Philippines Transport Workers Protest Fuel Taxes Amid Skyrocketing Diesel Prices
Transport groups in the Philippines are urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to abolish fuel taxes, with workers taking to the streets of Manila in protest. A representative has proposed reallocating the ASEAN budget to provide relief amidst rising fuel costs, while the Philippines has rolled out 500 EV taxis and released a $333 million 'emergency fund' in response to diesel prices skyrocketing to ₱121/litre.
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'We are being choked': Philippines transport workers strike over fuel costs
It comes as a ship carrying barrels of Russian crude oil arrived in the Philippines earlier this week.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Transport workers here chose not to participate in a nationwide strike demanding urgent actions on issues tied to the Middle East crisis that continue to squeeze them with reduced daily incomes. Officials said this could have been due to the paltry turnout during Monday’s citywide strike called by a federation
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