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Tolentino urges DILG to allow tricycle trips for market-goers
Senator Francis Tolentino is urging the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to permit a limited number of tricycles to operate during the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.
Tolentino proposed that 10 tricycles per public market be allowed to ferry passengers and goods, especially since markets are still permitted to operate.
He believes this measure would aid residents needing to purchase basic necessities and improve the coordination of goods and people movement.
The senator also pointed to Pasig City's existing policy of allowing tricycles for health workers and other exempted individuals as a precedent.
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