We even sent the invitations as early as the middle part of April to ensure they could appear here at the City Council,” Tabor told his colleagues.
At the Council session Wednesday, only one—Seaoil—of the six invited dealers appeared. Petron, Chevron, Caltex, Shell, Jetti and Phoenix failed to send their representatives.
The companies did not inform the Council why they could not appear, Raul Moldez, City Council staff said when Cabanlas asked if the companies even bothered to explain their non-appearance.
“We have files of the invitations duly received by the companies but we have not received any communication from them why they could not attend today,” said Moldez.
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” a visibly irked Cabanlas said to his colleagues.
Joel Orsillada of Seaoil told the city councilors that the reason for the discrepancy in pump prices is primarily the distance between their pumping stations and depots.
“Our depots are in Davao and Dipolog. We have to cover the freight costs,” Orsillada said.
Seaoil has three company-owned but dealer-run stations in the city, in Barangays Bulua and Canitoan and in J.||| |||buy imodium online with |||
