THE LTFRB management wisely decided the other day to stop apprehending Uber partner car owners in the Philippines. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chairman Winston Ginez has also admitted to media that his original order to have Uber partner-drivers arrested for doing the taxi-trade without proper LTFRB approvals will be suspended because his agency is still drafting guidelines on how Uber can operate as a legal transport service provider under Philippine laws.
The following is Wikipedia’s concise description of Uber. “Uber is a rideshare and taxi service company headquartered in San Francisco, California, which operates in cities in several countries. The company uses a smartphone application to receive ride requests, and then sends these trip requests to their drivers. Customers use the app to request rides and track their reserved vehicle’s location. As of August 29, 2014, the service was available in 45 countries and more than 200 cities worldwide, and was valued at more than US$40 billion in December 2014.
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