Gasoline-price records were broken this week with increases as great as RD$5.00 per gallon of premium petrol. Current prices now stand at RD$70.15 for unleaded premium, RD$62.07 for regular unleaded and RD$44.80 for diesel. The prices signify an increase of over RD$20.00 for the year. Industry & Commerce official Federico Quezada stated that a 10% increase in transport costs could also be forthcoming. When the transport unions threatened a strike two weeks ago in the face of a new price increase, the price of fuel was lowered by an insignificant amount and the pressure tactics evaporated. With these historic highs, however, writer Asun Egurza of El Caribe asks “Now what?”