Rodelio Sotto has been driving his jeepney for 31 years, plying the Morayta-Divisoria route in Manila. As prices of petroleum products have risen to record highs, the 50-year-old jeepney driver has started contemplating other options to make a living. “Right now, I’m already thinking of changing jobs. I am thinking of going for a construction job or even going back to my province,” Sotto, who hails from Catbalogan, Samar, told the Inquirer in Filipino in a phone interview on Tuesday.

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