(PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - There is a need to increase the budget of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to expedite the production of motorcycle license plates and eliminate backlog. In a statement on Monday, Senator JV Ejercito lamented that license plate backlog is at 14 million pieces. "Dadagdagan natin 'yung budget para mas mapabilis ang kanilang production. Iyon naman ang sabi ni LTO chief Atty. (Jay Art) Tugade, na kaya naman nila in two to three years 'yan, basta meron lang budget for the production at kung rear plate lang ang kanilang proproblemahin, kakayanin (We have to increase their budget so they can expedite their production. According to LTO chief Atty. Tugade, they can do that in two to three years provided there is enough budget for the production and if it will just be rear plates, they can do it)," he said. Ejercito has filed Senate Bill 159 to amend Republic Act 11235, or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act. The measure aims