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MANILA, Philippines – Give away free Beep cards, President Rodrigo Duterte said in a prerecorded speech that aired Monday night.
“That is just a card. Just give it away for free. Why pay for it? We have been wasting so many billions on corruption and yet can’t you reveal that? Duterte said in Filipino.
“That is why I would like to speak with [Transportation] Secretary [Arthur] Tugade because I would like to ask you the possibility of giving it free ”, he added.
Duterte clarified, however, that only the card itself should be free. Travelers would still have to pay for their own cargo.
Many public transport users complained about the sudden implementation of cashless payments on buses because the Beep cards were P180 each, P100 for the card itself, and P80 for the initial charge.
AF Payments, Inc., the provider of the cashless payment cards, did not waive the additional cost of the cards’ fees, prompting the Department of Transportation to suspend their mandatory use on the EDSA busway.
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