Jamaica Gas Prices

“Everywhere you tun macka juk u”. That is a popular Jamaican proverb but it you are a Jamaican Motorist and consumer, battling general , toll, gas prices increases and their effects, that is how it sounds. If...

So often when we talk about Jamaica we tend to focus on the major cities and towns e.g. Kingston and just maybe Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. Today we shift a little to focus on Montego Bay. Motorists in Montego Bay and most parish capitals and major towns e.g. Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, St...

This has been an interesting week for motorists in Jamaica, but then again being a motorist in Jamaica is always interested. On September 9, 2009, the Government of Jamaica announced a 6 month stimulus package for the auto industries in Jamaica...

We have looked at the increases and we recognise that the Portmore leg had the highest average increase of 20.75%. Before we look at the actual cost and the impact on budgets let us make some assumptions...

Now that the toll increases in Jamaica are into its third day, we turn attention to what it means to motorist already struggling with high gas prices...

Over the last few weeks gas prices, gas prices have been trending down. Since the Government’s increase of the GAS TAX, the price annouced by PetroJam has tend to trend in the upward direction. ...

Today is the day when the the gas tax announced by Jamaica’s Minister of Finance takes effect. According to a Jamaica Gleaner report, there was a rush on Gas Stations yesterday, however, I did not see any at the stations I passed. ...

It is now official, the special consumption tax on Gas products is to be increased by $8.75 per litre. The Finance and Public Service Minister of Jamaica, Audley Shaw,announced the increase inparliamenttoday...

Well it is budget time in Jamaica, and with falling revenues from Bauxite, Tourism and other areas, the government is looking for new areas to raise revenue...

A new but not so new trend seem to be developing in the Cross Road area, the concept of day versus night time prices. Total (Worldtron) and the neighbouring Texaco( beside Burger King) seems to have implemented this practice. The day time prices are a litte lower than the night time prices...

A few days after PetroJam posted its response, Gerald Cameron once again states the case ask revisit their information. I am here to dispute that with facts...

Petrojam has responed to complaints about pricing. Here is the an excerpt from the article Petrojam’s ex-refinery product prices are based on USG (United States Gulf) reference prices for petroleum products, which provide for a transparent and credible petroleum product pricing mechanism. ...

A shortage of E10, seems to be affecting the Jamaican Petroleum trade and fustrating tanker drivers, services stations and motorists...

On the December 24, 2008, the Gleaner’s letter of the day raised concerns about PetroJam pricing policy. Today another writer join the call in his peice, writing to the editor. Here is a quote.. ...