Soaring US dollar spreads pain in PH, worldwide

By Associated Press

Oct 18, 2022 9:26 pm

RAYMOND Manaog, 29, a jeepney driver in Manila, complains that inflation -- and especially the rising price of diesel -- is forcing him to more to get by.

'What we have to do to earn enough for our daily expenses,' he said. 'If before we traveled our routes five times, now we do it six times.'

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