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A line forms at a gas station in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on March 9. Energy prices have already started rising in some areas in the Philippines, a net oil importer, as a result of the Middle East conflict. © Reuters

RAMON ROYANDOYAN, REZHA HADYAN and NORMAN GOH
March 9, 2026 18:39 JST

MANILA/JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR -- Civil servants in the Philippines have begun working four days a week as the government of the net fuel-importing nation seeks to reduce its energy use now that the war in the Middle East is driving oil prices to their highest level in years.

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