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In spite of the increase of prices in the world market, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. said it will not increase prices of its lubricant products and its Shellane cooking gas for the month. Shell country chairman Edgar Chua said this is a part of the company’s effort to provide temporary relief for the victims of the flooding caused by typhoon Ondoy.

Chua said that while there is an increase of $3 per metric ton in the LPG international contract price this month, it will still freeze its prices to help the plight of the victims of Ondoy.

For his part, Energy Secretary Angelo T. Reyes stressed that the “increase in the price of imported LPG is very minimal and therefore I see no reason why there should be any increase in the price of local LPG.”

Reyes however, welcomed the gesture of the Shell to hold prices of lubricants as well because “the public would be consuming a lot of lubricants because a lot of vehicles were damaged. So this should be easy on the pocket of the people.”

Meanwhile, in its effort to provide more assistance to the delivery of relief goods to the affected Filipinos, Shell’s retail stations in Metro Manila are accepting donations of food, clothing and other goods for the flood victims.

Aside from that, Chua said Shell’s Malampaya groups has given P2.5 million in donations while the Shell Companies in the Philippines had donated P25 million to help victims of the flooding in Metro Manila.