The government will re-examine the methods to increase electricity tariffs in Linden, President Donald Ramotar announced to the nation last evening as he appealed for calm and a return to normalcy in the mining town.
Linden has been the scene of continued protests over the past week over the government’s decision to gradually phase out its subsidy for electricity costs in the town, with residents bearing more of the costs as a result.
President Ramotar, in a brief address to the nation broadcast on NCN, said he would establish a technical team to review “all the available and practical options and attendant implications, financial and otherwise, to
