And what was affordable to many Belizeans became less so over the past two weeks as many homes and businesses experienced loss of appliances and equipment due to constant power outages. And so many lost hours of work due to the outages.

But, if you're looking for compensation the PM says don't count on it:Reporter
"Any consideration being given to the business community that has suffered a loss because of these power outages, specifically the BPOs and the business sector that has, you know, people's fridge get blowout and stuff like that?"

John Briceno, Prime Minister
"I wish we can do something, but obviously BEL would not be able to afford it."

We should note that if your appliances or equipment was blown out in the outages, you can make a formal claim to BEL.

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