If the only males riding tandem are criminals then the public and the PNP can take

action.  Senator Sotto has put a similar bill into the Senate.
Here are two articles about the ordinance/.Add 1 more case why Mandaluyong banning male duos on bikes

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MANILA, Philippines–A woman fell victim to motorcycle-riding robbers early Tuesday in Mandaluyong City, a week after the local government

approved an ordinance that seeks to deter attacks by criminals on bikes.

Rodelyn Murata, 26, was waiting for a taxi near the corner of Sikap Street and Boni Avenue when two male riders aboard a motorcycle stopped
next to her around 4 a.m.
Murata later recounted to the police how the back rider, who wielded an ice pick, threatened to hurt her if she refused to hand over her bag.
The robbers got away with the woman’s cell phone, ATM cards and cash amounting to P1,000, police said.
The incident added to the growing number of street-crime incidents that a recently passed Mandaluyong ordinance seeks to address.
The measure, signed by Mayor BenhurAbalos last week, prohibits men from riding together on a bike unless they can present government IDs
proving that they are relatives.
Set to take effect on Aug. 30, Ordinance No. 550 had drawn criticism but Abalos maintained that it would only be pilot-tested for six months,
after which it would be reviewed.
The mayor maintained that the ordinance was patterned after a law in Colombia.
Last week, Sen. Tito Sotto filed a bill enforcing similar restrictions on bike riders.
The Sotto proposal against what he called “evil Batman-and-Robin tandems” only allows motorcycle riders who are members of a family or on-
duty personnel of the military and police.
In filing Senate Bill No. 2344, Sotto pointed out the data from the Philippine National Police showing that more than 3,000 crimes perpetrated
by motorcycle riders were recorded last year in Metro Manila alone

The working draft ordinance no. 938 also known as the ordinance regulating motorcycle riding-in-
tandem in Mandaluyong City has many questions to be answered and exemptions to beenumerated.
The proposed ordinance should be a regulation against all riding in tandem onlyresiding in Mandaluyong
City and not against all travellers. The proposed ordinance will restrictany non-resident traveller just
passing by the EDSA and the main roads of the city that links to thesuburb cities of
Mandaluyong.Believing that the proposed ordinance will be a big boon in the fight against crimes,
theLand Transportation Office (LTO) should have collaborative efforts in the formulation of
furtherguidelines, rules and regulations from the effective implementation and sustained enforcement
ofthe said ordinance because they are the one who has the right to impound motorcycles that
isconsidered as an instrument of the offense or crime and PNP should also point out the exact time inthe
morning and in the evening agreed, to put up checkpoints from specific areas, that are prone
toaccidents and vulnerable to crimes, to stop all men riding in tandem, those who have improperly-
placed plates, those who has high speed limits, those violating the helmet law. The PNP should
alsocheck if the motorcycle driver and the back rider is carrying any unlicensed firearms or any
otherillegal and deadly weapon/s. There should be safety nets to be introduced such as one or two of
theriders of the motorcycle must be a registered driver; they should possessed a copy of the official
ORand CR of the motorcycle, one of them should also be the owner of the said motorcycle; both of
theriders should wear helmets; and that not one of them is under the influence of liquor or drugs.All
motorcycles plying said roads should likewise carry only one back rider, except in casesof emergency or
motorcycle exhibitions. The proposed penalties of both motorcycle driver and backrider violating this
ordinance shall only be penalized with a fine in 1

st 
 offense and a fine orimprisonment or both at the discretion of the court in the 2
nd
 offense for it will be against thehuman rights of the innocent offender if he will be imprisoned in the
first offense.The proposed ordinance is "not only unconstitutional but also anti-worker to some
peopleto some people." Most of the blue collar workers used motorcycles as popular mode of
theirtransportation from their respective home to their working place because it is more affordable
andthey could weave through heavy traffic in the major roads of Mandaluyong City. Most of
thegovernment employees, including members of the Philippine National Police and the
MetropolitanManila Development Authority, ride motorcycles too. There should be window hours with
respectto motorcycle riders with a backride who uses their motorcycle in going to their work place.
Wemay say that motorcycles have been used in crimes, but not all riders are criminals, and thus do
notdeserve a person of interest, kind of profiling. Solving street crimes must be a collective effort.One
way to do is for law enforcers to be in close coordination with legitimate, organizedriders clubs, not by
intimidating them. It is discriminating against a legitimate motorcycle rider tobe questioned especially
when the motorcycle driver has a cousin or a brother back rider becausethe ordinance prohibits a back
rider who is not a spouse or relative within the first degree ofconsanguinity. It would be unfair for the
employee-employer relationship whenever the employeris the back rider of the employee. Riding-in-
tandem in itself is not a crime. The rights of motorcycleriders have to be respected when they're being
scrutinized at checkpoints.The LGU should concentrate more on INTELLIGENCE, POLICE VISIBILITY,
andINFORMATION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS for a more informed aware and vigilant
community.They should train policemen on how to ride motorcycles and assign them on patrol 24/7;
Institutea community crime watch program that would include providing information to the police;
Getmore policemen on pat 
rol. This is aside from “proper and legal” checkpoints. More police visibility
is a crime deterrent; Get all local government units to invest on CCTV (closed-circuit television) fortheir
respective areas; Invest in advanced scientific crime-solving methods. Our LGU should have tohave a
stronger legal framework so it can effectively and efficiently respond to this riding
in tandemphenomenon.The draft ordinance should enumerate a more brief and concise framework and
a moredetailed procedure like what the province of Pangasianan has in their ordinance. They should
alsoconsider exemptions for pregnant women, senior citizens and children of the motorcycle
rider. Theworking draft ordinance is illaudable measure once it is polish and all the concerns of our
citizensare fully addressed because if that crafted so well, many law forms are in it that might make the
RIDING IN TANDEM KILLINGS: THE IMPUNITY MUST STOP, SAY GORDON.
27 July, Manila. “APATHY SEEMS TO BE THE APT REFRAIN FOR THE HUNDREDS KILLED BY RIDING IN
tandem assailants who roam the streets of Metro Manila and wreck havoc to lives and families, says
Senator Richard J. Gordon. “As of today over 1,700 individuals have been maimed if not killed by this duo
of cold-blooded killers as they speed-away from an imaginary veil of security and safety”, he added.
“How can there be peace of mind when we can neither feel safety nor security anymore. Be it in your
car, your home, your favorite restaurant or even your route to school and workplace, all are open targets
to these merciless breed of urban assassins who falters not in their task and sends a chilling message
that these killings, however random, seem to be the disruptive norm rather than the occasional news
headline, Gordon laments.
“This impunity must stop. We must not allow these killers to go scot-free, we cannot allow these
assailants to perpetuate an environment of impunity where basic human rights are violated. It is not
enough that we report on these killings. We must exhort every effort from the national police and other
allied government agencies like the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Metro Manila Development
authority (MMDA) together with the public at large to muster the courage and community spirit stop the
impunity by being vigilant in monitoring the movement of these criminals”, Gordon further emphasized.
“There are available solutions and they aren’t even new” say Gordon. Take the example of motorcycles in
Hongkong. The license plate on their motorcycles are as large as car plates. They are enough for any
visually un-impaired person to clearly see the license plates un-aided. Today, these assailants get away
because they use speed and the small license plates to become anonymous.
“Located in the front fender and at the back of the motorcycle, these oversized license plates can easily
allow any citizen to spot the culprits speeding away. Sporting license plates as large as car plates for the
rear and a welded plate on the front fender, the motorcycle can conspicuously display its plates and
enable immediate detection”, he emphasized.
“In my recent visit to Hongkong, I managed to chance upon such a model of motorcycles with
conspicuously attached license tags on the front fender and large license plates on its rear. If they have
been doing it there for years, where no riding in tandem is even present, why not adopt a similar system
here? By making it hard for these assailants to hide their “identity” we can at least put a dent on the
scourge of riding in tandem assailants.
“We can even add Bayani Fernando’s idea of tagging the helmets with the license plates of the
motorcycle he proposed while he was MMDA Chairman. I will even dare add a color-coding scheme to
identify the place of registration. Similar to the scheme we employed in Olongapo City.
Starting next month, only first-degree relatives of motorcycle riders will be allowed to ride with them in Mandaluyong City, a report on GMA
News' “QRT” said Friday.

This is due to the new ordinance that will be implemented in the city in August. The ordinance aims to reduce the crimes committed by those
riding motorcycles in tandem.

Based on the ordinance, only spouses, parents and siblings will be allowed to be with motorcycle drivers.

Riders must bring their proof of relationship such as marriage certificates and identificaiton cards. Violators who are caught during the six-
month trial period will be apprehended, the report said.

According to Mandaluyong City Mayor BenhurAlabos, officials based the ordinance from a law in Colombia, a country that the report said also
had rampant crimes committed by criminals riding in tandem.

From January to March this year there were at least 500 such crimes in Mandaluyong City. This represented a 125 percent increase compared
to data from 2013.

Still, opposition came from the Luzon Cycler's Federation, which said the solution should lie with increased police visibility to deter crime in the
city.

Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police supported the ordinance and are currently conducting an information campaign in their check points
along Shaw Boulevard. —Andrei Medina/NB, GMA News

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MANILA, Philippines — It may not make him a popular leader but Mandaluyong Mayor Benhur Abalos Jr. is determined to crack down on crimes
committed by men on motorbikes.

Abalos, in an interview over Radyo Inquirer 990AM, insisted that Mandaluyong’s new local ordinance banning men from riding together on
motorcycles would help address the high crime rates in the city.

“I am asking for the understanding of your listeners, of our citizens. I hope you understand why we are doing this,” Abalos said in a mix of
English and Filipino.

“There is a similar law being implemented in Colombia. And it became very, very effective in addressing the terrible crimes committed by men
riding-in-tandem in the past,” he added.

The mayor admitted he has been receiving a lot of flak from motorcycle riders but he said he is only asking for six months to implement the
ordinance.

“In case it does not work, don’t worry, we will scrap it. But I think it will really succeed,” he said.

Ordinance no. 550, which took effect on September 4, prohibits motorcycle riders passing through Mandaluyong from having male passengers.
However, a father-and-son pair will be let off the hook. Those allowed as motorcycle passengers are children, seven years old and up, and
women.

Abalos said the new ordinance was their way of addressing crimes amid having an insufficient number of policemen for a population of almost
300,000.

He said that in addition to cases involving motorcycle-riding assassins almost doubling, the arrest of suspects was only at two percent.

“For every 100 cases, only two are arrested. So for me this is a very deadly combination. Rising criminiality every year, and, at the same time
only around two percent of perpetrators are arrested. This will just encourage people to use motorcycles to commit crimes,” he explained.

Abalos said they now have policemen manning the city’s borders and that the ordinance makes it easier for policemen to apprehend individuals
who may illegally be carrying guns.

“If the police see two men riding a motorcycle passing by, they can immediately flag them down. It would be easy,” he said.

During the interview, Abalos explained that when he went to Colombia several months ago to attend a forum for the United Nations, he saw
first-hand how the local law banning male motorcycle passengers was being implemented.

He said it was implemented, especially in Medellin, to address the crimes committed by drug cartels and the resulting “breakdown of law”
there.

“It was being criticized for it but it was so effective that the incidence of crime in that place went down,” he said.

Websites for expatriates living in Colombia mention a similar local law being employed in the Medellin municipality to stem crimes committed
by “sicarios” or hitmen. However, there was no information on how effective it was.

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With many riding in tandem misdemeanors, like the riding in tandem
holdup in Mindanao Avenue and the alarming riding in tandem along
C5 at night,  happening in the city, it is quite apparent that new
policies should be enforced for the safety of everyone.
A new ordinance in Mandaluyong City aims to address this problem.
However, instead of getting support, it is receiving a lot of flak on
social media.
According to the report of GMA News last July 25, 2014, a new
ordinance regarding riding in tandem will take effect in Mandaluyong
City starting August 2014. GMA News reports, “Based on the
ordinance, only spouses, parents and siblings will be allowed to be
with motorcycle drivers.”
This photo from Wil Cervantes’ Facebook post shows a billboard
notice of said ordinance. 

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The notice to the public illustrates who are allowed and not allowed to
ride in tandem. It indicates that:
- a man and a kid (between 7 to 10 years old) as backrider CAN ride in
tandem
- a man and a woman as backrider CAN ride in tandem
- a man and another man older than the specified age as backrider
CANNOT ride in tandem, except if they are father-son 
Here are a few comments lifted from the said Facebook

Do you think this will be effective in reducing riding in tandem crimes

in the city?
Or should there be other ordinances that will be more effective
compared to this?
Share with us your thoughts.

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PNP hails Mandaluyong ordinance vs riding-in-tandem
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By Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

THE Philippine National Police - Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) expressed support to a Mandaluyong
City ordinance seeking to deter the increasing cases of crimes perpetrated by motorcycle-riding
suspects.

"Angmotorsiklo kasi ginawa naman yan para sakyan ng isang tao lang pero dahil naiintindihan naman
natin na marami sa ating mga kababayanang gumagamit nito na may mga angkas ay dahil wala silang
kapasidad na bumili ng kotse. Kaya ang gagawin nalang natin ay umisip ng mga paraan kung paano
maiiwasan 'yung mga krimen kung saan motorsiklo ang kanilang pangunahing kagamitan," PNP-HPG
spokesperson Elizabeth Velasquez said.

Earlier, the Mandaluyong government implemented an ordinance prohibiting two men riding in a
motorcycle, which means only women and children are allowed to ride together on a bike.

The City of Mandaluyong has adopted toughness employed by authorities in Medellin, Colombia against riders in tandem that proved effective
in curbing crimes.
In an interview over the weekend, Mandaluyong City Mayor BenhurAbalos  disclosed the city council has approved his sponsored ordinance
that would implement the banning of riding in tandem.
The Ordinance No. 938, otherwise known as the measure banning unrelated adult males from riding in tandem in motorcycles, will take effect
15 days after its publication in major newspapers.
Under the ordinance, adult females, children aged seven to 10 years old and adult males related to the drivers of the motorcycles are exempt
from penalties slapped on violators of the ban.
The measure is targeting unrelated males who back- ride on motorcycles plying city roads.
Abalos said the idea for the ordinance came from formerly crime-ravaged Medellin in Colombia.
He said he studied the style of the said country in curbing motorcycle-related crimes by reviewing published articles about it and personally
observed its effects.
Motorcycles in Medellin were considered deadly in the said country at the time because they were being used by so-called sicarius or hitmen to
get close to their victims.
The hitmen ride in pairs with the gunman and driver sidling up alongside their targets disposing them with a few shots then raced away.
Abalos said Medellin Mayor Correa signed a pilot law then preventing men and even male children from riding as passengers on motorbikes
from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Abalos said the measure proved effective in curbing crimes in the area, thus it was adopted not only in Medellin but also in nine surrounding
municipalities.
The mayor noted the tremendous and concerning increase in the number of crimes attributed to riders in tandem as main reason for the
ordinance.
He said from January to May of 2013 crimes were listed at 561 in the same period this year or an increase of 125 percent which is a huge
concern.
The mayor said this could be a problem that is bound to get out of hand if not checked now.
“I saw for myself the positive effects of this same kind of measure when I visited Medellin several months ago as speaker to the United Nations
World Urban Forum,” Abalos said.
The ban on unrelated individuals who ride in tandem in motorcycles was thought of by then mayor of Colombia during the height of the
notoriety of Medellin drug cartel head Pablo Escobar, Abalos said.
He added during those days, riders in tandem were blamed for so many murders and robberies similar to what is happening in the country now
as have been seen from report from the news on murders and robberies committed all over the country by tandems in motorbikes.
Abalos said he instructed the police to seal all entry and exit points of the city by setting up checkpoints to effectively implement the new
ordinance.