MANILA, Philippines—Rural groups led by peasant group Anakpawis staged a protest at a gasoline station in Quezon City on Tuesday, March 3, as fuel prices rose for the ninth straight week, accusing oil firms of using the escalating Middle East conflict to justify higher pump prices. In a statement, the group warned that oil companies were “taking advantage of the tensions in the Middle East to ‘manipulate the pump prices in their favor.’” The protest coincided with another round of price hikes implemented by oil firms on Tuesday. Diesel prices went up by P1.20 per liter, gasoline by P1.90 per […]... Keep on reading: Peasants, workers protest new fuel price hike