Philippines: Eight-week oil price hikes hammer Filipinos still being battered by Covid-19

MANILA, Oct 19 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The successive increases in oil prices have been explained as a sign of demand returning to pre-pandemic levels which could be a good sign for the economies of the Philippines and other countries.

But for a population that is not yet rising on its feet from pandemic aggravation, increases in oil prices are like salt being rubbed on festering wounds.