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AUG
19
2020

Removing the barrier to common sense

The barrier to common sense has finally been lifted. No IATF rule triggered the greatest resistance and launched the most jokes. And the fact that they stonewalled for a long time and stubbornly defended it, despite evidence to the contrary, inflicted damage on their reputation.
FEB
18
2020

Recto confident that biker-in-chief will back motorcycle taxi bill

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is confident that the nation’s “biker-in-chief” will sign into law the Motorcycle Taxi Bill, which lifts the 56-year ban on two-wheelers as a PUV. “The motorbike is the ride of choice of the President,” Recto said in his speech sponsoring
FEB
18
2020

Sponsorship Speech on SB 1341: Motorcycles as Public Utility Vehicles

Mr. President: Throughout history, legislation has always marched behind technology. It has always been innovation first, regulation later. And most often, government’s intervention follows this Reagan doctrine: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it
JAN
20
2020

Kailangan na ng Pilipinas ng batas para i-legalize ang motorcycle taxis -Recto

Noong nagkaroon ng Senate hearing tungkol sa pag-ban ng Angkas at pagpapatigil ng pilot study kung safe nga ba ang mga motorcycle taxis, inisa-isa ni Senator Recto ang ibang Asian countries na meron ng batas para dito at ipinunto sa DOTr-TWG na ang Pilipinas nalang ang
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DEC
22
2019

Recto on Angkas firing: ‘Unemployment is the saddest Christmas gift gov’t can give’

Christmas is the season of giving, not of taking away; of spreading cheer, and not sowing unhappiness. But for 17,000 Angkas drivers and their families, they got the saddest and meanest Christmas gift ever: their livelihood being taken away. The gift of unemployment is the most
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