New safety policies will be implemented Following the announcement that Metro Manila will be placed under General Community Quarantine on June 1, Grab announced that it will be resuming GrabCar services and implement policies to comply with the government’s health and safety regulations. The new policies are as follows: Grab’s mobility service offerings will be […]
7000 GrabTaxis with cashless payments will be made available nationwide Joining in with the government’s push for cashless transactions for public transportation, Grab is working with various taxi operators in the country to implement cashless payments. Part of the transition to cashless payments includes training thousands of taxi drivers and operators in using GrabPay and […]
Need to buy essential goods but could not go out due to current community quarantine restrictions? Grab is bringing back its GrabAssistant service in the form of GrabExpress Pabili. With this service, you can ask GrabExpress drivers to buy essential goods for you—as long as the total transaction does not exceed Php 2000 and […]
It’ll be available in Quezon City, Manila, and San Juan for now Grab has been working hard to create solutions for their customers and riders during the enhanced community quarantine implemented by the Philippine government to arrest the spread of COVID-19. Aside from enhanced sanitation protocols for their Grab Food riders, the company is now […]
You can still order food using these services If you’re craving for your favorite food but can’t go out because of the lockdown, you don’t need to worry – both GrabFood and FoodPanda will still be allowed to operate during the enhanced community quarantine of Luzon. https://www.facebook.com/GrabFoodPH/photos/a.1884728768315378/2781623268625919/?type=3&theater Both platforms will be running skeletal fleets during […]
Preventative measures for the new virus Grab is helping to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus by suspending its GrabShare service starting tomorrow, March 13 at noon. The suspension covers both Metro Manila and Cebu, and in support of the social distancing recommendation of Philippine health officials to combat the spread of the disease. […]
Assures that they will address all of NPC’s concerns The National Privacy Commission (NPC) recently issued a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) to Grab, ordering the suspension of two of its upcoming features: selfie verification and audio-video recordings of Grab rides. In its statement yesterday, NPC said that they are concerned about the privacy of […]
Heads up The National Privacy Commission has suspended Grab’s selfie verification as well as it’s pilot audio-video recordings over concerns of its implementation. In a Cease And Desist Order (CDO) to Grab Philippines, the agency states that Grab did not sufficiently identify and assess the risks posed by the data processing systems to the rights […]
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 […]
https://www.facebook.com/unboxph/photos/a.595744223828488/2653355894733967/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBVJ0VdfHMqRGYmrJiLjhIkx8fvgl-k-uDM-VF9-GL3QyQrZzfa8X_nl-jo7ZqAgwPSmrleNeEsv6klX7-CTQ_ymNeDeoKDqfJuCh0yGmaEh0EaYZof_bJdfHEeDisZJFYyCbWLicZp0DKvNlbo7eCkRfUPPIJm3qygPXcftzVky8KZt6jiufLXm0SQnBsqtIWMVHUSLxy71N3fPNlRs3PIwa016SDllS251NwTHtsmX7rZnlo633L2YYkYFy005AcOi4Vaug4gVco8Y-lao3crpnt3-IqMlYnNVeLoR_qmg8SrE3QSTgb6a9niWE2zdURoDmoljsc5aueShtbzWWrfyg&__tn__=-R The regulating body will continue to monitor Grab for next year Philippine Competition Commission announced today that it is ordering Grab Philippines to return Php 5.05 million to its riders for “breaching price commitments”. In its statement, the PCC explained that Grab “exceeded the allowable deviation” prior to the Uber merger. Based on Grab’s […]