Manila ordinance pushes ban on ‘riding in tandem’By Erika Sauler
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
MANILA, Philippines–Men riding in pairs on motorcycles on the streets of Manila, beware.
You could be jailed for a month and fined P3,000 if an ordinance proposed by a Manila councilor seeking the prohibition of so-called riding-in tandem on motorcycles in Manila is passed.
Councilor Rodolfo Lacsamana proposed the ban in a bid to deter crimes in the city, saying violators will be “under suspicion of planning a criminal act.â€
The draft ordinance authored by Lacsamana cited the “unsolved crimes†of “countless and unrestrained acts of, day and night, snatching of bags, jewelry and cell phones†perpetrated by criminals riding in tandem.
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