2024年12月16日 · During a Senate hearing last week, Senator Raffy Tulfo criticized Grab for making drivers shoulder the cost of the government-mandated 20 percent discount for senior citizens, Persons With Disabilities (PWD), and students. That’s supposedly on top of the 20 to 30 percent commission rate the TNVS firm deducts from its drivers’ earnings.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB; Filipino: Lupon sa Prangkisa at Pamamahala ng Transportasyong Panlupa [1]) is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines under the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The LTFRB was established on June 19, 1987, during the former president Corazon Aquino’s administration.

2025年1月19日 · LTFRB vowed to issue a new memo directing transport network companies and operators to shoulder the discount. Grab was the first to admit in a Senate hearing on Dec. 10 that their drivers were shouldering a bigger portion of the 20% fare discounts for persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens and students.

2025年2月19日 · MANILA — A group of Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) drivers appealed to regulators anew on Wednesday to make ride-hailing firms shoulder the full cost of the mandatory 20-percent discount for senior citizens, Persons with Disabilities (PWD), and students. “Ang mga driver/operator po, maliit lang ang kinikita nyan.

2025年1月15日 · The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Wednesday disclosed that a memorandum circular would be issued to standardize the enforcement of discounts for students, persons with disabilities (PWD), and …

The LTFRB is the premiere agency in charge of regulating fares of public vehicles. In 2003, LTFRB granted a 20% fare discount to senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWD) and students to give their needs the utmost priority. Oplan Balik Eskwela Program

LTFRB MISSION Ensure that the commuting public has adequate, safe, convenient, environment-friendly and dependable public land transportation services at reasonable rates through the implementation of land-based transportation policies, programs, and projects responsive to an investment-led and demand-driven industry.

2024年12月12日 · HINILING ng isang grupo ng mga driver mula sa Grab sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) na atasan ang ride-hailing firm na isauli ang halaga ng binabalikat na 20 percent discount para sa senior citizens at persons with disability (PWD).

Public utility vehicles (PUVs) are explicitly prohibited from denying transportation to PWDs based solely on their disability. This provision reinforces the rights of PWDs to access public transportation without discrimination. No PUV shall deny transport to PWDs due to their disability.

2025年1月15日 · MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will issue a circular by the end of January to standardize the implementation of special discounts for students, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and senior citizens across ride-hailing platforms in the Philippines.