It took President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman nearly four hours to commute from his home to his office 20km away on Friday, in a much-ballyhooed publicity stunt to try and prove a point.
Flying from Manila to Singapore takes less time. Also, Mr Salvador Panelo probably would have reached his destination earlier had he walked all the way. Still, he insisted there was no "mass transport crisis" in Metro Manila.
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