Our public service plea to authorities regarding “disappearing streets” in downtown Manila drew more intriguing information about invasion of the roads by illegal vendors and builders of seemingly permanent structures.
Reports reaching me have it that a “hefty portion” of the tong collection from illegal vendors and stalls on local roads goes to the “campaign fund” of officials of the city running in the May 2016 elections.
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