Earlier on we told you how increasing oil prices are forcing up the price of electricity. Well, the global gas crisis is being felt from BEL's generators right to your pot of rice and beans. Government has approved a 5 dollar increase in the price for a 100 pound cylinder of butane. In Belize City, the price for a delivered cylinder today went up from 80 to 85 dollars. The 6% increase will be felt across the board in all districts.

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