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Motorists line up to buy fuel at a gas station in Mandaluyong City on March 22, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File

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Alvin Elchico

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<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/178874630920620220322-gas-station-rollback-GC-5.jpg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align: left;">Motorists line up to buy fuel at a gas station in Mandaluyong City on March 22, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA &mdash; Diesel prices are surging by more than P5 per liter while gasoline prices are climbing by more than P4 per liter on Tuesday, September 8.</p><ul><li>The Department of Energy said oil prices are going up by the following amounts.<br><br>Diesel: P5.18/L increase<br>Gasoline: P4.69/L increase<br>Kerosene: P5.58/L increase</li></ul><div><br></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1116383841338035%2F&show_text=false&width=267&t=0" width="267" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>&nbsp;</span>Ongoing tensions in the Middle East and the depreciation of the peso against the dollar are keeping pump prices up.</div><p>Iran&#39;s top negotiator on Sunday threatened a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/9/7/iran-threatens-greater-force-if-us-launches-more-attacks-0840" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">more forceful</a> response to any further US attacks after Tehran targeted American warships in their latest round of clashes.</p><p>Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the strategic Strait of Hormuz while Washington continues a counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Washington is also seeking to choke Iran&#39;s economy, rolling out sanctions on entities with financial links to the Islamic republic in a bid to force it into submission.</p><div><strong>&mdash; W</strong><strong>ith a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w9FQ8TbR_f8?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vCQMHd3BoEY?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><em></em><br></div>

<p>Diesel prices are going up by more than P5/L while gasoline prices are going up by more than P4/L</p>

Diesel prices are going up by more than P5/L while gasoline prices are going up by more than P4/L

Diesel prices up by over P5/L, gasoline by P4/L on Sept. 8

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Diesel prices up by over P5/L, gasoline by P4/L on Sept. 8

Alvin Elchico,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 07, 2026 09:55 AM PHT

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Updated September 07, 2026 09:59 AM PHT

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