Singapore, Jan. 24 -- A senator and close ally of President Rodrigo Duterte has denounced the Singaporean chief executive of a motorcycle ride-sharing firm and wants her declared "persona non grata" - or unwelcome - in the Philippines.
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III accused Angkas head Angeline Tham, 37, of being "high-handed, arrogant and irresponsible" in a resolution filed in the Senate on Jan 16.
"Her acts... should not be countenanced but be condemned to the fullest," said Mr Pimentel, who claimed Ms Tham was behind a "mass indignation rally" mounted by Angkas last month to paralyse traffic in the capital, Manila.
On Dec 22, some 20,000 riders and supporters of the company gathered along Edsa, Manila's main highway, to "save Angka...