MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said ferry and bus operators have committed not to increase fares this Holy Week despite rising fuel prices triggered by the war in the Middle East.
In an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Marcos said the government was trying to ease the burden of increases in fuel prices on the riding public and the middle class during the Holy Week.
“We’ve gotten commitments from ferries that they will not raise their fares, we’re doing the same thing with buses that they will not raise their fares and they do not limit or cut down the trips they will be taking,” the President said.
“We’re doing everything we can so the riding public, the general public, the people who are working, the middle class, they are the ones we are most concerned about, so it does not become a drag to their livelihoods," he added.
