Filipino jeepney drivers struggle as oil prices surge: ‘what we earn goes to diesel’

The ripple effects of the war in ⁠the Middle East are hitting home hard for ⁠Filipino jeepney driver Toni Prado, whose daily earnings have been gutted by soaring fuel prices. He was one of thousands of jeepney drivers who took to the streets across the country on Thursday to protest a more than doubling ‌of local diesel prices after global oil prices surged because of the US-Israel war on Iran. “We are losing our income. What we earn just goes to paying for diesel,” said Prado. “Before I could...


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