Mandaluyong City relaunched yesterday its ban on motorcycle tandem riding for men unrelated to each other, after it proved to be an effective crime deterrent in the six months it was enforced. According to Mandaluyong police chief Senior Supt. Tyrone Masigon, Ordinance No. 550 has resulted in “virtually zero” crimes involving motorcycle-riding men since its implementation in September.

“[Tandem-riding crimes] drastically went down. From a weekly average of two to three crimes, it went down to virtually zero,” Masigon told reporters at the sidelines of the ban’s relaunching under Ordinance No. 595.

MANILA, Philippines - Not a single crime involving motorcycle-riding criminals was recorded in Mandaluyong City during the first month of implementation of an ordinance banning two unrelated men from riding the same motorcycle, officials said yesterday. Ordinance 550 exempts females and children aged seven to 10 from the back rider ban, which aims to reduce the number of crimes perpetrated by criminals on motorcycles. Mayor Benjamin Abalos Jr. was elated over the zero-crime incidence report.

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MANILA, Philippines–Only women and children can ride together without undergoing scrutiny. Male bikers need papers.

Despite the early criticism, the Mandaluyong City government is bent on implementing an ordinance supposedly designed to deter motorcycle-riding criminals by allowing only women and children to share a bike and requiring men to carry certain documents if they wish to do so.

In an interview Wednesday, Mayor Benhur Abalos said the original ordinance—which requires riders, regardless of gender, to present documents proving their identities and blood relations—had been tweaked.

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