# Philippines transport workers launch two-day strike over rising fuel prices

https://mins.news/en/video/78149

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-29 04:15 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhKxOzdd_cY

> Public transport workers in the Philippines have begun a two-day strike over rising fuel prices. Organisers say at least 70,000 drivers and operators will join, demanding the removal of fuel taxes and a cut to 88 cents per litre, the pre-February price before US and Israeli attacks on Iran. The Philippines declared a national energy emergency in March, the first country to do so over fuel prices.

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