Gasoline, diesel, kerosene prices up starting Tuesday

After two consecutive weeks of rollbacks, oil firms on Monday announced upward adjustments on pump prices of petroleum products starting Tuesday.

In separate advisories, Chevron Philippines Inc. (Caltex), Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., and Seaoil Philippines Inc. said they will hike the prices per liter of gasoline by P0.65, diesel by P0.05, and kerosene by P0.05.

Petro Gazz, PTT Philippines Corp., and Total (Philippines) Corp. will implement the same changes, excluding kerosene which they do not carry.

Meanwhile, Cleanfuel will implement the same adjustment for gasoline, while keeping prices of diesel unchanged.

Pilipinas Shell's adjustments will take effect at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, April 6, while Cleanfuel will implement the changes at 4:01 p.m. and Caltex at 12:01 a.m. the same day.

Other firms have yet to make similar announcements.

According to the latest data available from the Department of Energy, year-to-date adjustments stand at a net increase of P6.15 per liter for gasoline, P4.60 per liter for diesel, and P3.50 per liter for kerosene as of March 30, 2021. —Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas/KBK, GMA News