Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 30) — Grab Philippines hopes that the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board will consider allowing more of its drivers to operate when Metro Manila transitions into general community quarantine starting June 1.
Under GCQ, transportation network vehicles system enterprises like Grab will be allowed to operate.
Out of the 31,000 names of drivers submitted by GrabCar, the LTFRB validated only 2,025 of TNVS drivers to resume operations.
“Grab is humbly asking the LTFRB to increase the TNVS supply on behalf of both the drivers and the commuting public who are working to deliver much-needed services to our kababayans amidst the pandemic and an embattled economy,” the TNVS operator said.
According to Grab Philippines President Brian Cu, health and safety measures will strictly be implemented in Grab fleets including installing a barrier between drivers and passengers, and hygiene kits will be readily available for sanitation and disinfection.
“Tens of thousands of Grab drivers are already certified with the new safety and hygiene standards of both the government and Grab, and they are ready to resume serving the commuting public,” the company said in a statement.
Grab says they will be reducing their commissions for all the drivers who are on the validated list issued by the LTFRB, to allow these drivers to earn more.
Furthermore, Grab said that the entire commissions it earns in the first week of GCQ will go to the sanitation and hygiene kits for the drivers.
The company will also go for cashless transactions.
“TNVS also ensures compliance with the government mandate for cashless and contactless transactions, a capability that no other public transport denomination can guarantee at this time,” the statement read.
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President Rodrigo Duterte this week approved the recommendation of the Inter-agency Task Force to ease the quarantine restrictions over Metro Manila into a general community quarantine from June 1.
