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Consumer Oil and Price Watch (OPW) chairman Raul T. Concepcion said his computation also took into consideration the removal of the 70-percent input VAT.


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                    [Title] => Concepcion urges 6-month delay for EVAT hike to 12%
                    [Summary] => Industrialist and consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion urged yesterday government authorities to defer for six months to July next year the increase in the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) from 10 percent to 12 percent. 


In a press conference, Concepcion said postponing the implementation of the 12-percent VAT will allow government more time to assess the impact of the wider 10-percent VAT coverage absorbed by the consumers. 


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                    [Title] => Four small oil players hike pump prices by 50¢/liter
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Seaoil Petroleum Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., Flying V and Unioil Philippines Inc. said they will adjust their prices upward effective today.


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                    [Title] => Concepcion urges Petron, Shell to roll back prices by 63¢/ liter
                    [Summary] => Oil refiners Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and  Petron Corp. should roll back by 63 centavos the prices of their gasoline this month, a consumer advocate said yesterday.


Consumer Oil and Price Watch chairman Raul T. Concepcion, however, said the small oil players will be increasing their pump prices by 47 centavos for gasoline and P2.14 for diesel. 


Despite the projected reduction in the price of gasoline Petron and Shell are expected to increase the price of their diesel products by 91 centavos per liter. 


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In a press briefing, the chairman of the Consumer Oil and Price Watch (COPW) said based on their data, oil firms — mostly the smaller players – still have an over-recovery for gasoline. 


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"This is judicial interference and it will have an effect on the attitude of local and foreign investors at a time when government is aggressively encouraging investments in capital-intensive industries like power," Concepcion, chairman of the Consumer Oil and Price Watch (COPW), said in a press briefing. 


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                    [Title] => 3 oil firms raise prices by 50¢ per liter
                    [Summary] => Two major oil firms, Caltex Philippines and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., and minor industry player Seaoil Petroleum Inc. will increase today their pump prices by 50 centavos per liter.


The increase is a result of rising world market prices of crude oil, they said.


Fernando Martinez, president of the Independent Philippine Petroleum Corporations Association (IPPCA), said early last week that they expect their members to effect an oil price hike because of rising crude prices in the region.


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"Press statements recently released by COPW regarding expected oil price movements in the months of July and August are clearly misleading," IPPCA executive director Hector Fajardo said. 


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DOE urged to publish data on oil prices

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | April 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Business

Further oil price rollbacks expected

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 14, 2006 - 12:00am

Industrialist and consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion said yesterday he expects more oil price rollbacks in the coming weeks. In a press statement, Concepcion, chairman of the Consumer Oil and Price Watch (COPW),...

Business

EVAT hike to boost oil prices

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 31, 2006 - 12:00am

Local oil prices will likely increase by P2.50 to P3 per liter on Feb. 1 with the increase of the expanded value-added tax from 10 percent to 12 percent and the continuing rise in global crude prices, a consumer...

Business

Concepcion urges 6-month delay for EVAT hike to 12%

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | November 9, 2005 - 12:00am

Industrialist and consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion urged yesterday government authorities to defer for six months to July next year the increase in the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) from 10 percent to 12 percent....

Business

Four small oil players hike pump prices by 50¢/liter

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 18, 2005 - 12:00am

Four of the country’s smaller oil players initiated yesterday another 50-centavo per liter price hike on their petroleum products. Seaoil Petroleum Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., Flying V and Unioil Philippines...

Business

Concepcion urges Petron, Shell to roll back prices by 63¢/ liter

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 9, 2004 - 12:00am

Oil refiners Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and  Petron Corp. should roll back by 63 centavos the prices of their gasoline this month, a consumer advocate said yesterday. Consumer Oil and Price Watch chairman...

Business

Oil firms accused of overpricing

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 10, 2004 - 12:00am

Oil companies may have been overpricing their products amid the spate of pump price increases over the past two weeks, businessman and consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion claimed yesterday. In a press briefing,...

Business

Concepcion denounces ‘judicial interference’ on Meralco ruling

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 3, 2004 - 12:00am

Consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion denounced yesterday the "judicial interference" of the Court of Appeals (CA) on the rate adjustment of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). "This is judicial interference...

Business

3 oil firms raise prices by 50¢ per liter

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 1, 2004 - 12:00am

Two major oil firms, Caltex Philippines and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., and minor industry player Seaoil Petroleum Inc. will increase today their pump prices by 50 centavos per liter. The increase is a result...

Headlines

Small oil players refute Concepcion on price hike

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | July 29, 2004 - 12:00am

The Independent Philippine Petroleum Corporations Association (IPPCA) refuted yesterday Consumer Oil and Price Watch (COPW) chairman Raul T. Concepcion’s statement that there will be no price increases until...

Business