Being caught without driver lisense

You could be thrown into jail if you don't cough up a little "tip" for the police officer.

They could lock you up and throw away the key or you could get a fake one printed.

You can be fined and they can even impound the bike.

You could go to an LTO and get a Filipino driving licence but that will cost you.

Bribe should be not more than 1000. But 500 ought normally to be enough.

I was stopped at a roadblock between Lutopan and Toledo in 2010. Just like the OP, I had no license having stupidly left it at home. Not a mistake I will ever repeat.

it was easily the trickiest roadblock/checkpoint incident I've ever been involved in. I tried telling them that I had a license but that I had just inadventently left it at the hotel, but they weren't impressed, and weren't buying it. I realised it wasn't going to be like when they pull you for not wearing a helmet, and there is this short parley, you give them 2-300 pesos and you are on your way. They threatened to impound the bike, eventually took the keys and drove it off. Then the bike re-appeared, being driven by one of the senior cops. He invited me to hop on the back and then he drove off to nowhere in particular and we began talking, whilst the pair of us were on this moving motorcycle and both not wearing helmets, about how much money I would have to 'donate' to get the motorbike back. The whole process took about an hour from the moment when I was stopped to the moment when I drove away. In the end, I considered myself lucky that in the end they accepted 1,000 peso pay-off.

as a general rule you are only ever stopped at roadblocks/checkpoints close to bigger towns. All the times I have been stopped it has either been in, or close to, big towns.

AFAIK the penalty for not producing a drivers licence is a fine of P1500
As the May 9 elections approach the majority of checkpoints are mandated by COMELEC
with the main objective to seize illegal weapons but they are still manned by PNP
Motorcycles are routinely stopped and the luggage compartment inspected and the vehicle's
papers are scrutinised
As a foreigner you now need an ACR to get a Philippine drivers licence or your original foreign
driving licence for conversion. You also have to have been in Philippines for a month
OP Try to print something and make sure you have adequate ID...and a budget for merienda

Yes, maybe get someone to photocopy it and mail it to you?..

After that 2010 incident I got somebody to mail the photo card UK license to me to arrive at a pal's place on Camiguin. It took less than two weeks.

Thanks For the info. Don't think I will take the risk.