Here's where to report gas stations with massive unauthorized price hikes before March 10
Escalating tension in the Middle East is expected to drive double-digit oil price hikes. Ahead of the impending fuel increase on March 10, some gasoline stations are reportedly already jacking up prices.
One user on Facebook shared that unleaded gasoline jumped from P58.80 to P64 at a fuel pump in Brgy. Cabitnongan in San Nicolas, Pangasinan. Another posted that the price for diesel soared from P54 to P83 in a matter of three days in Mapandan, Pangasinan.
Amid the unauthorized hikes, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin has reminded the public that prices should not change until Tuesday.
"Reminder lang po. If some can follow the rules, why can't others?" she wrote on March 7.
"[The Department of Energy] has issued advisories that any gas station or oil company will be penalized, including cancellation of permit, if they violate any of the following: no unauthorized price increase [...], no hoarding. Bawal ang pagkarga sa container, drum, bote, at iba pa," she continued, referring to Presidential Decree No. 1865.
Garin added that the DOE will issue a new price advisory on March 10.
The DOE has directed oil companies and gas stations to follow the following pump price ranges until March 9:
- Gasoline RON 97/100 - P53.70 to P76.50 per liter
- Gasoline RON 95 - P50 to P71.04 per liter
- Gasoline RON 91 - P49 to P64.70 per liter
- Diesel - P49 to P66.59 per liter
- Diesel Plus - P56.80 to P74.81 per liter
- Kerosene - P78.90 to P99.89 per liter.
Police are on high alert in monitoring unauthorized hikes, as per Garin.
If you see any violations in your local gas stations, you may report them to the following DOE hotline numbers:
DOE LUZON FIELD OFFICE (For Regions I, II, III, and CAR)
Direct Line: (075) 653-0233 / (075) 656-0114 / (02) 8479-2900 local 570 / 572
E-mail: lfo.oimd@doe.gov.ph
CENTRAL OFFICE (For Regions IV, V, and NCR)
Direct Line: (02) 8840-2267
Trunkline: (02) 8479-2000 loc. 329
Email: cwpo@doe.gov.ph
doe8888 email: doe@8888.gov.ph
VISAYAS FIELD OFFICE (For Regions VI, VII, VIII, and NIR)
Direct Line: (032) 253-7222
Trunk Line: (032) 253-3459 / 253-2150 local 200
Email: vfo@doe.gov.ph / vfo.oims@doe.gov.ph
MINDANAO FIELD OFFICE (For Regions IX, X, XI, XII, and BARMM)
Direct Line: (082)-2210778
Mobile Nos.: 09187602228, 09543356548, 09852942019, 09951976694.
E-mail: eimd.doedavao@doe.gov.ph
On March 6, Marcos enumerated some initiatives to conserve energy resources during the Middle East conflict, including ordering government offices to cut electricity and petroleum costs by 10 to 20% and to follow a temporary four-day work week schedule starting March 9.
