Still pondering: Up to yesterday there was still a great deal of uncertainty as to whether the government’s decision to drop fuel prices at GuyOil gas stations would have an impact on minibus and taxi fares. In the course of his announcement on the issue of reduced gas prices Finance Minister Ashni Singh had said that government could not speak for the private sector on the issue of prices though by Wednesday the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce had issued a media release more or less trying to nudge the private transportation sector and other services in the direction of lowering consumer costs.
