LTFRB goes after illegal ride-hailing service operators

Temporary permits for ride-hailing services and other modes of public transportation do not exist, and any other document purporting to allow the operation of public conveyanceare fake and illegal, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) clarified amid reports of the prevalence of the use of these spurious documents, particularly in the Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS).

- BY AARON RECUENCO

LTFRB chairman Vigor D. Mendoza II said what the agency issues are either a provisional authority or an authority to operate, and nothing more.

"There is no such thing as tempo or temporary permits. This so-called tempo is fake and any TNVS or public transport drivers and saying they have such is clear and simple illegal operations," said Mendoza.

The so-called tempo was an illegal practice wherein TNVS were given temporary permits to operate.

The modus became rampant and became one of the sources of corruption in the agency as transport groups are claiming that the temporary permits are issued in exchange for a fee and regular commission of erring LTFRB personnel.