When prices of oil steeply climbed early this year, the big 3 oil players –SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX– steadily raised pump prices as well, declaring it necessary as they were losing money.

Now that oil prices are diving, the three –SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX– have been slow to bring down pump prices, declaring that they were still losing money.

Duh …

The three –SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX– should place the sign you see on the right of this article at the entrance of each of their stations all over the Philippines. Because this is in effect what they’re showing to the Filipinos. They really don’t care what Filipinos are going through. Call them whatever you want: unFilipino, unpatriotic, greedy, swapang, thick-faced (makapal ang mukha); they don’t really care.

SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX serve mammon and that’s that!

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes threatened to have SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX audited. They responded: “Go ahead!” They called his bluff. So, what now, Angie?

SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX know very well they can’t be touched by the government. They’ve been deregulated, remember?

So what every Filipino has left is the hope that SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX will lower their pump prices out of conscience. But do they have one?

What SHELL, PETRON, CALTEX do have is a middle finger. And it’s pointed at you!