Petron, Cleanfuel suspend oil price increase in areas affected by bad weather
This includes La Union, Ilocos Sur, Pampanga, and some parts of Pangasinan (Basista, San Carlos, Calasiao, Malasiqui, Mangatarem, Mangaldan, and Umingan).
Based on the report, Cleanfuel also imposed a price freeze in all its stations in Manila; Caloocan; Quezon City; Cavite; Rizal; Laguna; Pampanga; Maysilo, Malabon; Alabang-Zapote, Las Piñas; Marikina; Meycauayan, Bulacan; Tanauan, Batangas; Dinalupihan, Bataan; and Dagupan, Pangasinan.
Ilang kumpanya ng langis, magpapatupad ng pansamantalang price freeze sa ilang piling lugar na naapektuhan ng masamang panahon. | via Mao dela Cruz pic.twitter.com/vQk0XOPYM0 — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 29, 2025
The prize freeze, which started on Monday, seeks to help residents that are affected by the bad weather.
The number of deaths reported due to the combined effects of the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) and tropical cyclones Crising, Dante, and Emong reached 34.
Classes in some areas were also suspended on Tuesday due to the weather. —Jo Casilao/ VAL, GMA Integrated Newsw
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