Articles about Pillion Ride

Take note, motorists and commuters

The single ticketing system has been all over the news this week after the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the Land Transportation Office (LTO), and select local government units in the city began the pilot implementation.There still seems to be some

Members of the motorcycle community have shown support for the ruling

The Court of Appeals (CA) has declared as "unconstitutional" an ordinance by the Mandaluyong City government that prohibits male backriding.The CA Fifth Division, in a decision penned by associate justice Raymond Reynold Lauigan and concurred by associate justices Pablito Perez and

Which do you think is the safest?

After almost eight months, the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 has finally approved the resumption of motorcycle-taxi operations as part of another round of the initial pilot run.As before, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through a technical working

The agency flagged a good number of violators along EDSA yesterday

Yes, the restrictions for pillion riding have eased up over the past couple of weeks, but riders must keep in mind that there still are minimum requirements that need to be met.Even if backriding shields are no longer required for some,

Backriding shields cost around P500 to P1,200 each

Good news, riders

Effective August 19, 2020, the National Task Force (NTF) for COVID-19 has issued new guidelines for pillion riders in areas placed under general community quarantine (GCQ), which includes Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces. Now, riders living in the same house

How has life in lockdown been for you this week?

“Mag-iingat po kami like always”

Motorcycle-based ride-hailing and delivery service Angkas is stepping up the game with free rides for healthcare workers. The motorcycle-taxi service will be rolling out this program starting today, August 8, until the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila

We give it a quick shakedown

Social media is flooded with comments, analysis, and critical remarks about the backriding shields that have been approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, for the use of couples and domestic partners riding a

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Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has announced that they will start apprehending pillion riders not using the prescribed protective shield starting Monday, July 20.That's more than a week after the COVID National Task Force

The specs and materials used will be made available to the public

It's official: The protective shield designed by motorcycle-taxi company Angkas has been given the thumbs up by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.In a statement, Angkas said the approved design was the

The IATF should take a look at this

As the debate on the proper and safe design for a pillion-rider protective shield heats up, a Filipino-owned company specializing in car accessories has come up with its own version that is now trending on social media.Shark Philippines is

The government official makes a statement

In an interview with veteran broadcaster Jay Taruc, Bohol governor Arthur Yap, the government official who proposed the controversial motorcycle shield design, advised stakeholders to wait for the final approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging

More are joining the bandwagon to oppose this policy

Does the name Bonifacio Bosita ring a bell? In case you're not aware, Bosita is a lieutenant colonel with the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG). He is also the founder of Riders' Safety Advocates of the Philippines, which

No apprehension during the first day of pillion riding

The first day the government allowed couples or live-in partners to ride a motorcycle together was marked with confusion, and this prompted the Philippine National Police - Highway Patrol Group (PNP - HPG) to defer arresting violators.Instead, PNP-HPG personnel manning checkpoints

A technical working group is tasked to draft healthy protocols

With mounting pressure not only from local government units and motorcycle companies but the riding public as well, Malacañang has finally given a thumbs up to lift the ban on backriding.Presidential spokesman Atty. Harry Roque has announced that President Rodrigo

Here’s what went down this second week of GCQ

A party-list solon is the latest to propose this to the IATF

It seems the pronouncement by President Rodrigo Duterte to uphold the ban on 'backriding' or pillion riding hasn't been enough to put the issue to rest. In fact, more government officials are joining the bandwagon in pushing for its partial liftingAng

We’re itching to hear President Duterte’s reaction on this

Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Jr. obviously missed President Duterte's pronouncement last June 5, 2020, by a whisker.Yesterday afternoon, or a day after Duterte upheld the ban on pillion riding, the local official revealed an underbone motorcycle specially equipped with a

“The law is harsh, but we have to implement it”

Will we see a clash between the executive department and some local government units (LGU) over the implementation of the pillion riding ban? Earlier today, President Rodrigo Duterte threw his all-out support behind the Department of the Interior and Local Government'