{"id":19527,"date":"2026-04-09T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19527"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:55:34","slug":"us-iran-ceasefire-seen-as-window-to-boost-ph-fuel-supply-marcos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/us-iran-ceasefire-seen-as-window-to-boost-ph-fuel-supply-marcos\/","title":{"rendered":"US-IRAN CEASEFIRE SEEN AS WINDOW TO BOOST PH FUEL SUPPLY \u2013 MARCOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the reported two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran could help the Philippines secure additional fuel supply and stabilize the domestic market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe will take full advantage of the two weeks to increase our supply as much as possible. We are hoping and praying that the two weeks will extend further if talks go well,\u201d President Marcos said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEverybody around the table is willing and desires, gusto nila na matapos na ang gulo na ito. Hopefully, all the parties will come together,\u201d the President noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Marcos added that the temporary truce could allow delayed shipments to proceed, noting that arrangements are also in place to ensure safe passage for Philippine-flagged vessels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYung mga supply na nailakad natin nung habang nag-aantay tayo na magbukas, baka pwede na nang padahanin,\u201d the President said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cKasama na rin dyan ang naging arrangement natin sa Iran na pumayag naman sila na Philippine flag na vessel\u2026at mga supplies na papuntang Pilipinas ay pwede nilang padaanin,\u201d he further said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Marcos explained that global oil prices are driven by supply and demand, and that a two-week pause in hostilities may not be enough to significantly affect prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTwo weeks may not be enough time to bring the prices down. But maybe if it is extended further than that with the prospect of even better situation following, then prices will start to follow,\u201d the President said, expressing hope that an extended ceasefire could improve market conditions. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the reported two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran could help the Philippines secure additional fuel supply<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19529,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527\/revisions\/19529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}