Kudos to Gatchalian, boos to Salim – The Manila Times
I SALUTE Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian for doing his job and demonstrating what political will can do. With traffic at the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) in the first week of December creating a hell-on-earth for more than half a million Filipinos, he cleverly did what he could do within his jurisdiction. He suspended the business license of NLEX Corp. to operate in Valenzuela City, where it has seven toll stations. With that kind of leadership ability, Gatchalian, just 41 years old, could — or should — be president someday. No permit, no authority to collect tolls: it became a free...