From a Romblon resident who complained he has to spend P40 more to fill his motorcycle’s gas tank to commercial tuna fishers in General Santos City who feared losing buyers if forced to increase prices by at least 14 percent, gas prices are wreaking havoc on people’s lives nationwide. In Romblon, the municipal government of Odiongan asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to put a cap on gasoline prices after fuel costs soared to as high as P71 per liter. The mayor of Odiongan, Romblon’s only first-class municipality, pleaded to the national government to intervene.

Cinco, M., & Sarmiento B. (2018, October 6). Oil prices go berserk: P71 per liter in Romblon town. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A6.