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Transport group's protest caravan arrives in Makati, pickets Chevron


MANILA, Philippines - Militant transport groups on a protest caravan to push for further rollbacks in fuel prices arrived in Makati City before noon Friday. Radio dzBB's Denver Trinidad reported that the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) and Pasang Masda first picketed the office of Chevron (Caltex). No untoward incident was reported during the picket. The two groups, which started the caravan in Quezon City, led other jeep operators and drivers in pushing for the further rollback of diesel prices to as low as P26 per liter. After Chevron, the transport groups plan to move on to the offices of Pilipinas Shell and Petron Corp. Security was beefed up at the offices of the oil firms in anticipation of the caravan. - GMANews.TV
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