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NLEX flood: Vendors sell food to stranded motorists

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July 23, 2025

Even in the midst of a calamity, the Filipino entrepreneurial spirit rises - right before your eyes.

- By HANNAH NICOL

At the height of heavy rains spawned by the southwest monsoon along the stretch of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) near the Mindanao Avenue exit, vendors sprouted and started selling instant noodles and biscuits to motorists and their passengers who were stranded in the flooded expressway.

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