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Franchise seekers for app-using cars wait till March

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will start receiving on March 5 new franchise applications for those who want to become Uber, Grab or U-Hop drivers, as it also reviews the limit it recently set…

LTFRB limits Uber, Grab cars plying Metro Manila, nearby provinces to 45,000

After months of consultation, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has finally come up with a common pool of app-based drivers, but transport network company (TNC) Grab is not too happy with it, pointing out…

Hyundai Motor and Grab Sign Strategic Partnership to Expand Mobility Service

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, and Grab, the leading on-demand transportation and mobile payments platform in Southeast Asia, recently announced a strategic partnership that will expand Hyundai’s innovative future mobility services in Southeast Asia. The…

Carjackers preying on Grab drivers caught

Four men accused of stealing the vehicles of three Grab drivers were arrested in Pandacan, Manila, on Sunday. Senior Insp. Fernildo de Castro, head of the Manila Police District’s anticar theft unit, identified the suspects as John…

MMDA points to TNCs as cause of heavier traffic but Grab disagrees

Asked to pinpoint the cause of the worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila over the past few months, a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official on Friday cited the huge volume of cars on the road. According…

LTFRB: Uber, Grab drivers now face same penalties as erring cab drivers

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has revised the rules covering transport network companies (TNCs), specifically on the accreditation of their operations and the conditions for the maintenance of their driver-partners’ certificate of public conveyance.…

Pasay police identifies suspect in Grab driver slay

The Pasay City Police has identified on Monday the suspect in the killing of Gerardo Maquidato Jr., a driver-partner of Grab, a Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS). Supt. Gene Licud, assistant chief of police for operations, said 25-year-old Narc…

Good Samaritan Grab driver shot in back of his head by lone carjacker

A Grab driver who went viral months ago for helping out a sick passenger was killed by a gunman who pretended to be a passenger, bringing with him the car’s victim on his escape. Gerardo Maquidato Jr.,…

Release TNVS guidelines before holidays, Poe tells LTFRB

Sen. Grace Poe urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday to finalize the guidelines on transport network vehicle services (TNVS) before the start of the holiday season to help out commuters. She issued…

LTFRB: Only 3 cars per Uber, Grab operator

Ride-sharing services providers under transport network companies (TNCs) Grab and Uber will be limited to a fleet of not more than three vehicles, Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LFTRB) chair Martin Delgra told senators on Wednesday.…

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