Another Increase at the Gas Pump

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.