Philippine transport authorities authorized GrabCar as the first company to operate under new rules governing ride-sharing apps, state and company officials said Wednesday. Singapore-based GrabCar got the jump on US rival Uber which is still submitting documents…
An Uber executive lauded the Philippine government for legalizing ride-sharing services in the country, one of the few nations outside the United States which has done so. Michael Brown, Uber regional manager for Southeast Asia and Australia…
PARIS — France’s top security official says Uber is facing multiple investigations as its low-cost taxi service inflames tensions around the country. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve spoke Friday to RTL radio a day after striking taxi drivers…
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…
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has created a new category to allow app-based public utility vehicles and services to operate in the Philippines. According to Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, the new classification of public…
THE Department of Transportation and Communications would soon publish guidelines that would pave the way for the legal use of ride-sharing smartphone applications like Uber, a statement dated Sunday (May 10) showed. The DOTC said that it would publish…
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…
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…
