Looks like good news for the 17,000 riders of Angas that was supposed to be displaced by the decision of the new Technical Working Group from the LTFRB. A 72-hour Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the new Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) policy limiting the number of Angkas bikers to 10,000 in Manila and 3,000 in Cebu was released today. The reason? Citing the grave and irreparable injury that these bikers stand to suffer and they extreme urgency of the situation.
“A 72-hour Temporary Restraining Order is hereby issued upon posting of a bond in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (P300,000.00), enjoining the respondents and/or any other person/s acting for or on their behalf, from implementing the Revised General Guidelines for the Pilot Implementation of Motorcycle Taxis insofar as it puts a cap on the number of bikers that Angkas is entitled to and from performing any act that limits and impairs their rights to deal with an continue with their contracts with Angkas,” the Order states.
What does this mean? Well, we are not versed in law, but as a Layman, the court possibly found something that justified the TRO.. we will see what happens in the next few days.
