Difficult times ahead for jeepney, tricycle drivers as oil price continues to hike
Difficult times ahead for jeepney, tricycle drivers as oil price continues to hike
“No matter what we do, it seems that it is still not enough.”
By LIZST ABELLO and DANIEL ASIDO
Bulatlat.com
PEÑARANDA, Nueva Ecija – Diosdado Mesa, 66, has been plying the roads of Metro Manila as a jeepney driver since the 1980s. But he considers these days as the hardest as he works day and night to put food on the table.
“Since the spike in the oil prices, we could hardly earn anything,” Mesa told Bulatlat in an interview.
In the past months, prices of oil and other basic necessities have continued to increase. This has been attributed to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with the former being slapped with economic sanctions by various countries while demands for oil continue to increase.
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