Tag: Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act

Following killings involving use of motorcycles, Gordon urges LTO to come up with IRR of Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act

(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon has urged the Land Transportation Office to craft the implementing rules and regulations of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, which mandates bigger and color-coded license plates for motorcycles,  as soon as possible. Gordon made the call following the recent killings in the Visayas perpetuated by people riding on board motorcycles. Last Friday,  John Michael Hermoso, 29, and Kis Tryvl Ramos, 21, who was about to graduate with a degree in psychology […]

President Duterte to meet with LTO officials, Sen. Gordon on review of Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the review of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act which calls for the display of plate numbers in the front and back of motorbikes will consider both the interests of the public and the motorcycle riders. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that President Rodrigo Duterte would be meeting with Land Transportation officials and with the principal author of the law, Senator Richard Gordon, to discuss the law and its […]

Amid riders’ safety concerns, President Duterte says he’ll “correct” Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would correct with a compromise the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act which he had recently signed into law, and would just require riders to have bigger plate numbers in the rear of their bikes, and forego front plates that could endanger the safety of riders. Duterte, who is an avid motorcycle rider himself, said that he understood the concerns of motorcycle riders in the country who […]