MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who lives in Cavite province, expressed disgust over being stuck on the road for hours on the Coastal Road tollway, blaming his ordeal on what he said was the never-ending problem involving radio frequency identification (RFID) stickers.
In a statement released by his office on Wednesday (Dec. 2), Revilla said he left his house in Bacoor City around 1 p.m. to be physically present at a meeting in Metro Manila but his travel, normally taking only minutes, took hours because of problems with Easytrip, the RFID sticker of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) which operates the Coastal Road tollway.
MPTC and San Miguel Corp., which op…
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