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Local
The new year begins with a sharp rise in gas prices and a moderate increase in electricity
D. VALERA
When the clocks struck at midnight on New Year's Eve they marked not only the arrival of 2018 but also changes in the prices of different products and services. This year, the traditional difficulty in making ends meet in January will be made worse ... Consumers will also find postal services more expensive now. A stamp for normal letters and postcards weighing less than 20 grammes went up by 10 per cent in the New Year, from 50 cents to 55. This is the third-largest increase in the past decade.
