We warned you on Friday and– over the weekend prices at the gas pump
increased again.
So the new price for a gallon of premium gas in Belize City is $7.60. That
is a 25 cent increase. A gallon of regular gas is now at $7.30 which is a 31
cent increase. The price of diesel jumped from $5.69 to $6.13, a 44 cent increase.
The last time gas prices increased was on April 1st when there was an average
increase of $1.30. The prices of premium and regular gas are now well over the
$7 mark. In his budget speech, Prime Minister Dean Barrow promised to reconfigure
his one dollar flat tax on gasoline if the prices went over $7.