As a gesture of gratitude, and to honor its rider partners, Angkas will not collect commissions on any bookings for rides or deliveries on National Heroes’ Day, August 29. As a result, 100% of fares for that day will go to the Angkas riders.
“We celebrate our national heroes on August 29 for the bikers that fought hard to regulate and professionalize the motorcycle taxi industry,” said Angkas CEO George Royeca.
“Because of them, we now enjoy freedom from traffic and congestion that has attacked our quality of life. For years, we have been crippled by congestion and it is our modern-day heroes that have given us freedom of mobility to travel safely and quickly, unburdened by traffic. Angkas riders have enabled Filipino commuters to be more productive, better rested, happier, more fulfilled—and that is real freedom,” he added.
There have been many ways in which Angkas rider partners have shown their heroism to and for the Filipino people throughout the years. By proving that Filipino motorbike riders can be disciplined, courteous, and safe, Angkas is making the possibility for 18 million motorcycle riders in the Philippines to make a decent, above-the-minimum-wage living with a motorbike more attainable than ever. In maintaining a safety rating of 99.997% after literally millions of bookings, Angkas riders are even now dismantling the long-perpetuated, derogatory “kamote rider” stereotype.
During the pandemic, Angkas pivoted to delivering medicine and essential items during the lockdown and offered free rides to medical practitioners and other frontliners in areas where it operates.
“So, if a motorcycle has saved you from traffic and congestion, book a ride with Angkas on National Heroes Day, Monday, August 29, where the bikers will enjoy 100% of the fares,” said Royeca, “this is our way to celebrate and honor our biker heroes!”