#TWG Angkas

Angkas has gotten a 20-day temporary restraining order from the Technical Working Group's 10,000 rider cap from a Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Quezon City earlier today. Signed by Presiding Judge Catherine Manodon of RTC Branch 223, the TRO was granted due to the "irreparable injury" that bikers would suffer if under the revised guidelines issued by the TWG. Under the new guidelines, Angkas would be left with only 10,000 riders from their current 27,000 rider count as the total supposed number of riders in Metro Manila was capped at 30,000. The 30,000 rider cap would then be divided equally between Angkas, and its two new competitors: JoyRide and Move It. In response to this hearing, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) called Angkas "two-faced" for filing cases after publicly apologizing for how they handled the new regulation. The Department of Transportation's Motorcycle Taxi Pilot Run Technical Working Group (TWG) stated that Angkas only registered 2,204 drivers out of the service's claim of 27,000. Posted by DoTr on its official Facebook page, the Motorcycle Taxi Pilot Run TWG collated data of the actual number of authorized drivers submitted by the service providers Angkas, Joyride, and Move It. The announcement was made in an effort to "set the record straight" as Angkas' released an earlier statement that they have 27,000 bikers and that only 10,000 of those will remain due to the LTFRB's decision to put a cap on the number of Angkas bikers. Read more in our articles including "Angkas granted TRO from QC RTC against the 10,000 rider cap" and "Angkas only registered 2.2k out of 27k driver claims according to Motorcycle Taxi TWG".