KINGSTON, Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica
Petrojam, the state owned oil refinery, has announced that it will cut the prices of some products, effective Friday.
The price of E10-87 and E10-90 gasoline will go down by J$2.45 while that for diesel will be reduced by $2.30.
The price cut for kerosene oil will be $1.59.
Propane cooking gas however rises by 51 cents while $1.04 has been added to the price of butane gasoline.
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Gasolene prices will go up by $2.00 per litre come tomorrow.
A litre of E-10 87 gasolene will sell $107.52 while E-10 90 gasolene will be sold for $109.17.
The price of automotive diesel oil will be increased by $1.11 to sell for $107.29 per litre.
A litre of kerosene oil has been cut by $1.68 and will be sold for $109.85.
A litre of butane has been reduced by $0.57 and will sell for $49.92.
However, the price of propane cooking gas has been reduced by $2.08 and will be sold for $33.56 per litre.
Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices.
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FOR the second straight week Petrojam has increased the ex-refinery prices of fuel.
The prices of 87 and 90 octane gasoline have gone up by $1.97 per litre. They will now be sold for $99.80 and $101.45 per litre respectively.
Automotive diesel oil has been increased by $1.43 and will now be sold for $100.72 per litre.
The price of Kerosene oil has been increased by $1.85, it will now be sold for $102.35 per litre.
Propane liquid petroleum and Butane liquid petroleum have seen price increases of 38 cents and $1.88. They will now be sold for $32.45 and $43.50 per litre respectively.
Retailers and marketing companies will add their respective mark up
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THE EDITOR, Sir:
I THINK the time has come for the Government to put in place some kind of mechanism, except the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), to examine the the affairs of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). I say except the OUR as I don’t think this organisation has been doing enough to protect consumers from what appears to be the company’s shenanigans in its billing system. Talk to any Jamaican in any walk of life, be they company executive or the ordinary man in the street, and you will hear the same story: despite great efforts to reduce their consumption of electricity, the bill is always higher than the one before.
My own experience bears out the collective experience of most persons. I am chairperson of a strata corporation, responsible for the common areas of a shopping centre in Liguanea, St Andrew. In an effort to reduce electricity consumption, we turned off most of the light to the common areas during the month of June, but instead of seeing a reduction from the previous bill, our current bill is now over 30 per cent above May’s bill. How come, JPS?
The exchange rate was always used by the JPS to justify monthly increases to customers, but this can no longer be the case, as the rates have remained fairly stable for some time now. So, again, how come, JPS? If the country is being asked to conserve electricity so we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil, why should all the savings end up in the coffers of a foreign company rather than in the saving accounts of people who make the sacrifice?
I am, etc.,
Winston Barrett
wdbarrett123@yahoo.com