Manila, Sept 22, 2026 (AFP) - Philippine bus lines press Marcos for rate hike as fuel prices soar

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2026-09-22

Philippine bus operators pressed President Ferdinand Marcos on Tuesday to let them raise ticket prices, arguing that soaring fuel costs from the Middle East war threatened to make operations "impossible". The cost of diesel, which powers most of the Southeast Asian country's buses, has effectively doubled since the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February triggered the conflict. The Philippine transport board approved a fare hike in March, on......

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