Laoag City—The city government here hiked tricycle fare to PHP20 for the first kilometer and an additional PHP2 for succeeding kilometer.
The fare adjustment is part of the "new normal" as only one passenger is now allowed per tricycle.
Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the city fare was at PHP12 for the first kilometer and an additional PHP2 for the succeeding kilometer.
The new fare rate for persons with disabilities is PHP18. Senior citizens and students were not mentioned in the ordinance.
The new fare rates will last until the general community quarantine is in effect; provided the GCQ lifting will also result in the rescinding of the one-passenger rule.
Those who voted for the new fare rates are Laoag councilors Juan Conrado A. Respicio II, Handy T. Lao, Justine Clarence G. Chua, Edison U. Chua, Roque Benjamin C. Ablan, Jaybee G. Baquiran and Edison H. Bonoan.
Voting against the ordinance were Laoag councilors Roger John C. Fariñas, Derrick B. Lao, and Jason Bader Ll. Perera, Liga ng mga Barangay President Mary Michelle Louise “Mikee” V. Fariñas, and Sangguniang Kabataan President Anzhelyka Faye T. Lao. (MTE)