INSENSITIVE and unnecessary was how lawmakers termed the government’s recent decision to raise train fares.

Sen. Grace Poe described as uncalled for the decision of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to raise the fares in the Light Rail Transit 1 and LRT 2 and Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3) and Malacañang’s defense of it.

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