Dear Editor,
I read in the papers this morning (Monday) that the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is to slash their losses from $30 million to between $5 and 10 million this year and Cable and Wireless wants to downsize the personnel at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) by a third before buying the company. Is this all a bad dream or a joke?
BEC has among the highest electricity rates in the world and they still make a loss.
This means we continue to pay more for our electricity. On top of that the government does not seem to really encourage alternative means of energy.
Why not if they cannot supply the goods at a reasonable rate? Also I do not see heads rolling at BEC. Wh ...

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