By Lenie Lectura - November 26, 2019
FIVE oil firms announced on Monday
afternoon that they will slash the prices of their petroleum products,
including diesel and gasoline, starting Tuesday morning.
Seaoil, Petro Gazz, Phoenix
Petroleum, PTT Philippines and Pilipinas Shell said the price cut will take
effect at 6 a.m. on Tuesday. The firms said gasoline prices will go down by
P0.20 per liter, diesel by P0.10 per liter and kerosene by P0.10 per liter.
Last week, the Department of
Energy-Visayas Field Office (DOE-VFO) and local government officials in Iloilo
intensified their crackdown on the illegal activities of traders of petroleum
products. These illicit activities include the illegal retailing and refilling
of liquefied petroleum gas into unregistered and noncompliant containers.
“The department is closely working
with LGUs [local government units] and other law enforcement agencies to
strengthen the DOE’s campaign against unsafe practices. The safety of our
people would always remain paramount, especially given the danger to human life
posed by the illegal sale of petroleum products,” said Energy Secretary Alfonso
G. Cusi.
Recently, the Iloilo Provincial
Police Office and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) arrested two individuals
at a checkpoint in Guimbal for transporting a total of 1,055 single-use
canisters, illegally refilled with LPG and without the necessary Conveyance
Certificate from the BFP.
The DOE-VFO advised the Philippine
National Police to file criminal cases against the suspects for violating Batas
Pambansa 33, otherwise known as “An Act Defining And Penalizing Certain
Prohibiting Acts Inimical To The Public Interest And National Security
Involving Petroleum And/Or Petroleum Products, Prescribing Penalties Therefor
And For Other Purposes.”
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