ANGKAS CEO Highlights 99.997% Safety Record During Motorcycle-for-Hire Bill Hearing

ANGKAS CEO George Royeca emphasized the company's strong safety record, citing a 99.997% success rate, during a recent public hearing on the motorcycle-for-hire bill. Senator Grace Poe stressed the need to legalize motorcycle taxis for better public transportation integration.

"The motorcycle-for-hire bill has been through the long and winding road to passage," Poe stated before the Senate Committee on Public Services' public hearing, which was chaired by Senator Raffy Tulfo.

Poe praised Angkas for ensuring the safety of its passengers by giving its riders the necessary training.

She stated, "I commend Angkas for doing this because you are the ones who started to professionalize this," in both Filipino and English.

In order to ensure the safety of its customers, Angkas claimed to be the first transportation network company (TNC) to create its own basic motorcycle driving curriculum and offer its riders official training.

Additionally, Tulfo praised Angkas for its efforts to guarantee that all of its riders follow the rules set forth by the government.

Angkas hired a third-party auditor to keep an eye on and evaluate the business's safety record, according to Royeca.

"This is in our second year of implementation already. We get a Triple A third-party auditor to audit our safety record," Royeca said.