A number of transportation coalition groups and tricycle operators urged President Marcos to stop the plan to allow more motorcycle taxis in Metro Manila, saying this would adversely affect the already meager income of existing operators and riders. The appeal came amid the ongoing pilot study...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez believes that the bill espousing the use of motorcycle taxis (MC taxis) will get fast-tracked in the House...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Acknowledging the importance of motorcycle taxis to the ordinary Filipino, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has identified as a priority measure the bill that seeks to legalize motorcycles...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (Facebook) A fair decision. That's how Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua described the Department of Transportation-Technical Working Group’s (DOTr-TWG) ruling to exclude Grab in the pilot study on...
President Marcos has expressed his desire to relax the regulations covering Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) and legalize motorcycle taxis amid his administration’s move to improve the country’s transportation system. Marcos said this after he and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos...
CEBU CITY – A taxi driver and “habal-habal” (motorcycle-for-hire) driver are facing possible penalties after they figured in a fistfight in the middle of the road in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Monday, October 2. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral online. A...
Recognizing the critical role that education and skills development play in enhancing road safety, Move It is putting its rider-partners through high-level hybrid training sessions as they progress on the platform. Bolstered by its strategic partnership with Grab Philippines, Move It has...
MOVE IT spearheads a series of forums and dialogues with hundreds of *habal-habal* riders and leaders to identify the challenges hindering the transformation of *habal-habal* riders into professionalized motorcycle taxi servicemen. MOVE IT, a homegrown motorcycle taxi service provider, is taking...
BAGUIO CITY – A taxi driver listed as a high-value drug personality was arrested by the Baguio City police and personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation at his rented house in Middle Quezon Hill here on Tuesday, June 27. The suspect was identified...
ILOILO CITY – A traffic aide here faces suspension for threatening a taxi driver. SCREEN grab of traffic enforcer Dominador Regala who verbally threatened to kill a taxi driver in Iloilo City. Jeck Conlu, chief of the Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PTSMO), recommended on...
Enacting a law that would legalize and regulate motorcycle taxis in the country would help ensure that riders and their passengers are safe, and keep road accidents to a minimum. Senators pointed this out at a recent joint hearing of the Senate Committees on Public Services and Local Government...
ENGR. Eduardo Montealto (left), LTFRB-7 chief, awards a certificate of commendation to cabbie Antonio Tundag Jr. for returning a wallet containing P260,000 left in his taxi in Cebu City last month. (LTFRB-7 photo) CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) on Monday,...
