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		<title>Poorest regions pay more for diesel, gasoline</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another round of big-time oil price hikes hit the hapless public transport drivers, private motorists, poor farmers and fishers, and consumers this week. Major oil companies announced that they increased the pump prices of diesel by P17.95 to P18.80 per liter, gasoline by P4.90 to P5.40 per liter, and kerosene by P8.10 per liter. Before [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oil shock profiteering? Oil firms, Marcos regime rake in hundreds of millions amid crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because of the Oil Deregulation Law (ODL), oil companies are likely raking in massive additional profits from the global oil shock. Taking advantage of unregulated weekly price adjustments, oil companies appear to have implemented price hikes far higher than warranted by global price movements.&#160; Based on estimates, oil companies today could be earning an extra [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Sana oil’&#124; As Filipinos suffer mega oil price hikes, prices barely moved in our ASEAN neighbors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First published by Bulatlat While jeepney drivers, motorists, and commuters in the Philippines bear the full burden of speculative, volatile global oil prices due to oil deregulation, consumers in our ASEAN neighbors are well protected by their governments from the devastating impacts of the ongoing oil shock. Across the region, pump price trends suggest a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>With deregulation, the Philippines is most vulnerable in Asia to oil shocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The escalating conflict in Iran and West Asia has once again exposed a fundamental weakness of the Philippine oil regime: the country’s complete exposure to global oil price shocks under the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 (the Oil Deregulation Law, or ODL). Compared to other countries in the region, we are one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Trump’s Epic Fury in Iran impacts the Filipino poor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The ongoing and rapidly expanding crisis in West Asia, brought about by the treacherous attacks by the US and Israel on Iran (codenamed Operation “Epic Fury” by President Trump and “Lion’s Roar” by Prime Minister Netanyahu), has far-reaching implications for the Philippines. Our backward economy and subservient foreign policy expose the lives and livelihoods of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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