Diesel, gasoline, kerosene prices up Tuesday

Pump prices of petroleum products are going up for the ninth consecutive weekly increase on Tuesday, October 9.

Flying V, SEAOIL Philippines Inc., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., and Chevron Philippines Inc. (Caltex) advised their customers that the prices per liter of diesel will go up by P1.45, gasoline by P1.00, and kerosene by P1.35.

Petro Gazz, PTT Petroleum Philippines Inc., and TOTAL Philippines Inc. are implementing the same adjustments, but not for kerosene which they do not carry.

The adjustments will take effect at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 09. Other firms have yet to announce any adjustment for the week.

Excluding the increase for October 8, the prices per liter of diesel have already gone up by P13.50 in the year-to-date, gasoline by P13.37, and kerosene by P12.71.

As of this posting, other oil companies have yet to issue their respective announcements on fuel prices.

According to data from the Department of Energy, the prices per liter of gasoline now range from P52.55 to P66.35, diesel from P45.65 to P54.90, and kerosene from P49.82 to P59.95. —Jon Viktor Cabuenas/VDS, GMA News