‘Kindness is in the Philippines' DNA’: Communities offer meals, aid to drivers hit by soaring fuel prices
DNA
Calls are growing for more concrete government action, including increased subsidies for drivers. MANILA: Public transport drivers in the Philippines are bearing the brunt of a global oil crisis triggered by conflict in the Middle East, as surging fuel prices eat into their already thin earnings. Since March, diesel and gasoline prices have nearly tripled, slashing the daily income of the Southeast Asian nation’s iconic jeepney drivers from as much as US$50 to as little as US$6. Government
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