Tricycle drivers grapple with reduced earnings; some skip meals

Tricycle drivers in Agusan del Sur struggle with soaring fuel prices - Mindanao Daily News

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — As fuel prices continue to rise, tricycle drivers in the town center have been forced to change their operations. Instead of roaming the streets looking for passengers, they now stay parked in designated waiting areas, picking up passengers arriving from buses and multicabs from neighboring […] The post Tricycle drivers in Agusan del Sur struggle with soaring fuel prices appeared first on Mi…

Tricycle drivers grapple with reduced earnings; some skip meals

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 March) – Tricycle drivers along Matina Crossing are grappling with reduced daily earnings as rising fuel prices drive up operating costs, forcing some of them to skip meals.  Teodoro Urdaneta, 70, brings home as little as ₱65 to ₱70 a day after paying for fuel and rental of his tricycle.  A driver for 30 years now, Urdaneta works from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. and used to take home P300 a day.  But this was before the February …