Truckers

Heavy-transport operators plan to meet with government officials on September 11 to demand updated freight rates and relief from rising fuel costs, warning they will halt cargo and fuel deliveries nationwide if demands are not met.

Freight-transport leaders say they will stage protests if authorities do not address rising diesel costs, citing operating losses and a lack of government response to their requests for a 12-cent-per-gallon fuel subsidy and enforcement of an April price adjustment.