The World - News from Aug. 18, 1987
Drivers of Manila’s 60,000 colorful jeepneys went on strike, crippling public transport in much of the Philippine capital in the first major workers’ challenge to President Corazon Aquino. Jeepneys--elongated jeeps converted into highly decorated minibuses--are the country’s main mode of transport. Aquino is under attack for authorizing a 20% increase in the price of gasoline and fuel last week. She refused to rescind the order.
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