MANILA, Philippines — Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices are set to increase in January.
In separate advisories on Monday, Petron Corp. and Solane announced price adjustments for their LPG products.
This marks the first fuel price hike this year, following a stagnant LPG rate in the previous month.
Petron’s “Gasul” will have a price increase of P3.40 per kilogram in their LPG wh ile Solane’s LPG will implement a price hike of P3.45 per kilogram.
The price increase will be effective on January 2.
The Department of Energy’s pri ce monitoring in Metro Manila showed a range of P875 to P1,060 for the 11-kilogram household LPG from December 3 to 9.
SYDNEY – Australian Open contender Stefanos Tsitsipas struggled with a lower back problem Tuesday, pulling out of his opening singles match of the season in the United Cup as Greece crashed 2-1 to Chile.
The World No. 6 was expected to meet Chilean number one Nicolas Jarry, but sat it out, leaving teammate Stefanos Sakellaridis to step up in the Grou p B clash in Sydney.
Sakellaridis, ju st 19 years old and ranked 416, put up an outstanding fight against the 19th-ranked Jarry, but fell short 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Greek World No. 8 Maria Sakkari had earlier earned a commanding 6-0, 6-1 victory over Chile’s outclassed Daniela Seguel.
Tsitsipas returned for the crucial mixed doubles decider with Sakkari, but they lost 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 10-6 to Seguel and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera.
“It’s amazing, amazing,” Barrios Vera said. “It’s our second match as a team, so we’re super happy.”
Tsitsipas, who reached the Australian Open final last year, losing to Novak Djokovic, was clearly struggling on serve late in the match, grimacing as he held his back.
While watching Sakkari’s singles, he told the host broadcaster “there are a few chances I might not play and there are a few chances that I might” against Chile.
“I’m kinda 50-50 so far. We’ll wait and see.”
A six-time Grand slam semi-finalist, Tsitsipas has 10 ATP Tour titles to his name, but is still searching for a first major win.
Sakellaridis played the match of his life against Jarry, saving 10 of 12 break points. But his opponent’s experience paid off in the end.
“It was an incredible match, very tough for me,” said Jarry. “Stefanos played amazing. I think he was grinding a lot, so it was a very tough opponent and I’m happy to be able to be there mentally.”
Sakkari, the highest-ranked Greek woman in history, took just 68 minutes to crush Seguel, who was facing a top-20 player for the first time in her career.
She did not face a break point until the last game of the match, and successfully erased the chance.
World No. 1 Djokovic is on court later Tuesday in Perth against the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka. Serbia will move into a quarter-final showdown with Australia should they win.