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Harlene Delgado

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17726034746401772603470874.png" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. <em>PCO/Facebook</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) — Malacañang on Wednesday expressed openness for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to possibly study proposals to implement a four-day work week scheme amid the US-Israel war on Iran. </p><p>“Sa ngayon po ay maaaring pag-aralan po ng Pangulo ang ganiyang suhestiyon lalo na kung magiging malala pa po ang nangyayaring Israel-Iran issue,” Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said in a press briefing. </p><p>But Castro noted that the matter has yet to be formally discussed.</p><p>“Sa ngayon po ay hindi pa po ito napag-uusapan,” she said. </p><p>Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian reportedly proposed the scheme and called for companies to utilize work-from-home arrangements to reduce fuel consumption when travelling to work. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/3/3/doe-warns-of-weekly-oil-price-hikes-as-oil-prices-soar-1020">DOE warns of weekly oil price hikes as oil prices soar</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/3/3/ltfrb-provisional-fare-hike-possible-if-diesel-prices-hit-p60-liter-1131">Provisional fare hike possible if diesel hits P60/liter amid Middle East war—LTFRB</a></div><p>Senator JV Ejercito expressed his support for the proposal, should this be the recommendation of the administration’s economic team. </p><p>&quot;Siguro ‘pag recommendation yan ng DOE, ng DOF,  economic managers, kung feasible yan bakit hindi?&quot; he said.</p><p>As the joint strikes on Iran moved into a fifth day, observers warned that the continued choking of crude supplies from the Middle East would continue to push prices higher. </p><p>US President Donald Trump pledged that if needed, the navy would escort oil tankers through the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/3/3/iran-guards-will-burn-any-ship-trying-to-pass-through-hormuz-general-0746">Strait of Hormuz</a> -- through which about a fifth of global oil supplies flow -- and ordered Washington to provide insurance for shipping.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/3/marcos-mulls-subsidy-free-rides-lower-fuel-tax-as-oil-prices-surge-1146">Marcos mulls lower fuel tax as oil prices surge</a></div><p>However, Iranian strikes on several neighbors threatened to broaden the conflict, while uncertainty about how long the war would go on and news that some oil fields in the region had been closed continued to put upward pressure on the commodity. <strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse; Victoria Tulad, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><br/></div><p><strong></strong><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong>:</p><div><iframe width="1022" height="575" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W0B9Odgeu4o" title="DOE warns of higher fuel prices amid Hormuz Strait closure | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="1023" height="575" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AcEQU9ypUg0" title="Ships told: Passage through Strait of Hormuz &#x27;forbidden&#x27; | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Malacañang on Wednesday expressed openness for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to possibly study proposals to implement a four-day work week scheme amid the US-Israel war on Iran.</p>

Malacañang on Wednesday expressed openness for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to possibly study proposals to implement a four-day work week scheme amid the US-Israel war on Iran.

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Palace: Marcos may study calls for four-day work week as oil prices surge

Harlene Delgado,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 04, 2026 01:57 PM PHT

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Updated March 04, 2026 04:45 PM PHT

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