Former Dipolog mayor slams changes in Cebu City port taxi system

Pia Piquero 09/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Dipolog City Mayor Edelburgo Cheng is urging the management of the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) to again allow taxis to enter the port area, to especially provide transportation to members of the…

Overcharging taxi drivers: How to report them

Pia Piquero 09/04/2024

Every day, countless commuters across Cebu rely on taxis to reach their destinations quickly and conveniently. However, what should have been a comfortable ride would sometimes turn into a frustrating ordeal as passengers are hit with inflated…

Probe taxi drivers charging flat rates, says Cebu City Council

Kim Ablaña 03/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Council is requesting the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) to investigate the alleged incident of a taxi driver charging a flat rate instead of using…

Counterflowing taxi claims life of 19-year-old rider in Liloan, Cebu

Paul Lauro 03/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 19-year-old motorcycle driver died while his passenger remains confined in a hospital in a bloody collision with a counterflowing black taxi in Liloan town at dawn on Sunday, March 3. The victim…

Robbery: Police nab one of two men who robbed taxi driver in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/21/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here arrested one of two robbery suspects who victimized a taxi driver in Sitio Pandayan, Barangay Basak-San Nicolas, Cebu City early Saturday morning, October 21, 2023. The robbery incident took place inside…

New LTO-7 chief to commuters: Report abusive taxi drivers

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new chief of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) said the agency will  continue its effort to crack down on abusive taxi drivers in the region. Newly appointed LTO-7 director Glen…

Taxi passenger shot dead in Quiot; cops turn to CCTVs to identify, catch killer

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are hoping that footage from security cameras may give them a lead on the killer of a taxi passenger, who was shot dead this afternoon, March 3, in Barangay Quiot, Cebu City.…

Driver, whose taxi flipped over at the foot of the Tabunok flyover, is safe

Pegeen Maisie Sararaña and Paul Lauro 01/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The driver, whose taxi flipped over at the foot of the Tabunok flyover in Talisay City, is safe. Jonathan Tumulak, chief of the City of Talisay Traffic Operations and Development Authority (CT-TODA), said…

LTFRB-7 to commuters: Do not pay new fare without new fare matrix

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A top official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) has advised commuters not to pay the new minimum fare if drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) fail…

Hit-and-run driver, drags motorcycle stuck under his SUV to his home 2 km away, nabbed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The hit and run driver, who literally dragged a motorcycle stuck under his Ford Everest from Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City to his home about 2 kilometers away in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City,…

TWG: Motorcycle taxi pilot run to continue after Senate hearing

Katrina Hallare 01/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The pilot run on motorcycle taxis will continue despite an earlier decision to terminate it early, Antonio Gardiola Jr., the chairman of the Department of Transportation’s technical working group, said on Tuesday. “The sentiment…

Bontuyan killing probe: Cops waiting for crime lab’s results of taxi’s dashcam footage

Zena V. Magto 05/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Police are waiting for the results of the footage in the dashboard camera of the taxicab beside Police Captain Delfin Bontuyan when he was shot dead on his motorcycle that they…

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