Why transport workers are protesting in the Philippines

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Originally posted by: BBC.com

Protests have broken out in the Philippines after the country became the first in the world to declare an energy emergency in the wake of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

BBC News Asia Business Correspondent Suranjana Tewari spoke to drivers and students about why they were taking to the streets.

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