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Volume XL, No.54
Angkas back on the road
ANGKAS is back on the
r0ad as the llouse commit'
tee on transpo*ation an-
noun.ed yesterday that an
agreemant has been
reached between lhe De.
paitment of Transportalion
(D0Ir), technical wo*ing
group (TWG), and the
motorEyde taxi companies
participating in the pilot
run to continue the test run
until Malth this vear.
Aside from ge"tting tfle
geen light to proceed with
the test run, the ride6 cap
was inceased from i0 0m
to 45,000 for Metro Ma-
nila.
-Also included in the
agleement was the inclu-
sion of Casavan de Oro as
one of the 5r6as covered by
the pilot run which wa's
originaly limited to Meho
Maaila and Metro Cebu.
Mehb Cebu and CDO will
have a riders cap of 9,000
The announcenrent was
made afte* the House corn-
mittee on transportation
treaded by Samar Rep. eagar
MEry Samiento, held an o(-
en: tive sessim wirh rhP.r^m-
\i9 Thursday, January 23,
mittee members, the ,lo\.em
men t regula iors, and the *uee
motorcvde ta\l t:omDaniP-s
The bl;eprint for the' agee-
ment, however, \ras dis-
cu$ed during a rneeting be-
tween $e DOT[, TWC,I-and
Iransportation and Franchis-
ing Regulatory Board (LT-
FRB). and the mobrcv.le raxi
phfers the previous' day.
"Sinigurado naming ang
resulta talaga ay para sa
kabutihan ng mamama}?n,
mananakav, at doon Do sa
tationg kuhpanya na 'kasa-
rru sa pikt bstin&" SarmierF
to shessed. 'By tlut, sieuo
nagawa na najrun
+amm ang aming
arung
t abatD, al binis!-an natin ns
lmas ang
hmas mar;taka"- WaE
airs marlinrakay. w,fi
na po ang paghinb, tuloy na
po hlo. Sana y Dnved with us lor a Deace-
ko na pusllrnta
Frsllmta tayo sa Lrardp,
hardp,
magkimayan po'tayo, kasa-
ma ang mryemDro ng rQmtra
d:lis aounky brward"
b firove
"we are verv eratefrtl to
Sec. Tusade ',ia n".
Sarmierrdfor riea;atins dr
*re impasse settlemerrr 1 am
happy'that evertone is now
involved in &re tesf nm and
will be wcrking bgerller c
wards tre sarne gcl," Ang-
kas Chief TransDort Adv(F
.?tecsrge Ibye; said'The
aFeemmt to cdrfinue the hst
nm &|Et fu€kas ard Ale two
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other p1aye6 shu& wifh the
DOTr, the LTFRB, and tl'le
TWG is an imlrrhnt win for
the Phrlippin&, particr"rlarly
tor the commute$ and the
bikeF of all three mobrcvde
ta-r.i comparues," he added.
"I am tlranlful to every-
one who have been withus
in this continued journey
govemment agen-
- the
cies anal their resDectve
heads, the senators irnd ihe
congrcssmen who under-
stood thq situation and
helDed us arive at a con-
sen;us, the civil society rep-
resentatives who oassion-
ately stood their 'rround,
the 6ikers who were'behind
us all the way, and the com-
muters and iassengels who
hri iesolution to all' this,"
Roveca noted.
'"I would Uke to Darticu-
larly thanl the Sena^te com-
mittee on Dublic services-
Ied bv committee .lai. S."
Grace Poe, with the support
of Sen. Ralph Recto; Sen.
Win Gatchalian, Sen. Irnee
Marcos, Serr. Joel ViJlanue
va and the oiher senato$
who have been moniborins
this issue from the beginY
ning, for their aclcrowle?g-
'ment of t}le irrportance of
motorcyd€ taxis in mitigat-
d P10.00
ing ou. commuten' dailv
shuggles. And, of course,
Sen. Bong Go for bnnging
the matter t.) the Presrdeni
and iecommending the con-
LinuaLion of the pilot. 'Roye-
ca de.lared
"'['his is democracy at
worl. Everybody stepped
m, courts were rnvolved,
tle secretary, the execuLive
branch, Geieral Gardiola,
and the other players in the
Drivate s€ctor- So now. ev-
irybody's working hand in
hand. I think this is a testa-
ment to the success of the
demooatic process. We're
veryhappywith theresulL"
Rov€ca ddar.d "(htr fG
cui right now is to continue
working with the govem-
m€nt to make the Dilot a
success," he addedi
TWG Chair Antonio
Gardiola F. shared that there
is also a new redisaibution
provision in relation to th€
riderscap. "Kung hindi kaya
ng isang player to come up
with the maximum nunb€r
of ride6, ibibigay sa ibang-
company na kava," he said,
'1ve'are corisidering all
sentiments that's why we
came up with thjs. Evdn the
blacklistine of Anekas is
alreadv a"closed [ook."
Gardiola snessed.