market, we just have to cope with the rising cost of living.”