(Barbados Nation) Barbadians can expect a 60 per cent increase in water rates from today.
Acting Minister of the Environment, Water Resources and Drainage, Senator Haynesley Benn, revealed the approved increase by Government at a two-day Water Operators Conference at Divi Southwinds Beach Resort, St Lawrence, Christ Church.
“I am trusting that once the rates go up, I suspect from just B$20 a month, it’s going to go like B$32. Don’t bother about the percentage increase, dollar value, B$20 to B$32 sounds steep to some people, but I’m hoping that they would minimise our use of water. We must not be forever labelled a water scarce country,” he added.
The government of Barbados will find some excuse to attach this increase to the illegals in their country. Next week the illegals will be blamed for any bad weather or hurricanes this season.
Also tack on the dwindling tourism industry too, Bora. Imagine an island surrounded with so much water and “not a drop to drink.” Useless ! Dem illeagal Guyanese betta ‘larn’ Bajans on how to dig nuff nuff latrines.
You people are ridiculous.
Sanderson, you have to forgive them for they know not what they write. Let them that are ignorant be ignorant still. Barbados is home to over 30,000 Guyanese, mostly Indians, and because it has clmaped down on a few, we have to read the trash being written about Barbados. If Barbados had rejected the first Guyanese instead of allowing the number to reach 30k we woulnd’t be reading all this garbage being piled on Barbados. If only Guyana could get a visionary leader, Guyana could be home to many West Indians who could help develop our country. That’s where the garbage should be dumped: on the leadership of Guyana!
WHO GIVES A DAM> let them go 6000%
WE may have to Give them water soon instaed of labour .-RAIN NAH FALLL AH WAAN MAAN DOOR.What GOES AROUND COMES AROUND but we are still the most hospitable country in the worrld-no one can beat us at that.Our Caricom brothers and sisters can still count on that hospitability even though today they are treating us with scorn disrespect even when we visit their tiny rocks to spend our money-Tomorrow when hard times hit you or natural disaster strikes you Our people and our country will still accept you for we are anation that do not hold malice.
Suh wuh?Guyana land of many waters,and few people for such a large country but people still have to pay for poor quality water, we cannot help the Bagans,we have to help ourselves first,however the Guyanese living there will not be discouraged by this minor development,they can afford to pay their bills!!
Guyana, land of many waters. Barbados, water scarce country. Gawd na bajan.
… wid all dah watah roun dem ,, ah kyan see how dem ah guh tusty ! gawd bless de atlantic o-shan !
stay tuned mo’ deh fuh unfole !…..
Like god vex with them what they are doing to Guyanese sending them home without them stuff that them pay for with hard earned money,like the rock start cracking.
What is Barbados, another Guyana territory? Who cares about water rates there? Then again, it’s true, this certainly impacts a large group of Guyanese there. What’s this Reddy a story or not?
Lol!
Seems like soon they won’t have to deport Guyanese, they’ll be leaving voluntary. The Sanskrit word for that is called, Karma.
With the current deportation of illegal immigrants, Barbados will certainly save several meter cube of potable water. This is certainly conservation from the “get go”. Additionally, the decline of tourists to “little Britain” will significantly impact on their water consumption. I hope that it does not boil down to water, water every where and not a drop to drink. Barbados like other CARICOM countries, are not insulated from the effects of a global recession as its economic turbulence is devastating fragile economies. Water conservation is an excellent idea but trying to achieve that end point through increase tariff, may not get you there.
Yes , they’re so evil that they would blame the water rate increase on the illegal guyanese.