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Conflict & Security March 30, 2026 337 stories in this edition

Filipino farmer pleads ‘Stop US-Iran War’ after soaring fuel prices wipe out earnings

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Sam Beltran
Filipino farmer pleads ‘Stop US-Iran War’ after soaring fuel prices wipe out earnings

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After a seven-hour drive to a trading post in northern Philippines, 35-year-old farmer Elmer Ullani took home nothing but an empty petrol tank even after selling 10 tonnes of cabbage. Ullani, who hails from the northern town of Tinoc in Ifugao province, said he only managed to sell his produce – yielded over three harvest rounds – at a paltry rate of 8 to 9 pesos (15 US cents) per kilogram, earning him a total of 90,...

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After a seven-hour drive to a trading post in northern Philippines, 35-year-old farmer Elmer Ullani took home nothing but an empty petrol tank even after selling 10 tonnes of cabbage. Ullani, who hails from the northern...

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