MANILA, Philippines — The actions that were taken by Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian in trying to solve the traffic situation in his city — including suspending the business permit of North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) — were understandable according to President Rodrigo Duterte.
In his late-night briefing on Wednesday, Duterte said he himself wanted to visit the area because he was confused why NLEx was implementing a system that was not supposedly tested.
Confusion and traffic jams ensued when the NLEx and all the other tollways in the country shifted to a cashless toll collection system using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, with common complaints of sensor failure a…
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