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A display at a gas station in Quezon City, March 17, 2026. Francis Orcio, ABS-CBN News

A display at a gas station in Quezon City, March 17, 2026.

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OIL PRICES

Francis Orcio

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773748950026viber_image_2026-03-17_19-24-35-916.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A display at a gas station in Quezon City, March 17, 2026. Francis Orcio, ABS-CBN News" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A display at a gas station in Quezon City, March 17, 2026. <em>Francis Orcio, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Several fuel stations were forced to improvise their price boards on Tuesday, March 17, as diesel prices surged past the P100-per-liter mark, exposing limitations in existing digital display systems.</p><p>At a gasoline station in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City, operators resorted to manually adding a non-digital numeral “1” to their price board to reflect diesel prices ranging from P102.90 to P108.90 per liter. </p><p>The station’s digital system could not accommodate five-digit figures with decimals, prompting the workaround.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/3/17/fuel-rationing-not-needed-yet-doe-1811">Fuel rationing not needed yet – DOE</a></div><p>A similar situation was observed at another station in Barangay Sacred Heart, also in Quezon City, where staff printed the updated prices on paper and attached them to the digital fuel price board.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773748981908viber_image_2026-03-17_19-24-42-048.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="A display at a gas station in Quezon City, March 17, 2026. Francis Orcio, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A display at a gas station in Quezon City, March 17, 2026. <em>Francis Orcio, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>Tuesday’s price hike pushed diesel costs in some parts of the country beyond P100 per liter. However, not all fuel price boards appear designed to display five-digit prices with decimal points, with many only capable of showing up to four digits.</p><p>This marks the second fuel price increase for March, reflecting continued volatility in global oil markets.</p><p>The latest adjustment comes amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, which have disrupted supply expectations and driven up global crude prices.</p><p>The conflict began in late February following airstrikes reportedly carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, which allegedly resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In retaliation, Iran launched drone attacks targeting U.S. military bases across Gulf countries and moved to block the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global chokepoint through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes.</p><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/3/17/oil-prices-spike-more-than-5-as-worries-grow-over-hormuz-1702">Oil prices spike more than 5% as worries grow over Hormuz</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dEFV1vsF938?si=qw2F6awoPOYkWDl2" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Several fuel stations were forced to improvise their price boards on Tuesday, March 17, as diesel prices surged past the P100-per-liter mark, exposing limitations in existing digital display systems.</p>

Several fuel stations were forced to improvise their price boards on Tuesday, March 17, as diesel prices surged past the P100-per-liter mark, exposing limitations in existing digital display systems.

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As diesel prices breach triple-digits, gas stations forced to improvise price displays

Francis Orcio,

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Published Mar 17, 2026 08:04 PM PHT

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