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Manila sets aside 20 billion pesos to build a diesel buffer as the Middle East crisis persists.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Philippines' president, during a Bloomberg Television interview in Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Marcos signaled that his government will tolerate weakness in the peso, saying there is a limit to their defense of the currency as market forces drive up the dollar. Photographer: Lisa Marie David/Bloomberg

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