After facing an outage earlier for several hours–with people suspecting that GCash was hacked due to reports of unauthorized transactions–GCash has issued a statement and said that no hacking incident has occurred and that no funds were lost. “We extended our scheduled maintenance to investigate and determined that no hacking occurred,” GCash said in their […]
It’s official: Huawei is indeed launching the P60 series and the Mate X3 on March 23. This was revealed in a series of posters that they posted on their official social media channels. New waves of innovations are coming. #HuaweiP60Series #HuaweiMateX3 pic.twitter.com/gb0awfqApq — Teme (??)|???? (@RODENT950) March 13, 2023 While the teaser poster is vague, […]
For the fifth time in a row: oil companies are expected to implement a rollback on the prices of fuel, effective next week. According to the forecast, per-liter prices of diesel should go down by Php 0.50 – Php 0.60 and of gasoline by Php 0.40 – Php 0.50. As always, oil companies announce price […]
With fuel prices constantly fluctuating between high and unacceptable, it appears that this has not only affected private motorists but public transport as well. After all, most vehicles still all run on fossil fuels unless you’re commandeering an EV like those in PIMS 2022. As such, we’ve just seen the approval of a considerable price […]
UPDATE: Move It has reached out to us, and gave this statement in response to the presscon held by the four “cause-oriented” civic groups: Move It remains one of the three motorcycle operators, and its accreditation remains it’s own and does not transfer to Grab. This is the same situation in Angkas, one of the […]
As oil prices continue to rise in the past few weeks, the public transport sector has already made its appeal to LTFRB to increase base fares. LTFRB recently approved the fare increase for PUJs, and it is the turn of TNVS providers like Grab to appeal for a fare hike. In the case of Grab, […]
Ride-hailing apps have been around for quite a long time now, yet there are only a handful of companies operating in the Philippines. Well, things are about to change. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has lifted the moratorium on the entry of transport network companies (TNCs) in the ride-hailing industry. The memorandum […]
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has issued public transport guidelines for the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). This time, public transport will not be facing further restrictions and limitations during the ECQ period. Transportation Secretary Art Tugade says the current supply and capacity of public utility vehicles will be retained […]
Heeding to the government’s call to expand the scope of cashless transactions, PayMaya is expanding its payment services to the transport sector, letting users enjoy the added convenience when commuting. This is on top of partnering with Hirna for its end-to-end payment platforms. For its expanded coverage, the following can enjoy PayMaya’s convenient services: Commuters […]
Metro Manila and many of its bordering provinces are shifting back to MECQ starting midnight on August 4. The shift to more stringent lockdown rules was decided upon by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases because of the ballooning case count of COVID-19, which as of press time has now seen a total […]
Another step towards cashless payments PayMaya gains a new partner with ride-hailing app hirna, adding more avenues for its convenient cashless payment service. With the partnership, hirna users Davao, Iloilo, Butuan, and Bacolod can book rides and pay using PayMaya QR, doing away with physical cash and lessening the possible spread of COVID-19. hirna is […]
Grab will have to remain unchallenged for now Indonesian ride-hailing platform Go-Jek has been denied entry into the Philippine market by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). According to Rappler, the Indonesian-based ride-hailing platform was denied the application via its local subsidiary Velox Technology Philippines, according to Resolution No. 096 dated December 20, […]