LUHAAN na naman ang bulsa ng mga motorista sa inaasahang big-time oil price hike sa susunod na linggo kasunod ng lumalalang tunggalian ng Iran at Israel.
Batay sa 4-day trading sa MOPS (Mean of Platts Singapore), tinataya ni Department of Energy of Energy-Oil Industry Management Bureau, Assistant Director Rodela Romero na tataas ang presyo ng :
Gasolina – mula 2.50 hanggang 3.00
Diesel – mula 4.30 hanggang 4.80
Kerosene – mula 4.25 hanggang 4.40
Sinabi ni Rodero na ang pinakamalaking kadahilanan para sa posibleng pagtaas ay isang”major oil price shock looming as the Israel-Iran conflict threatens critical global shipping passage.”
Nauna rito’y tiniyak ni Pangulong Ferdinand ”Bongbong” Marcos Jr. noong nakaraang linggo na ibibigay ang fuel subsidies sa gitna ng inaasahang pagtaas ng presyo ng langis.
‘We are starting already with the assumption that the oil prices will in fact go up and I cannot see how it will not. Because the Strait of Hormuz will then be blocked if it escalates. The oil cannot come out of its sources. So the prices will certainly be affected,” ayon kay Marcos Jr.
”So the subsidies that we have always given, fuel subsidies, that we gave to, if you remember during the pandemic, lalong-lalong na ‘yung mga napapasada, ‘yung mga may hanap-buhay naman sila, binigyan nating fuel subsidies,” dagdag niya. (ROSE NOVENARIO)