Considering the soaring criminality reportedly perpetrated by tricycle drivers, the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved the Resolution of Councilor El Cid Familiaran, to request Mayor Evelio Leonardia, to implement Paragraphs B and C, section 5 of City Ordinance No. 185, Series of 1997, otherwise known as "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF MOTORIZED TRICYCLES AND GRANTING OF FRANCHISE FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF WITHIN THE TERRITOTIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF BACOLOD AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF" .
Councilor Familiaran cited the incident last week, that a tricycle driver was arrested on the suspicion that he raped a 21-year old passenger lady at around 1:00 o’clock in the Morning, however he was not surely identified by the victim so he was released. The police authorities now find difficulty in tracing or pinpoint the suspect, and they could also hardly identify the tricycle which the suspect operated. Hence, for public order of the City and safety of the commuters, Familiaran resolved that the City Ordinance Number 185, Series of 1997, provides that the tricycles will ply only within their approved zones, and that the tricycles operating in the same zones must have common color. The implementation of such provisions under City Ordinance 185, series of 1997, Familiaran said, will address order in tricycle transport sector and communities’ safety, especially during night time. It will also deter possible crime that may occur, like the recent crime of rape perpetrated against the 21-year old lady and such other crimes, which happened using tricycles as get-away vehicles. Therefore the councilors are urging the City Mayor, Hon. Evelio R. Leonardia to implement paragraphs b and c, SECTION 5 of City Ordinance No. 185, series of 1997, "An Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Motorized Tricycles and Granting of Franchise for the Operation Thereof within the Territorial Jurisdiction of the City of Bacolod and Providing Penalties Thereof.* Edith Colmo Negros Daily Bulletin
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