taxi

Duterte warns taxi drivers: Not giving change is extortion

“It is extortion or illegal exaction.” That was presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning to taxi drivers who refuse to give their passengers exact change. “Yung mga taxi both dito sa Davao pati sa Maynila, alam mo pag…

What kind of taxi driver is your presidential candidate?

With four days to go before the national elections, Inquirer Motoring shares how its readers liken the five candidates to taxi drivers. Here’s what they say:…

‘Killer, robber, rapist’ held for 5-city crime spree

Seven car thefts, seven robberies, three rapes and three homicides—including a gruesome death that recently shocked the local music industry. The police are pinning all these on Nitro Agustin Ison, a stocky 24-year-old with blond-streaked hair, who…

NBI joins hunt for taxi driver tagged in 3 robberies, 1 rape

The National Bureau of Investigation  has started looking into the case of Ricky Ramos, the taxi driver accused of robbing four of his passengers and raping one of them. It launched its own investigation into the complaints…

Video of VP Jejomar Binay look-alike in Indonesia goes viral

Only Binay! 🙂 #binay #Halalan2016 #Phvote #onlyBinay Posted by Cess Barcenas on Thursday, March 24, 2016   A group of Filipino tourists in Indonesia were elated to ride a taxi cab driven by a cabbie who they…

Taxi driver arrested, charged for ‘stealing $3K’ from Iranian dentist

MANILA — A taxi driver was arrested and charged for stealing $3,000 dollars from an Iranian dentist and hiding the money in a car wash’s roof and his vehicle’s headrest, the Manila Police District said on Sunday.…

Uber, Grab fares up for LTFRB review

AFTER the taxi fare cuts that took effect last week, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has initiated a review of the fare rates for app-based vehicle services like Uber and Grab. The LTFRB has…

Cab firm insists MMDA tagged wrong driver

THE TAXI firm Joannian Transport Inc. maintained that one of its drivers was mistakenly accused of hitting a traffic enforcer on the Commonwealth Avenue flyover on March 7. The company’s lawyers made this assertion in a hearing…

LTFRB: Protests won’t stop taxi fare cuts

EVEN as a thousand taxi drivers picketed in front of his office on East Avenue, Quezon City, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chair Winston Ginez said there was no stopping the taxi fare cut on…

U-Hop is 3rd app-based transport service to get LTFRB nod

A homegrown brand has joined what remains a short list of government-approved app-based transport services. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Friday granted accreditation to U-Hop Transportation Network Vehicle System Inc., making it the…

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