DAVAO CITY, Philippines. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said subsidizing mass transport would greatly help the country's bleeding economy.
He made the statement a day after the Metro Railway Transit bogged down anew, forcing passengers to walk on the railway on Monday night.
"We would like our workers to be productive, but how could they be productive when they come to work late and tired because of the jostling to get a ride, not to mention the fact that a huge chunk of their daily earnings go to their transportation fare," Duterte, in a press release, said.
The tough-talking mayor said that providing subsidized mass transport system would catalyze national economic growth as it would increase productivity among the working force.