Transport groups paralyze Southern Luzon over oil price hikes
Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE – 6:09 p.m.) Militant transport groups on Wednesday said they had paralyzed commuter traffic in Southern Luzon Wednesday as protests were staged elsewhere across the country to demand a major rollback in fuel prices and the scrapping of the Oil Deregulation Law.

In Bicol, the Concerned Drivers and Operators for Reform, the regional affiliate of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide, claimed to have totally paralyzed public transport in the region, except for Masbate City, from as early as 9 a.m.

Condor chapters placed the transport paralysis at between 85-100 percent in the different Bicol provinces.

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