GENERAL SANTOS CITY (24 December 2014) – Two hundred thirty and one tricycle drivers and operators are now eligible to ply around the city after the release of their franchises by the Permits and License Division of the City Mayors Office Tuesday (December 23) at the Oval Gymnasium.
Arnolfo Alire, a tricycle operator from Doña Soledad Subdivision in Barangay Labangal, was among the happiest to receive the franchise.
“I started applying for the franchise since 2009 but I was successively rejected because I failed to comply some of the requirements. For me, this is a good Christmas gift already because my family is somehow dependent on the income of the tricycle,” Alire said.
Geraldine Zamora, head of the Permits and License Division, bared that her office should have released 400 tricycle franchises but due to the non-compliance of the applicants, almost half of the applications are pending.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, who was present in the turnover, congratulated the drivers and operators for acquiring the franchise.
“I hope that you all will take care of your franchises. By having such privilege, I hope you will also be responsible of the lives of your passengers and be their windows to how beautiful Gensan is,” the mayor stated.
But along with that, Mayor Rivera also warned them that they should obey traffic rules and regulations because anytime, authorities can confiscate or suspend their franchises.
On the other hand, Mayor Rivera announced that the results of the transport study conducted by the League of Cities of the Philippines, University of the Philippines, and the local government unit of General Santos City are already being finalized and will be presented to the stakeholders during the Transport Summit in January.
He said the data of the study will serve as reference in future programs that the city government will implement to address the transportation problems of the city. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John M. Lagare)
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