by Pete Maniego | March 13, 2026| Published by Philippine Daily Inquirer | READ THE STORY HERE Somewhere in Tondo, a jeepney driver is doing the math at the gasoline pump. Fuel is up again— because the Middle East is restless again. He's calculating whether today's passengers cover a full tank, or whether his family eats a little less this week. Elsewhere, an overseas Filipino worker's (OFW's) family is doing a similar calculation: will the conflict that's pushing oil prices up also disrupt the remittance they depend on? When the region destabilizes, the Philippines doesn't just lose [...]