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Sunday, February 26, 2017
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MANILA – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) have been ordered to make sure students on fieldtrips wear seatbelts while in buses.
Fourteen students from Bestlink College Novaliches and a driver were killed in a bus accident early last week. Forty-four other students were wounded.
“We have to somehow start pushing for seatbelts in buses. Everybody knows the restrains are valuable lifesavers. There’s no question there would have been fewer lives lost in the tragedy, and fewer students hurt, had the bus had seatbelts,” said Rep. Johnny Pimentel of Surigao del Sur.
The congressman urged CHED to require schools to use seatbelt-equipped buses during out-of-town educational tours.
School authorities have also been reminded to avoid dangerous areas for educational visits.
“In the meantime, schools may have to restrict themselves to safer in-city excursions, or to find alternative off-campus academic activities, until the buses with the protective straps become available,” Pimentel said.
The CHED on Tuesday issued a moratorium on all fieldtrips in all public and private schools pending an investigation into the Tanay bus accident.
The solon said he also hopes that not only buses for educational tours will have seatbelts, but also those servicing provincial trips./PN
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