Activists stage a picket in Cubao during Monday's transport strike to demand the immediate lowering of oil prices and other reforms in the deregulated oil industry. (photo by Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com)
MANILA, Philippines - (UPDATE 6 - 3:54 p.m.) Militant transport group Piston (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide) pushed through with its nationwide transport strike on Monday to call for a one-time P9 rollback on fuel prices.
Piston led other militant groups in a series of protests across Metro Manila and other parts of the country to demand for a reduction in fuel prices, repeal of the Oil Deregulation Law, and the removal of the 12 percent Value Added Tax.
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