Urban decay threatens heating PH economy

Manila’s creaking train network means a miserable three-hour work commute for salesman Gerard Galang—just one example of major infrastructure woes that analysts say threaten to cool the Philippines’ red-hot economy.

Peak-hour hell comes in many forms in the city of 12 million people, with commuters experiencing a sweaty, stinky crush on dilapidated trains and giant queues to buy tickets.