You'll see these in the southern part of the Philippines.
The bikes have customized rims to carry heavy loads and are used to transport people and goods to mountainous areas not accessible to 4-wheel vehicles.
When the road is too steep or if it's slippery to climb, the passengers will get off and walk until they reach a safer place to ride back on. It's far more dangerous on the highway because of the other vehicles speeding alongside them.
You might find the ride unusual but those smiles are genuine.
Unfortunately, the Philippines has one of the most incompetent and corrupt governments in Southeast Asia. While many neighboring countries have seen gasoline prices rise by 30β50%, prices in the Philippines have more than doubled in when the Iran war started.
And they don't actually care that the Filipinos are suffering. Their priorities right now is to impeach the Vice President, who is the strongest candidate in the 2028 presidential election.
Russian oil is sanctioned by the US and EU because it's used to finance its war against Ukraine.
You ask exemption to buy Russian oil for humanitarian reasons. Without exemption you're financing Russia's war and you get sanctioned also.
If you're not a superpower like China or Russia, you won't survive a sanction.
@EliteOptions2 How do you manage insider's market manipulation who trades the news? Report: NVIDIA earnings is excellent- price dropped 5%. News: War may result to recession- nasdaq +1.7%, NVIDIA +2.7%.
@MacLopez769 Best move nila yung sabihing bawal ang pro Duterte. Now we know iilan lng sila. Kasama na pati yung paid temp employees ng PCO na very busy sa X.
Malamang di n nila uulitin yun.
Dito n lng s X mag-ingay, mag post at mag react ng ilang beses pr magmukhang marami.π
@Y0L0inthePH Sa lahat ng walang kwenta, sya yung araw araw nasa isip nyo.
Lahat ng resources ng gobyerno, dilawan at kumunista nkatuon pr siraan sya.
Ang pinakamasakit, alam nyong sya ang susunod na presidente. Ky e update n ang narrative sa "pinakawalang silbing susunod n presidente".
@RommelFLopez Tama lang kasi siyang binoto ng tao para pumalit.
Kung yung 9M votes ni Kiko dinagdadan nyo ng 24M e di sya dapat mkikinabang pag naalis si Bongbong.
The last time we checked, Constitutional Republic p rin ang Pinas.
Di dhilan ang pag-iingay para iupo yung talunang tao nyo.
@barrygutierrez3 Pero alam nyong si Sara ang iboboto ng mga Pilipino sa 2028 election as president.
Ni hindi nyo pa alam kung sino kandidato nyo yung "better" leader pa.