PROTEST * Philippines - Pampanga quarry truckers protest trucking ordinance
Pampanga,Philippines -ABS-CBN NEWS -5 Jan 2009: -- ... More than a hundred truckers conducted a noise barrage outside the Pampanga capitol Monday to protest an ordinance that seeks to stop overloading among commercial quarry trucks in the province... The Federation of Pampanga Truckers Inc. (FPTI) drove their trucks outside the Pampanga capitol and conducted a noise barrage outside the building to protest Ordinance 261... FPTI interim president Dong Laxamana said the protest was not meant to cause disturbance at the provincial capitol but to urge Panlilio to stop the implementation of the ordinance. Ordinance 261 seeks to prevent commercial quarry trucks from overloading sand by instituting measures like reducing truck height, removal of truck axle, among others...
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