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n February 27, 2019, top government officials, mayors, congressmen and senators gathered in Barangay Ugong, Novaliches. With them was Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda. They were there to break ground on one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” Program: the P358.25 billion, Metro Manila Subway system. From its northern-most station on Mindanao Avenue in Quezon City, to its final stop at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the subway system will have at least 14 stations and will be able to make it from end-to-end in approximately 30 minutes, travelling at a top speed of 80 kph. That is at least 2 hours quicker than traveling by automobile ...   View complete editorial