{"id":309693,"date":"2023-10-12T19:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=309693"},"modified":"2023-10-12T19:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:31:04","slug":"trade-minister-cautions-public-to-conserve-fuel-we-have-no-control-over-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/trade-minister-cautions-public-to-conserve-fuel-we-have-no-control-over-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade minister cautions public to conserve fuel: &#8216;we have no control over the price&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_309695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309695\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309695\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Dr.-Vince-Henderson-file-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"491\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-309695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Vince Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trade Minister Dr. Vince Henderson has urged the public to use fuel very judiciously at the pumps. He made the statement during a live interview on State-Owned Radio, DBS this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, this is necessary because the country has no control over the price of fuel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe do not want to see the shortage of fuel, but also we have to take some level of responsibility and to do our best to conserve, to be as efficient as possible,\u201d Dr. Henderson said. \u201cBut we also call on the public to ensure that you use fuel very judiciously, very wisely, so that you do not have to face the high prices at the pumps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cI can\u2019t tell people what to do, but I can always urge the public to be very judicious in the use of fuel, because since we don\u2019t produce any in Dominica, we have no control over the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, he said the government is doing everything in its power to ensure that it works with importers of fuel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have done well, we have seen the return of Rubis, we continue to engage all importers and the retailers as well and we are hoping even soon we can meet some of the requests that the retailers have been making to ensure that they can continue operating, so that Dominicans would not have to suffer from the shortage of fuel, because none of us wants to get back there,\u201d Dr. Henderson explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cWe have some discussion going on with one of the importers of motor vehicles, so that we can possibly see the introduction of more hybrid vehicles into Dominica and that will definitely ensure greater efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade Minister Dr. Vince Henderson has urged the public to use fuel very judiciously at the pumps. 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