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(Eagle News) –The personal data of Uber users and drivers will not be automatically shared with Grab. This was the assurance given by the National Privacy Commission and Grab itself in a press conference on Friday. “There is no path for us to take Uber’s data. The data that we have received from Uber is only upon consent and that is only on the drivers’ side,” Brian Cu, Grab Philippines country head, said. According to NPC […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday said each family who lost a loved one in the deadly vehicular incident in Occidental Mindoro received P20,000 from President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said those who were injured were also each given cellphones and P10000 by the chief executive. According to Roque, the amounts were apart from those they would receive from the Passenger Accident Management and Insurance Agency (PAMI) starting Monday, March 26. The families of those […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the arrest of the operator of Dimple Star Transport, days after one of its buses fell into a cliff in Occidental Mindoro and left 19 dead. “Pinahuli ni (Duterte ang) operator and pinahuli niya ang lahat ng colorum,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. Go made the announcement as Duterte made an unannounced visit to the site of the incident on Tuesday. A picture […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Wednesday that it would issue a preventive suspension order on the bus company involved in the fatal accident in Occidental Mindoro. The LTFRB made the announcement as its personnel conducted an inspection of Dimple Star Transport in Edsa-Santolan, Quezon City. The personnel found some of the buses had overused tires. The Dimple Star Transport bus with plate number TYU 708 fell off a cliff near […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to explain the “scientific basis” for its decision to limit to 47,500 the number of Transport Network Vehicle Service units in the country. “What’s the math used in this decision? What were the parameters used, like demand and supply?” Poe asked. She said the decision to limit the number of allowable units to 45,000 in Metro Manila, 500 in Metro […]
(Eagle News) –Aileen Lizada of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced on Friday that she has resigned as the agency’s spokesperson. Lizada, however, will remain a member of the board of the agency. Lizada did not give a reason for her resignation as spokesperson but Department of Transportation Undersecretary Tim Orbos said she would be focusing on her duties at the Inter-Agency Council on Traffic. She said that all questions should now be […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has limited the number of vehicles operating under ride-sharing applications such as Uber and Grab nationwide to 45,700. According to LTFRB Memorandum Circular Number 2018-003, of the total number, 45,000 Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) units will be in Metro Manila; 500 in Metro Cebu; and 200 in Pampanga. “The numbers were arrived at based on the data given by the (Transport Network Companies) considering its […]
(Eagle News) — The woman who was videoed apparently hitting a taxi driver in Quezon City on December 17 denied she hit him physically, noting also that her reaction was one that any person would have had given the same situation. In a position paper submitted to the Land Transportation Office, which is investigating the incident, on Wednesday, Cherish Sharmaine Interior said it was the taxi driver, Virgilio Doktor, and not her, who acted […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Tuesday ordered the suspension of seven Partas buses. This was after the company failed to give the agency the dash cam footage and Global Positioning System tracking data of the bus involved in the fatal road crash in Agoo, La Union on Monday, as requested by the agency. The footage and the tracking data were supposed to be used in the LTFRB’s investigation of […]
(Eagle News) — The taxi driver who was allegedly slapped by a motorist during a traffic altercation in Quezon City is set to file charges against her. Virgilio Doktor, who went to the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board on Monday, said the charges for damage to property and physical injuries would be filed against the woman, whose identity has not yet been released. According to Doktor, the woman, who was driving a blue Honda City, […]
(Eagle News) — Epektibo na ang 20 percent discount ng mga estudyante sa pamasahe tuwing weekend at holiday simula October 28. Ayon sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) kabilang dito ang summer breaks, legal at special holidays. Ang discount ay magagamit sa bus, jeep, taxi at iba pang pampublikong sasakyan. Gayunman, hindi nito saklaw ang post-graduate students o mga kumukuha ng medicine, law, masters at doctorate degrees.
(Eagle News) — Modernize your vehicles by Jan. 1, 2018 or else. President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say to members of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide, who held a 2-day transport strike to protest the government’s jeepney modernization program. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Piston was the only transport group that did not support the government’s plan to phase out jeepneys at least 15 years old, and replace them […]
