Philippines' jeepney drivers caught between fuel crisis and costly electric shift

Jeepney drivers face economic hardship as fuel costs consume significant portions of daily wages, forcing some to abandon the profession.

Along the crowded routes of Metro Manila, a fuel crisis born of distant conflict is forcing a reckoning with one of the Philippines' most enduring institutions. The jeepney — that vivid emblem of postwar ingenuity and collective life — now stands at a crossroads where rising diesel costs are making the old way untenable, yet the electric alternative remains financially out of reach for the drivers who need it most. What unfolds next is not merely a question of transport policy, but of whether economic transitions can be made just, or whether they simply redistribute hardship onto those least a

Philippines' jeepney drivers caught between fuel crisis and costly electric shift

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