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By Bohol Standard

With fuel prices in Tagbilaran City higher by at least â,±3 to â,±5 than in the cities of Cebu and Davao, Governor Edgar Chatto has asked the Department of Energy to look into the matter and determine if there is overpricing in the city and other areas of the province.

In a letter dated October 13, the governor highlighted the price differentials on gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and LPG between Tagbilaran and the said metropolises and requested for DOE intervention on the matter to protect the Boholano constituency and the consuming public.

Director Zenaida Monsada of the DOE’s Oil Industry Management Bureau said that they have already sent inquiries to Eric Recto, president of Petron; Edgar Chua, chairman and president of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum; and Jim Meynink, country chairman of Chevron Phils., asking them for comments on the issue.

In her reply, which was received by the Office of the Governor last November 17, Monsada clarified that, by virtue of RA 8479 or the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998, local dealers can determine their actual selling prices based on freight, storage, handling, transportation, and other operating costs and the behavior of market forces in their area.

However, Monsada added that her bureau will be conducting an investigation on the matter, in coordination with the DOE-Visayas Field Office, to determine the actual causes of the disparity in prices and to assess the reasonableness of prevailing fuel prices in the city.

Gov. Chatto urged the resolution of the issue noting that all sectors and industries not just in the province, but nationwide, are dependent on fuel prices.

dako kaayo ug diperensya ang presyo sa bohol ug sa cebu. ang premium gasoline sa cebu tag 50 ang average price pero sa tagbilaran ug sa ubang dapit nagdagan sa 56-57 pesos ang presyo. unsa may nakamahal sa bohol? matud pa sa akong amigo, payola kuno. what?

payola?  wow, kang kinsa kaha?

isip-isip. pero murag lisod tuhuan pero dunay posibilidad.

Komusta..., mahal diay ang gasolina diha sano,

mahal mo lang. nagtoo man tingale ni silang mga datu tanang taga bohol.

Giinom man daw diha , gisagol ninyo sa bahalina. Mao nga nagnihit ang gasolina diha.

Well ing ana naman jud ang panahon karon tanang palitonon mahal dili lang kay gasolina pero ngano kaha pud ning mga gasoline station karon nga mura og mga ohong ng sige panurok apan wala gihapon epekto sa pag os2x sa presyo..?