Philippine transport strikers say Marcos Jr failing to control oil prices
Al Jazeera
Transport workers call on Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to focus on price caps, reining in oil companies as fuel cost spirals.
Manila – Despite driving his jeepney through some of Metro Manila’s busiest neighbourhoods on a daily basis, Arturo Modelo, 52, only takes home about a third of the 600 Philippine pesos ($10) he would normally earn, as the cost of fuel has soared in the Philippines and his profits have diminished as a result.
“I can’t even afford my kid’s lunch money,” he told Al Jazeera.
Leaning on his jeepney, Modelo explained how he joined two days of transport strikes in Manila on Thursday and Friday because he wanted “a deaf government to listen”.
Besides, he added, “you can’t really make a living on the road these days.”
The iconic jeepney, which emerged at the end of World War II when Filipinos repurposed old United States military jeeps to use as minibuses, is the cheapest and most common form of commuter transport in the Philippines.
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