As an online marketplace for delivery and logistics, Transportify is easily likened to other transport services such as Uber and Grab. “Oh, you’re Uber for deliveries—that was the easiest way [for some people] to explain what we…
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Toyota Financial Services Corporation (TFS), Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co.,Ltd. (Aioi) and Grab, Inc. (Grab), the largest ride-hailing service company in Southeast Asia, announce a collaboration to provide ride-hailing services throughout Southeast Asia.…
A GrabExpress driver who was allegedly delivering cocaine was arrested on Monday early morning after one of his customers—an I.T. support employee nabbed a day earlier—pointed him as his source. Senior Supt Orlando Yebra Jr., Pasig City police chief,…
Traffic flow in the metropolis became slightly better after Uber was suspended by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) earlier this month. Citing reports he received, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Danilo Lim said…
Despite prodding from senators, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has yet to decide whether or not to accept Uber’s offer to pay a P10-million fine in place of the month-long suspension it imposed on…
A new app-based transport service continued to defy the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) order for it to cease operations, pointing out that its model is not covered by the agency’s definition of a transport…
Senator Grace Poe has branded as “cruel and absurd” the one-month suspension imposed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on the operation of transport network company (TNC) Uber. “The decision of the LTFRB to…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended for a month the operations of transport network company (TNC) Uber after it defied its July 26 order not to accept and activate new drivers into its…
A group of prominent economists under the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to do away with restrictions on permits issued to drivers of ride-sharing services like Uber and…
Congress was asked to clearly define “ride-sharing” in the law to better guide transport authorities in regulating and demanding accountability from app-based services like Grab and Uber amid complaints from regular taxi drivers and operators. The call…
