15% Hiike Super: $3.48 Diesel: $2 per Litre.
By Ria Taitt (Express).GAS GOES UPIt was gas again as Finance Minister Colm Imbert presented his mid-term budget in the House of Representatives yesterday.
Embracing the late Tunapuna businessman Max Senhouse’s “we need the money” mantra, the minister announced a series of revenue-raising measures, including a completely new tax—a seven per cent levy on all online shopping.
But it was déjà vu with gas. Six months after he imposed a 15 per cent increase in his October 2015 Budget, the Minister of Finance hit the motoring public again, announcing another 15 per cent increase in super gasoline (to $3.58 per litre) and diesel (to $2 per litre) with immediate effect.
disgruntled: Employees of the gaming industry display placards outside Parliament yesterday. —Photo: ANISTO ALVES