PARIS — French taxi drivers smashed up livery cars, set tires ablaze and blocked traffic across the country on Thursday in a nationwide strike aimed at Uber after weeks of rising, sometimes violent tensions over the US…
The House of Representatives is urging the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to take Uber, EasyCar and GrabCar off the road because it considered online taxis nothing but “colorum,” or no-franchise vehicles. The House committee on…
“Traditional” taxi cab owners are up in arms over the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) order allowing smartphone ridesharing applications like Uber, Grabcab, East Taxi and Tripda to legally operate in the Philippines. According to Jesus…
A knife-wielding woman was arrested for allegedly attempting to rob a taxi driver in Quezon City on Friday afternoon. “She said she needed the money to pay for a hearing aid,” Supt. Danilo Pecaña said of the…
FOLLOWING the lead of third-party taxi booking applications like GrabTaxi and EasyTaxi, the R&E taxi group has become the first local cab company to roll out its own taxi-booking mobile phone application. The taxi group composed of…
MANILA, Philippines–San Francisco-based Uber Technologies, operator of a wildly popular smartphone application that connects drivers and passengers, is keen on expanding its presence in the Philippines with the upcoming release of landmark rules in the region. But…
MANILA, Philippines–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is mulling taking action against a taxi company whose driver was arrested during a robbery attempt in Makati City earlier this month. In a statement, the LTFRB said…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States – Car-sharing startup Uber on Friday bragged it rang in the New Year with two million rides, many of them apparently to revellers heading home in early morning hours. And while demand for…
MANILA, Philippines–Following a spate of taxi-related crimes, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) directed taxi operators in Metro Manila to submit a list of their authorized drivers so that it could come up with a…
MANILA, Philippines–An airport policeman was recorded berating an “errant” taxi driver and breaking the cabbie’s taxi window. The video is trending online and spurring mixed reactions. The 2:34-minute video taken by one of the passengers of the…
