Everything goes up

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Dominican consumers woke up on Saturday morning facing the highest prices, ever, for most fuels. Premium gasoline hit RD$158.10 a gallon and regular gasoline was pegged at RD$147.50 a gallon. LPG, the propane gas used in many homes for cooking came down RD$0.95 and diesel fuel came down RD$2.50. Officials at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce are blaming the increases on problems in the United States petroleum market. In the meantime, drivers of the little "conchos", those ubiquitous and rickety cars that serve passengers along Santo Domingo's major thoroughfares, have increased their fares from RD$10 to RD$12 in spite of warnings from local transportation czar and minister of state Diandino Pena. Meanwhile, the government announced the Fund for Development and Financing of the Transport Sector, a new plan to finance vehicles for transporters.

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