TUCP calls out Castro for downplaying emergency call amid oil price hike

2026-03-18 - 12:10

MANILA, Philippines — The largest confederation of labor groups in the country called out Palace press officer Claire Castro for prematurely downplaying calls for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to declare a national emergency to mitigate the energy and price shocks in the country brought by the Middle East crisis. In a statement on Wednesday, the