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Tell us who’s selling bad gas!
Byron Berry - I don’t feel good about it, but they just cannot release it because they are not sure how the gas got contaminated... they just can’t release it until they prove where it got contaminated.
Auto, News
December 29, 2015

Tell us who’s selling bad gas!

CORPORATE Area motorists have expressed unease over the decision by the Ministry of Energy and Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) to not make public the names of the service stations that are under suspicion of selling contaminated gas that has left dozes of motor vehicle owners counting their losses.

On Tuesday, the authorities ordered 17 service stations across the island closed amidst a probe that has so far identified 26 stations that were selling the bad fuel. But Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell noted at a hastily called press briefing, that Government’s hands were tie in naming the service stations as the source of the fuel contamination was not identified.

Yesterday,

Jamaica Observer staff report Racquel Porter solicited the views of motorists on the development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas Ford – It should be revealed. We want accountability and transparency; motorists must be protected. We need to know which stations are selling the bad gas and, if the tests were done and they were identified, publish the names.
Alvan Lawrence – I think they should release the names of the gas stations. They are protecting the service stations and not the motorist.
Daniel Douglas – On no level can that be good, because you don’t know where you going to get the good gas or the bad gas. If your vehicle ends up getting damaged, you don’t know who should be held accountable to compensate you for the damage. The public needs to know where not to go.
Garth-Anthony Savoury – I can understand why they don’t want to release the names, but I think the names should be released. People need to know who was selling the bad gas.
Norman Cunningham – We need to know, because if we buy gas there we can keep away from that particular gas station.
Oren Gayle- We need to know, because there are a lot of persons whose vehicles have been damaged as a result of the bad gas. What are the procedures for compensation? Why should there be anything to hide? We have to repair our cars, why should there be a cover up, unless they are trying to cover up for their friends, family and co-workers? We need to know what is happening.
Lascelles Cunningham – They have to release it after a while because everybody wants to know which gas stations are selling the bad gas so that people can know which gas stations to avoid.
Densil Hewitt – I can understand from their perspective; the Government has not yet, in there evidence, stated that these gas stations knew that they were selling bad gas. On the other hand, the public needs to know so that the next time I drive out my car I feel safe that I am not going to damage my car. I am speaking from personal experience. I do hope, eventually, that the public will be enlightened which gas stations are the culprits. We need to know.
Sheldon King - It doesn’t matter that they have not released the names, in time persons in and around that service station will realise that they are closed and questions will be asked as to why they are closed. Are there any policies or compensation structure in place for you to make a claim? The long and short of it is that they should have published the names. They are looking out for the interest of the service station operators. They are trying to create a balance to protect the service station operators. At the end of the day, the names should be published. Knowing how we Jamaicans are, they might burn down the gas station. So, maybe they didn’t publish the names to maintain order.

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