May 12, 2008. Last May 12, the University Student Council (USC), through some of its members, in solidarity with the transport sector, participated in the nationwide transport strike. We released an article-statement and helped organize the picket at Philcoa. We even helped prepare lunch, which was simply monggo and rice, for everyone at the picket while we were in Pook Dagohoy.

I didn’t quite stay long enough at Philcoa. After taking the lunch from Pook Dagohoy to the people at the picket, I just stayed for less than an hour taking a few photos and talking with some of my counterparts in the USC and STAND-UP.

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Tags: jeepneys, oil deregulation, Philcoa, picket, transport strike