The Philippines fuel emergency is a textbook case of a warning hiding in official statistics
The data was there. Manila just didn’t act on it.
As oil prices surge, Filipinos feel the impact of a distant conflict
Even before global fuel prices started surging due to the Middle East conflict, life was already a daily calculation for Romeo Esmenda. He makes a living in Quezon City, northeast of Manila, driving a jeepney.
Marcos assures PH crude oil supply to last until end of June
Chevron Philippines Inc. president and country chairman Pongtorn Tangmanuswong said that supply of fuel is only sufficient until the last week of April.
Philippines faces energy emergency as global oil crisis exposes deep vulnerabilities
The Philippines has declared a national energy emergency as a global oil shock triggered by the escalating U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict disrupts fuel supplies and drives up costs across the country.
Trump's WWIII
The Spillover Effects of the Iran War on Asia
Asia is experiencing shocks and reverberations across multiple economic sectors as a result of the U.S.-Israel vs. Iran war.
Trump's clusterfuck of faults, and his bad decisions has started a tsunami that will smash onto America's shores in the months to come. For now the waters are calm, but this state of affairs will not remain.