No to Digicel Increase Prices
No to Digicel Increase Prices
Given that the COVID-19 Pandemic has significantly affected everyone and the fact that a lot of persons have lost their jobs and are struggling to pay rent, buy groceries pay their essential bills, the increase in prices will do nothing but add an extra burden to all of us. While Increasing prices will benefit your company think about the negative effects it will have on us. Think about those of us who are struggling to provide internet for our children to be able to have access to online classes. For some, an increase means deciding whether to buy a pack of rice or put that extra $50 towards the Internet bill so that my child/children can have access to education.
Abraham Smith-CEO of Digicel you said in an interview with Newsday that "I spent time doing humanitarian and religious work in Russia for two years. And it was during that time of the Russian financial crisis. And just seeing the impact of bad economics, the way the economy is set up can really hurt individual people's lives...' Well your decision to increase prices will be hurting individual people's lives including children.