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Motorists queue for fuel at a gas station in Pasig City on October 10, 2022, a day before a new round of oil price hike takes effect. Diesel prices is forecast to increase by P6 to P6.85 per liter, gasoline prices at P1.20 to P1.40 per liter, and kerosene prices by P3.50 to P3.70 per liter. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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FUEL PRICE HIKE

Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175981300556220221010-oil-price-hike-MD--5.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Motorists queue for fuel at a gas station in Pasig City on October 10, 2022, a day before a new round of oil price hike takes effect. Diesel prices is forecast to increase by P6 to P6.85 per liter, gasoline prices at P1.20 to P1.40 per liter, and kerosene prices by P3.50 to P3.70 per liter. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— Transportation costs drove inflation up to 1.7 percent in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday.</p><p>The PSA said transport costs climbed 1 percent in September after slowing by 0.3 percent in August.</p><p>“Nung month of September, halos weekly tumataas yung presyo ng diesel,” National Statistician Clare Dennis Mapa said in a press conference. “Yung gasoline naman, may weeks na bumaba, pero karamihan ng weeks ay tumaas.”</p><p>Mapa noted that diesel prices climbed by 5.1 percent in September, after slowing by 0.8 percent in August.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/10/6/oil-prices-climbing-on-oct-7-0953">Oil prices climbing on Oct. 7</a></div><p>Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices also went up 1 percent in September, after vegetable and tuber prices went up by 19.4 percent.</p><p>Mapa noted, in particular, that cabbage prices soared by 53 percent, chilis and peppers&#x27; prices by 42 percent, and pumpkins by 33.6 percent.</p><p>The official said this is still because of storms and floods that have hit parts of the Philippines.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/9/5/inflation-picks-up-to-1-5-percent-in-august-0911">Inflation picks up in August as storms drive veggie prices upward</a></div><p>Rice inflation, however, continues to slow by -16.9 percent from -17 percent in August.</p><p>Mapa said the price of regular milled rice fell to P40.23/kilo in September from P40.43 in August. Well-milled rice prices was almost steady at P46.50, while special rice prices inched up from P56.32/kilo to P56.48 month-on-month.</p><p>Core inflation, which strips out food and energy items prone to wild swings in prices, was at 2.6 percent in September.</p><p>Government hopes to keep inflation between 2 to 4 percent for 2025. </p><p>Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the latest numbers stress the sensitivity of domestic food prices to supply disruptions.</p><p>“We are working closely with various agencies to stabilize supply, keep essential goods affordable, and safeguard household welfare,” Balisacan said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><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/bpbCo-qxVZU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;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/vM7hnlPbags?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Transportation costs drove inflation up to 1.7 percent in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday.</p>

Transportation costs drove inflation up to 1.7 percent in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday.

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Benise Balaoing,

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Published Oct 07, 2025 09:08 AM PHT

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