Media powerhouse and “alternative mainstream” network NET25 spent the past two weeks following a single story across three of its news desks: the price of fuel, from a pumping station in Saudi Arabia to the jeepney fare in the Philippines.
The network makes a conscious effort to connect world events to the Filipino commuter, the jeepney driver and the household budget. For most Pinoys a headline about the Red Sea only matters when it reaches the gas station and the dining table. In short, a story becomes truly relevant when it affects the wallet.
The past two weeks on the NET25.com portal show how that connection is drawn, desk by desk.
The International desk carried the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline on September 11, 2026 after drone attacks, along with the Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and the attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz that followed.
The pipeline moves about four million barrels a day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, roughly four percent of the world’s supply, and Brent crude climbed to $107.51 a barrel by September 14.
The Business desk closely monitored these developments.
On September 23, 2026, NET25 reported the pipeline’s restart, with 40 percent of capacity expected within days and full recovery in six to eight weeks, and Brent easing to $99.18, its first close below $100 since September 8, as talks between the United States and Iran in New York raised hopes of a deal.
NET25’s National desk kept on focusing on the story. On September 25, the Department of Energy projected a rollback for the last week of September of Php 8 a liter on diesel, Php 6 on kerosene and Php 0.90 on gasoline.
On the same day, Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez approved the LTFRB’s fare increase for public utility vehicles, effective Monday, September 28. The traditional jeepney’s minimum fare rises from Php 13 to Php 14 for the first four kilometers and the modern jeepney’s from Php 15 to Php 17, with guidelines for buses, TNVS and airport taxis to follow.
Lopez explained that the existing fares were set before the fuel crisis and were no longer enough to keep drivers and operators on the road.
Read together, the two stories tell commuters what the coming week looks like: cheaper diesel for the driver, a peso or two more for the passenger, and a fuel market that is calmer but not yet back to where it was.
Through this coverage, NET25 ensures that it leans on reporting business and world news as kabuhayan, translating barrels and pipelines into the peso in the commuter’s pocket. This is what makes the network’s approach to news immensely relatable.
The fuel story and every update that follows it are free to read anytime, anywhere on the NET25.com portal, and free to watch on Mata ng Agila on Digital Free TV Channel 28 and Analog Free TV Channel 25 as well as on YouTube.
From the pipelines in Saudi Arabia to the concerns of the Filipino household, NET25 follows a story wherever it leads until it reaches the Filipino. That’s news and reporting that are direct, felt and relevant.
