Long lines of vehicles are now queuing up at gas stations as news spread of a possible gas shortage on the island.
At the Newtown gas station, long lines of vehicles can be seen along Victoria Street as vehicle owners try to get whatever is left at the pumps.
“I heard that we will be having a gas shortage on the island,” one vehicle owner told DNO as we tried to inquire about the reason(s) for the rush for petrol.
Both the Texaco Gas station and the McMillian Filling station at Castle Comfort have already run out of petrol as well as the 7-11 petrol filling station on High Street.
“We just didn’t get any gas,” a gas attendant told DNO late Monday at a gas station in New Town.
During the day, people were also having problems getting liquid petroleum gas (cooking gas). “No cooking gas and we are not sure what is happening,” said one seller of the product.
DNO has also been informed that the PDV petrol, which is sold on the island, is also in short supply with no explanations given.
Late Monday evening chaos reigned in New Town as a long line of vehicles was seen stretching from that area past DBS Radio and into Roseau as motorists searching for gas mixed with ordinary motorists just trying to get home.
DNO is on this story and will publish any new developments on this matter.
so is there gas now? wheres the update dno?
gas shortage over so waz de big deal!!
so dca come?
as far as i can remember petro carib lpg was way cheaper till gready vendors started complaining bout they cannot compete with it and the prise was increased, so all dem dat just listening to he say and she say ,listen to news ur self and ull know petro carib gas was making a diference.
Its happening everywhere
what is that I hearing dere nuh fake dominica that dere big deal no gas for cars and cooking gas use wood on your coal pot to make food and better yet walk good exercise stupes dominica that there stop crying
i thought we were suppose to have alba cheap gas. watever happened to it. wat is d reason for having petro caribe.
but still dey love d pm. doh worry. time will tell
sooni t will beg uadeloupe turn because arabs don’t want tto sell it to us no more
What is the role/purpose of Petro Caribe?
What do they store in those tanks at Jimmit,
assuming its gas why cant they sell to the gas stations?
Gas on ST.Croix is up today $4.09us = to about $11.00 ec. The gas is refined and stored on ST.Croix.
wat you foolish ppl fail to understand is that we were told alba and petro carib deal was suppose to make sure we dont pay more for gas.
that the issue here you morons dummy in d cans
So you mean we are paying more for our gas than people in U.S.A. territory? What was the point of engaging with Venezuela when we have to pay more for ours than motorists in U.S.A., Venezuela’s main customer but still their evil enemy? Can someone explain that for my simple mind please?
what i would really like to find out is who was the one who started that rumor….and y is the minister responsible not clearing the air…..or maybe make a public announcment as to what is really going on….we dominicans just like to run with hear say and they say
god is coming closer.. the world is going to end.. lol . Go to any gas station in town or close and they will tell you no gas. Give DNO a break. THERE IS A GAS SHORTAGE! Grow up people.
WHosss is a good thing queen pusina made it out of DA in time of all that madness causeee i’m just saying she don’t do that…Hello
WELL QUEEN PUSINA YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE!
Don’t think you safe elsewhere.
We need cooking gas immediately….can someone tell us how long this shortage is going to last for?
all they have to say is there will be a shortage of RUM i wonder if they will lineup in the rum shops so…………………………..
hahahahahahahaha
BUT WHAT IS THAT FOR ME NER….
in d AM gas stations were empty, and in d PM they were so filled causing traffic congestion but still, they love d PM.
We are so naive in our thinking it’s amazing. If you guys were aware that there is a world outside of DOMINICA, you would know that the same thing happened in Trinidad a few days before carnival.
seeing gouvernment don’t want to use Alba money Venezuela put things hard on them
I really cannot understand if this country is not up with the times where technology is concerned. How do you all (GAS STATIONS) not know there is going to be a shortage befor time , in order for you all to make provisions for this madness to inconvience people. Like America they are going to raise the prices , you just wait and see..
I thought it was a shortage of brown sugar
It appears that everything is in short supply in Dominica! Poor planning on behalf of merchants!
That is just a STRATEGY to raise the price of fuel, trust me.
Well in the USA the price is sky high already, so it’s a global strategy.
still cheap compared to the caribbean
Time to host a national walking campaigne. Dcans these days are way to fat. Time to burn some fat. Whatever happened to the Alba deal.
I was in Dominica 2 or 3yrs ago and the same thing happened. Since then myself and my family haven’t returned to Dominica. We had to bribe the gas station operator $50.00 to buy $50.00 worth of gas. I thought joining ALBA would have made sure that never happen again. Dominica is taking 2 steps forward and 3 steps backwards. I don’t want to hear anything about DLP or UWP they all have the same interest.FULL POCKET. I thought the goal of this govt was attracting tourist.
That is no reason for not returning to Dominica. There is problem every where in the world. Are you from space.
Spend $4329.00 on airline tickets and have rental your parked up during your vacation and tell me
u dam lie!!! u never bribe no gas station with 50.00 for 50.00 gas.. maybe 5.00 u bribe them with if none at all
Oh please you don’t wanna return then that’s just fine with us $50.00 more gas for another d/can… one unimportant tank less to get filled… If you are not from here then why do you even bother with our political parties and their actions? But the Bible said it best…If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given
Boy government loose a good opportunity to have d police check for license , insurance and bald tires!!! lol
Plenty of dem would leave d gas station for me to have get some gaz sa quawy gass I tell a man….
nice one!!
you sure got me ROTFL with this one.
Well, it’t time to use allyou donkeys!
unfortunately not enough politicians to go around
LOL – LMAO. Even if there was enough of these political Donkeys they still have no sense of direction. remember the days when we had donkey Darby in windsor Park- when race start donkey going in opposit direction. Isn’t that what we are experiencing in Dominica today Donkeys in Reverse gears.
LOLOLOLOL!! Good one
Can’t understand this at all , what SA the agreement when its. Ones to ALBA & PETRO CARIB. I smell a rat something is wrong. Hope they are saving the Petro CARIB money to bail us out of this shortage.
this is a conspiracy! there is no shortage of gas!!!!i went to fill my tank at the n p gasstation in canefield and my pardner who works for n p told me that if he had seen me before i filled my tank, he would have told me not to because they have no shortage of gas….this is conspiracy to sell out whta they have so they can raise the price of the next batch by at least $2.00 and rinse our little salary….we’re in this little country!!!!
Well keep the secret to your self! u want your pardner to get fired!
did i call name einstein?
Too late. Already processing his dismissal.
seems legit -.-
hmm if thats the case they could hv raise it all now cos we dont know when batch start and finish.
There is no gas shortage, West Indies gas station is the only gas station that might suffer a shortage since their tanker is runnin late n is expected till thursday..so ppl can relax!!!!
Dominica will sell it to other islands first before we keep it here!!!!
actually its not a gas shortage…its zombies attack Roseau and all inhabitants, of course those you have automobiles, are escaping….brrrrrrrr
I see that the zombies are unhappy with the fact that the conspiracy is revealed and they put 14 ‘dislikes’ for this comment. According to the latest available information the same zombies organized the shortage of brown sugar….
Thought venezualan oil was suppose to get rid of gas shortages and high prices????? Hmmmmm
so our p.m said bro
Thats just the good part of the next level. The lies are beginning to catch up with us. More to come, wait and see
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE!!
no gas no problem call chavez
remember chavez in cuba for surgery!
did dno try to get info from the importers. I wonder if it is true or just a reason to raise the price to $19.43 a gallon. lets see.
DNO this article will just make people nervous. Come out with actual proof before you scare the public.
fool
Actual proof of what? Proof that “Long lines of vehicles are now queuing up at gas stations”?? Why don’t you try stepping away from your ‘puter and go see for yourself instead of waiting for others to bring info to you.
Lines at a gas station izent indication there is a gas shortage. Could have been a rumor wicked people created to cause pandemonium in the country. DNO should have contacted the Ministry of Trade, Petro Caribe or any of the other bulk storage companies to find out what the real story is. at 9:45 last night gas was being delivered to a gas station in Newtown, if you ask me that izent indication of a gas shortage
ADMIN: Why you think there was a question mark at the end of the headline?
Go to any gas station in town or close and they will tell you no gas. Give DNO a break. THERE IS A GAS SHORTAGE! Grow up people. Stop reading DNO if you don’t like the way they report. You have the power. I personally think they are doing a good job.
BULL.. WE ONLY HAVE A GAS SHORTAGE CAUSE EVERYBODY GO AND BUY THE GAS AND FULL THIER TANK .. WHEN THEY ACCUSTOM OF PUTTIN 40 DOLLARS FOR THE WEEK . THEM MAN MORE MAKIN GAS FINISH .. AND WHAT THAT SHOCK ME THE MINSTRY COMIN AND SAY BOAT COMIN TOMMORROW .. WOW ..
No it’s time to line up in Jimmit outside Petro Caribe.. they have gas LOL..
do they really,cuz mines finis and i cant give the kids a homemade lunch
Rome is really falling papa god! Dominica is on fuel shortage, somebody screwed up on the gas shipment! Maybe Venezuela has oil production problems, hmm are we too dependent on a countries oil & gas ?
Whaaaaat, how is that posible, whats going on??
dats de next level
no need to have so many vehicles in Dominica anyways….take the bus….ride your bike…
amazing that this comment got so many thumbs down. i wonder why
woman shortage… we can deal with that…. gas shortage.. we can deal with that… sugar shortage…. not a big deal… but if ever my soca, nanny and cappy go on shortage is trrrrrroooooouuubbbblllllleeee in di place wii… waddy have to run for cover… trouble in church yard… just mind my cappy… is dat we drinking
lol lol lol
we also have employment shortage to & no one talks about that one.
Ha, ha…! It’s because unemployment comes free, nobody standing in line for that one.
Stupid fool. Reminds me of someone who drinks rum, gets drunk and talk crap all day.
chillax… sometimes we take things too seriously.
at least we not bitter like u!!
i with u 1000%
doh let we drinks run out!!!
lmbo,u sooo funny