菲律宾数千名非正规公共交通车辆司机因抗议燃油价格上涨而停工，促使政府出动警力和巴士协助滞留乘客。
Thousands of drivers of informal public transport vehicles have stopped work in the Philippines in protest against rising fuel prices prompting the government to deploy police officers and buses to help stranded commuters.
由运输工人工会“Piston”组织的为期两天的罢工于周二开始。
The two-day strike, organised by Piston, a transport workers’ union, began on Tuesday.
抗议者要求将燃油价格降至每升55比索（0.88美元），即美国和以色列于2月发动对伊朗战争前的水平。组织者称，至少有7万名司机和运营商将参与罢工。
Protesters want fuel prices cut to 55 pesos ($0.88) a litre, the level before the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran in February. Organisers said that at least 70,000 drivers and operators would take part in the strike.
国家警察发言人艾伦·雷·科表示，官方在马尼拉监测到11场涉及275人的集会，罢工并未在首都地区造成重大混乱。他表示，已部署8643名警力协助乘客并维持治安秩序。
National police spokesman Allen Rae Co said officials had monitored 11 rallies involving 275 people in Manila and that the strike had not caused a significant disruption in the capital region. He said 8,643 police personnel were deployed to assist commuters and maintain peace and order.
美国-以色列对伊朗战争 交通部表示将于周二为乘客提供免费乘车服务。
US-Israel war on Iran The Department of Transportation said it would provide free rides to passengers on Tuesday.
据国家通讯社菲律宾新闻社报道，在东南部的比科尔地区，当局派遣巴士协助受影响乘客。
In the southeastern Bicol region, the authorities sent buses to help affected commuters, the state-run Philippine News Agency reported.
Piston将燃油价格上涨归咎于美以对伊朗战争。该组织在社交媒体帖子中称：“只要美国坚持发动战争，燃油价格就会持续上涨。”
Piston has blamed the US-Israel war on Iran for the rising prices. “Fuel prices will continue to rise as long as the US persists in waging war,” it said in a social media post.
该组织指责小费迪南德·马科斯总统政府和美国让司机在石油危机中受苦。
It accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s government and the US of making drivers suffer through the oil crisis.
另一个组织“Manibela”此前于周一发起罢工，要求缓解燃油成本上涨并取消燃油增值税和消费税。
Another group, Manibela, earlier staged a strike on Monday, demanding relief from rising fuel costs and the removal of the value-added tax and excise tax on fuel.
该组织周二暂停罢工，与陆运办公室进行对话。该组织在声明中表示：“司机和运营商已无法承担燃油价格持续上涨的负担。”
It suspended the strike on Tuesday to hold a dialogue with the Land Transportation Office. Drivers and operators “can no longer shoulder the burden of the continuous rise in fuel prices”, the group said in a statement.
菲律宾最近一次上调燃油价格是在8月25日。此举归因于中东的地缘政治冲突和敌对行动，这些冲突扰乱了霍尔木兹海峡等航运通道，并减少了全球石油供应。
The Philippines most recently increased fuel prices on August 25. The move was attributed to geopolitical conflicts and hostilities in the Middle East, which have disrupted shipping lanes such as the Strait of Hormuz and reduced global oil supplies.
3月，该国因油价上涨宣布进入国家能源紧急状态，成为全球首个这样做的国家。
In March, the country declared a national energy emergency over the price increases, becoming the first in the world to do so.
菲律宾严重依赖进口石油，这推高了消费者通胀和运输及物流成本，并侵蚀了司机和低收入家庭的实际收入。“社区流血”监管公共交通的陆路运输特许经营和监管委员会称，此次票价上调是合理的调整。
The Philippines relies heavily on imported oil, which pushes up consumer inflation and transportation and logistics costs, and cuts into the take-home pay of drivers and low-income households. ‘Bleeding communities’The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, which regulates public transport, called the fare increase a reasonable adjustment.
该机构在一份声明中表示：“燃油价格上涨不仅对运营商，而且对依靠公用事业车辆持续稳定运营维持生计的工人都产生了重大影响。”
“Rising fuel prices significantly impact not only operators but also the workers who rely on the continuous and stable operation of public utility vehicles for their livelihood,” the agency said in a statement.
半岛电视台记者贾米拉·阿林多甘在马尼拉报道称，该市司机的日薪已从年初的每天10美元降至不足5美元。她说：“这里许多人说，通胀实际上正在让社区流血。”
Al Jazeera’s Jamila Alindogan, reporting from Manila, said drivers in the city have seen their daily wages drop from $10 per day at the beginning of the year to less than $5 now. “Many here say the inflation is actually bleeding communities,” she said.
她补充道：“商品价格也在稳步上涨，这是一场全国数百万菲律宾人都在感受的危机。虽然伊朗的战争和中东的事件实际上引发了这场危机，但许多菲律宾人表示，政府不能再以此为借口，推卸其无法满足数百万菲律宾人主要经济需求的责任。”
“The prices of goods are also steadily increasing, and it’s a crisis that’s being felt by millions of Filipinos across the country. And although the war in Iran and the events in the Middle East have actually triggered this crisis, many Filipinos say the government can no longer use that excuse for its inability to respond to the major economic needs of millions of Filipinos,” she added.