Facebook group wants to purchase food orders cancelled by clients It a hassle when customers cancel orders through apps like Food Panda, GrabFood, Lalamove and Angkas because it’s the riders that’ll have to pay for that out of their own pockets. Cancelling food orders during the enhanced community quarantine sucks even more because orders aren’t […]
One step closer to being legal Motorcycle-hailing services like Angkas and JoyRide are now a step closer to being legal, as Senate gave the green light to the Motorcycle-For-Hire Act, a year after Congress approved the bill for it. In its press release, Public Services Head Sen. Grace Poe said that the signing of Committee […]
At the condition that all motorcycle taxi firms have to drop charges In order to appease motorcycle taxi firms who have been complaining about DoTR-TWG’s guidelines, DoTR-TWG chair Antonio Gardiola Jr confirmed in an interview with ANC Early Edition that it will be increasing the biker cap from 13,000 to 21,000 per motorcycle firm. In […]
All hope is not yet lost The Motorcycle Taxi TWG took back its initial decision of ending the pilot run abruptly after yersterday’s senate hearing about the said matter. In an interview with CNN Philippines, DoTR-TWG Chair Antonio Gardiola Jr. said that they “will have a meeting with providers this afternoon para ma-tresh out namin […]
Angkas, JoyRide, and Move It have a new competitor Have you updated your Grab app lately? If you did, you will notice one slight change: the Grab Bike feature is back after it disappeared back in 2016. Businessworld reports that Grab Philippines has been in talk with the Motorcycle Taxi Technical Working Group (TWG) since […]
Angkas is back for real The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that it has approved the pilot implementation of motorcycle taxi operations. The pilot run will start in June and will cover Metro Manila and Metro Cebu for six months. DOTr partnered with motorcycle-hailing service Angkas for the pilot run. Under the implementing guidelines, both […]
Angkas may soon be legalized Here’s some good news for all patrons of motorcycle-hailing app Angkas: Congress has approved a bill legalizing motorcycles as public transport. HB 8959, also known as the Motorcycles-for-Hire Act, gives the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) the authority to legalize the operation of motorcycle-hailing services like Angkas. Under the […]
We shouldn’t pay this much just to get around Want to feel utterly depressed at how much money you’ve spent commuting around Manila this year? Go to https://hub.grab.com/rides, enter your mobile number and put in the OTP that’s sent to your Grab app on your phone, set the history from Jan 1 this year till […]
Don’t blame the LTFRB for this guys In a few months time, there will be no more Uber here in the Philippines. No, it is not LTFRB’s fault, despite the agency’s numerous tirades against the ride-hailing service. Instead, it is because of Uber closing in a deal with Grab for its Southeast Asia operations, which […]
It’s looking to out the minimum acceptable displacement at 2000cc The Land Transportation And Franchising And Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is mulling banning small cars and hatchbacks from TNCs like Uber and Grab. Mayroon po tayong standard na sinusunod para sa mga sasakyan, ito ay ‘yong sedan, as long as makapasok sa 2000-cc rated,” paliwanag ni […]
As we were going through the list of the top articles on Unbox, we couldn’t help but notice stories that were almost local tech historical milestones for the Philippines. We’ve compiled and organized them and put together this list of the top 10 tech issues and trends for PH tech for the year. Check them […]
3 Alternatives to Uber Yesterday the LTFRB announced that they were suspending Uber for 1 month. Earlier this morning Uber complied and tweeted that they are suspending services as of 6:00AM. While this sucks, we need to still move all over the city to make a living. Here are some alternatives that you might want […]