MANILA — On Monday, November 20, 2023, a group of less than 100 individuals convened at the intersection of Agoncillo and Pedro Gil St. in Manila to stage a protest rally. The demonstrators passionately called on the government to take immediate measures for the price control of oil products in response to the escalating fuel prices.
A part and parcel of the three-day transtrike, the gathering, predominantly composed of jeepney drivers, vehemently opposed the administration’s mandated consolidation of all jeepney drivers and operators into a cooperative, a prerequisite for them to join the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.
(Benjamin Cuaresma/ai/mnm)
