Reelectionist Senator Francis Tolentino eyes providing recognition for delivery platform motorcycle riders under the Labor Code, including job security, just wages, and social protection. Speaking at the Alyansa proclamation rally in Pasay City, reelectionist Senator Francis 'TOL' Tolentino said...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate said local government units (LGUs) must not give undue burden to food delivery riders in the form of business permit requirements. Accordig to Zarate, delivery riders are already...
Manila Bulletin file photo/Noel Pabalate In September 2021, a teary-eyed delivery rider went to the Malabon City police station to file a complaint against his customer who suddenly...
Grab Philippines has expressed full support for government efforts to provide delivery riders with PhilSys IDs (PhilIDs) saying it would work with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to ensure that all their delivery riders secure their national...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – To address various concerns of the delivery riders, the United Delivery Riders of the Philippines-Cagayan de Oro Chapter called on the Foodpanda – an online food and grocery delivery platform – to reopen their hub here. Many Foodpanda delivery riders gather and conduct a...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested three delivery riders while having a pot session in Sitio Bayabas, Barangay Pico, here on Sunday night, Jan. 29. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and La Trinidad Municipal Police Station received...
There is an urgent need to pass a law protecting the rights and welfare of freelance workers. (MANILA BULLETIN) Thus, said Davao City 1st district Representative Paolo Duterte following a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) holding an online food delivery company liable...
DAVAO CITY – The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) 8th Division has ruled in favor of the seven delivery riders here who filed a complaint against Foodpanda Philippines Inc. for illegal dismissal. In a 19-page decision dated Dec. 7, 2022 released on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the NLRC said the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, November 8 commended delivery service company Lalamove for responding to the family of one of their riders who died while he was on duty last November 1. But Hontiveros said she laments the company’s statement that rider Noel Escote was “not fulfilling orders...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a bill that seeks to protect delivery riders and drivers against unjustified cancellation of orders or “no show” customers. ‘’These fraudulent acts result in a waste of time, effort, and money on the part of the delivery riders or drivers. What...
Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera has refiled a bill that would protect delivery riders from fraudulent transactions by requiring cashless payments and imposing fees and imprisonment on customers who would cancel their orders at the last minute. (Janssen Romero/ File photo/ MANILA...
CAGAYAN -- Two delivery riders were arrested by joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) of the Cagayan Provincial Police Office for selling dried marijuana leaves during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday afternoon, April 27,...
