00:00 Meanwhile, heavy traffic was in the caravan of more than 100 trucks in Manila.
00:05 It's just the beginning of the protests against the increase of tolls in LLEX.
00:09 Oscar Roida was there.
00:11 In these streets of Manila Police District,
00:17 you can see how the traffic is very busy in the Anda Circle in the city of Manila.
00:23 Its peak is almost at Manila North Harbor Service Road.
00:28 When we were going to Delpha, it was blocked.
00:30 When we went to Intramuros, it was also blocked.
00:33 The streets are really closed.
00:36 I thought there was a barricade.
00:38 They said they were rallying because of the toll.
00:42 This is the peak of the caravan of more than 100 trucks
00:45 led by the Central Luzon Alliance of Concerned Truck Owners Organization.
00:51 This is a demonstration of their willingness to stop the increase of tolls in North Luzon Expressway.
00:58 The industry is just starting to recover from the pandemic.
01:02 In the times when there was no one going out,
01:05 trucking was the only thing that survived in LLEX.
01:08 Because we didn't stop working.
01:10 We even asked for a discount from them.
01:13 According to the MPD, they said that they have no intention of collecting.
01:17 They don't have a permit, it's just a request and our local government hasn't approved it yet.
01:23 We submitted a permit to City Hall under the law of the country 880.
01:28 If the City Hall doesn't act on it for two days, the permit is deemed granted.
01:32 Around 9 in the morning, the trucks left the area.
01:36 What we did earlier was just a prelude to the activities that we will do.
01:42 I hope we don't reach that point.
01:45 According to the Toll Regulatory Board, instead of protesting,
01:50 they will just ask for a petition for review by the group of truckers.
01:55 For GM Integrated News, Oscar Oida,
01:59 Tutok 24 Horas.
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