Pedicab and kuliglig drivers stage noise barrage rally to oppose their phaseout

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Mga drayber ng kuliglig at pedicab nagkaisa laban sa phase-out

Posted by Jaime at 11:55 PM

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Naglunsad ng isang press conference kasama si Bayan Muna representative Neri Javier Colmenares ngayong araw sa Quiapo, Maynila ang mga drayber ng kuliglig at pedicab para tutulan ang planong phase-out sa kanila sa syudad.

Nanguna sa conference ang mga representante ng mga drayber sa iba’t ibang distrito sa Maynila na sina Ben Casinga ng Ika-limang distrito, Fernando Picarro ng Ika-apat na distrito, Vandolph Lacsina ng Ikatlong distrito at si Jeffrey Olidan ng ikalawang distrito.

Ayon kay Fernando Picorro, isang kuliglig drayber at tagapagsalita ng Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Pedicab at Kuliglig Draybers- Manila o ALNAPEDKU-Manila, libo-libong drayber at pamilya nila ang mawawalan ng kabuhayan kung sakaling matuloy ang Executive Order no. 16 ni Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim na nagbabawal ng paggamit ng mga kuliglig sa mga kalsada ng Kamaynilaan simula Disyembre sa taong ito.

Dagdag pa ni Picorro, nanatili di-umanong alternatibo at murang moda ng transportasyon sa Maynila ang pedicab at kuliglig kaya hindi makatwiran na ipagbawal ito.

Kinondena rin ng mga drayber ang di-akmang panahon ng pagpapatupad ng nasabing kautusan. Ayon sa kanila, hindi makatao na sa nalalapit na kapaskuhan ay aalisan sila ng kabuhayan.

“Magpapasko, ito ba ang ireregalo nyo sa amin? Luha at paghihirap? Magpapasko pero tatanggalan nyo kami ng kabuhayan," giit ni Lacsina.

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PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2010 Youths join Manila-wide pedicab strike, decries planned pedicab ban ‘death to the poor’ Youth group Anakbayan took to the streets of Manila today in support of the one-day strike by the city’s pedicab and ‘kuliglig’ (motorized pedicab) drivers. The strike was launched by the Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Kuliglig at Pedicab Driver-Manila (ALNAPEDKU-Manila) to protest plans by Manila City Hall to ban pedicabs and ‘kuligligs’ from the city’s streets. “With a shortage of social services on one hand, and a lack of decent jobs available in another, the pedicab and kuliglig ban is nothing more than the Manila government stealing food from the tables of thousands of drivers’ families in Manila” said Anakbayan spokesperson Charisse Bañez. “Their job as pedicab drivers, as low-earning as it may be, is the thin line between life and death by starvation. The Aquino regime has no right in depriving them of their meager livelihoods if they are unable to give them decent alternatives” said the youth leader. She pointed out that more and more Filipinos resort to working the so-called ‘informal sector’ because of the lack of job opportunities in urban areas and in the industrial and agricultural sectors. She said that this was already the ‘last resort’ for unemployed Filipinos.			Meanwhile, the militant organization of students, young workers, farmers, professionals, and migrant and out-of-school youth dared the Aquino administration to prioritize developing the economy into a self-sustainable one as to provide employment. “By undertaking a genuine land reform program, meaning one which gives away land for free to peasants and anyone else who wishes to till the soil, you immediately make the agricultural sector capable of absorbing millions of unemployed Filipinos” said Bañez. “At the same time, the newly-transformed agricultural sector would be able to provide cheap food readily available, as well as raw materials for our local industries” she said. The youth leader also advocated eliminating unfair trade agreements with other countries to protect local enterprises from the dumping of cheap imports. “These are among the reforms which would greatly reduce poverty in our country. If Noynoy is sincere about helping the poor, unlike the image his administration has shown so far, then he will heed our advice” said the youth leader. ### Reference: Charisse Bañez, Anakbayan spokesperson, +639263707842 -- Anakbayan Public Information Committee Contact us at: anakbayan.media@gmail.com / +639086123260 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +639086123260 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Visit the Online Campaign center @ anakbayanph.wordpres.com "Only through militant struggle can the best in the youth emerge"

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Jobs are hard to find. They could not find jobs but they have to have a livelihood in order to survive. So they thought of plying some inner streets of Manila, like the short route between Bustillos and España. But Manila authorities say they cause pollution and traffic. That is why they are being ordered out of the streets. So they stage a noise barrage and rally. Can the city of Manila give them jobs once they are driven off the streets?

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Mga drayber ng kuliglig at pedicab nagkaisa laban sa phase-out

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