Grab files motion to restore P2 per minute travel charge

Grab Philippines filed on Friday a motion for reconsideration against the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) order suspending the transport network company’s (TNC) P2 per minute travel charge.

 

Grab files motion for reconsideration on LTFRB's order suspending its P2-per minute charge. | via @Ted_Cordero pic.twitter.com/TXVBrxnznD

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Grab claimed the LTFRB order issued on April 19 is “contrary to the law” and “the revised rules and of procedure” of the transport regulator.

The LTFRB on Wednesday ordered Grab to cancel the travel charge while the fare structure is under review.

 

Grab said the order “would cause grave or irreparable damage not only to the respondent but more so to the operators and drivers of the accredited transport network vehicles if the same is not rectified.”

The TNC earlier cited the Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) Department Order 2015-011 which supposedly gives TNCs the right to impose a P2 per minute travel time charge.

PBA party-list Representative Jericho Nograles claimed that the travel charge was part of “illegal” charges of the TNC and prompted the LTFRB to issue an order and a review of Grab’s fare structure.

Grab country head Brian Cu said the company has stopped implementing the P2 per minute travel charge in light of the LTFRB order, starting at midnight, April 20. —VDS, GMA News