JAKARTA, Indonesia — Ride-hailing app Uber has launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance. Jakarta is one of the world’s most congested cities…
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…
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…
GRAB, a regional ridesharing platform, will start serving passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) next week. David de Castro, a spokesperson for the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), said that airport officials and Grab would…
THE LONGTIME ban on online ridesharing platforms at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport is soon ending. Apparently, Singapore’s Grab has come to an agreement with airport authorities that will allow people to book a driver from Naia.…
No bridal car, no problem. In what appeared to be as a last-minute mishap on one of the most important days of her life, a bride did not allow a minor blunder to spoil her wedding. A…
Chicago, United States — A man arrested early Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead six people in the northern US state of Michigan was an Uber driver who may have been picking up fares just before the…
MANILA — The Land Transportation, Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) en banc has fined Uber driver Nicolo Lizaso P200,000 and cancelled his franchise application for threatening to hit a stewardess with a metal pipe. The order approved…
Despite plunging fuel prices, taxi drivers are still earning less due to the daily traffic jams and increased competition from app-based vehicle services, the Philippine National Taxi Operators Association (PNTOA) said Friday as it tried to justify…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has ordered the company that introduced GrabTaxi in the country to stop offering motorcycles for the riding public or it would lose its accreditation as an app-enabled transport service.…
