Tag: Motorcycle

Angkas asks SC to lift TRO effectively suspending the company’s operations

(Eagle News) — Motorcycle ride-sharing application Angkas has asked the Supreme Court to lift its temporary restraining order on a local court’s directive stopping the government from interfering in its operations. In its motion filed recently, Angkas argued there was no law regulating transport network companies. This means, it said, that  the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Department of Transportation do not have a right to stop its business. Angkas also pointed […]

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Tugade orders crackdown on Angkas drivers, operators

(Eagle News)—Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has ordered a crackdown on Angkas drivers after learning the motorcycle ride-sharing service was continuing operations despite a Supreme Court order. “Hulihin ninyo ang lahat ng Angkas riders na lalabag. Hindi naman tamang i-violate ng Angkas ang batas at ang Supreme Court order. Mali ‘yon,” Tugade said. According to Tugade, when the court issued a temporary restraining order on the Department of Transportation’s directive to stop Angkas operations, they followed. […]

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LTFRB orders law enforcers to arrest Angkas drivers and operators, impound motorcycles

(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has ordered its law enforcement unit and other relevant agencies to apprehend the drivers and operators of motorcycle ride-sharing firm Angkas, and to impound their motorcycles. The LTFRB issued Board Resolution No. 95, signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra III and Board Member Ronaldo Corpus, after the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on a Mandaluyong court’s order stopping the government from interfering in […]

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SC temporarily blocks Mandaluyong court’s order stopping gov’t from interfering in Angkas operations

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a local court’s order preventing the government from interfering in Angkas’ operations. The High Court’s second division issued the temporary restraining order on Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court Branch 213 Judge Carlos Valenzuela’s Aug. 18 order as it resolves the petition for certiorari filed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Department of Transportation before it. In the Aug. 20 order, Valenzuela also stopped the […]

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Yamaha motorcycle comes on command at CES event

LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — With a wave, Kinji Asamura summoned a riderless motorcycle to his side in the Yamaha booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. The concept electric motorcycle, called ‘Motoroid,’ then balanced in position, holding its place even when Asamura tried gently to push it over. Nearby, a robot that might seem suited for a futuristic action film was astride a production model Yamaha super-bike that it […]

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‘Deadpool 2″ stunt rider killed on set

VANCOUVER, Canada (Reuters) — A female stunt rider working on the Vancouver set of Deadpool 2 died after losing control of her motorcycle on Monday (August 14), CBC reported. According to witnesses, the motorcycle crashed through the window of the Starbucks in Shaw Tower, near Jack Poole Plaza. Ryan Reynolds, the star of the film, expressed condolences on behalf of the crew to the friends and family of the woman, who was identified by coroners […]

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