For the first time in recent memory, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has ignored the rising price of a barrel of oil on the international market and kept the price of a gallon of gasoline at the same level it was last week. Hydrocarbon Law 112-00 pegs the price of fuel to international prices. Only on rare occasions, has the government not let the price of gasoline float.

12 May 2008 - DR1 Daily News