Fuel prices up by P1 plus
by Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com and Michelle Orosa, New5
January 11, 2012

[gigya width=”200″ height=”200″ src=”http://files.bannersnack.net/app/swf2/EmbedPlayerV2.swf?hash_id=fdba3bb058e8fee910c25d65b3436908&bgcolor=#3D3D3D&clickTag=null&t=1319457850″ quality=”high” wmode=”tranparent” allowfullscreen=”true” ]  MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE – 11:46 a.m.) A new round of fuel price hikes Wednesday prompted the activist transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operators Nationwide to launch protest actions against oil firms.

Early Wednesday, Petron Corp. and Chevron Philippines increased their diesel, gasoline and kerosene prices by P1 per liter while Pilipinas Shell hiked prices of its own products at noon.

Eastern Petroleum, meanwhile, increased gasoline prices by P1.75 per liter and diesel by P1.50 per liter.

Some 20 members of Piston staged a rally at Shell’s head office, lying down on the street, to condemn the price hikes.

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