ILOILO City – There’s another round of fuel price increase today, lamented Raymundo Parcon, president of the Western Visayas Transport Cooperative.
Public utility vehicle drivers thought last week’s rollback would be sustained, he said. They were wrong.
Today’s increase would be P3 per liter for gasoline, at least P8 per liter for diesel, and at least P9 per liter for kerosene.
“Naabtan tuod kita sang ayuda pero pila lang man ka adlaw,” Parcon told Panay News.
PUV drivers and operators felt helpless, he revealed.
Their call remains the same – suspend the excise tax and value-added tax on fuel.
“Kon magpasaka kita plete, ang mga pumuluyo nga mapenetensya,” Parcon explained.
“Sakit gid kay dugang naman nga perwisyo sa amon. Buhin naman ina sa amon kinitaan,” taxi driver Kurt Atrazo told Panay News.
He added: “Ginpatilaw ‘ya lang kami sang isa ka semana nga rollback tapos dugangan naman.”
Good thing his taxi operator did not jack up the rent, he added,
Artazo said he earns P1,800 per day – minus the P600 and P900 for gasoline.
Mansor Elna, driver of a Jaro Liko-Tagbak said this is frustrating.
“Nautis lang nila kami. Nadahilan lang nila ang giyera sa Ukraine kag Russia pero pati ka na ang mga negosyante sang oil companies,” said Elna.
For his part, Hector Alliera, driver of a Jaro Liko Tagbak Terminal-Iloilo City and vice versa PUV, said: “Gusto namon nga mapanuboan lang ang gatong. Indi gani kalambot P1,500 income ko sa biyahe tapos buhinan sang P900 sang gatong kag arkila P550. Ang ginansya ko mantinir na lang sang P150 to P200. Bisan sa sud-an namon gani indi kaigu.”/PN
