Gasoline up, kerosene down by 30 centavos

CHEAPER. With prices of gasoline going down, commuters will soon enjoy lower taxi fare. (CDN FILE PHOTO)

While gasoline station owners are seen to raise prices of gasoline by 30 centavos per liter at 6 am on Tuesday, Aug. 21, the price of kerosene will go down by the same amount while diesel prices will remain constant.

Greg Perez, Cebu coordinator of the militant transport group Piston, said gasoline prices went up by eight times so far this year or nearly P10.

“Mao ra gihapon kay di lang ta kahibalo sunod nga adlaw kana na sad ang mu saka (We don’t know when will the prices go up next time),” he said. / Zena V. Magto USJ-R Jourrnalism Intern

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