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Cebu Pacific starts 2-day 'piso fare' sale

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 09:26 AM

The Jan. 16 to 17 sale period will be for travel from Jul. 1 to Dec. 31 this year, the Gokongwei-led airline said. Only online payments via the Cebu Pacific website or app will be accepted, it said. Read more »

Cebu Pacific says 'back to normal' after Taal disruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 12:48 PM

The airline cleaned all of its jets that were coated by Taal's ash and aimed to re-book or refund passengers of canceled flights in a day or 2, said its spokesperson Charo Logarta-Lagamon.  Read more »

DOTr itinangging pinagbawalan ang Angkas magsakay ng mabigat na pasahero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 08:56 PM

Itinanggi ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) na pinagbawalan nila ang Angkas na magsakay ng mabibigat na pasahero. Read more »

DOTr denies telling Angkas to reject rides based on passengers' weight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 04:34 PM

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Sunday said it never told motorcycle taxi-hailing firm Angkas to deny rides to "heavy passengers." Read more »

Angkas: Weight not yet factored into bookings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 05:03 AM

MANILA—Motorcycle taxi-hailing firm Angkas said Friday that weight was not yet factored into bookings following the release of its new in-app feature, which some of its users deemed discriminatory to "heavy" passengers. Read more »

China’s bid to challenge Boeing and Airbus falters

Stella Qiu and Tim Hepher, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 10:27 AM

Delays are common in complex aerospace programs, but the especially slow progress is a potential embarrassment for China, which has invested heavily in its first serious attempt to break the hold of Boeing and Airbus on the global jet market. Read more »

Angkas nag-sorry, nagpaliwanag sa mga umano'y paglabag

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 07:56 PM

Humingi ng paumanhin ngayong Miyerkoles ang pamunuan ng ride-hailing app na Angkas kasunod ng bantang ipapa-blacklist sila ng gobyerno sa mga naging paglabag sa pilot testing ng motorcycle taxis.  Read more »

Flights re-routed away from Iraq, Iran after missile attack on US troops

David Shepardson and Allison Lampert, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 02:53 PM

Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel, the US military said on Tuesday. Read more »

Angkas refuses to pick 'fight' with regulators, explains ownership

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 01:47 PM

Angkas said Wednesday limiting the participants in the pilot run for motorcycle taxis risks reducing supply, as it urged government not to view its opposition to the cap as "picking a fight." Read more »

Angkas posibleng ma-blacklist dahil sa mga nakitang paglabag

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 07:29 PM

Posibleng ma-blacklist ang Angkas bilang ride-hailing app dahil sa ilang paglabag na nakita ng technical working group ng Department of Transportation. Read more »

INFOGRAPHIC: The MRT-4 stations, from N. Domingo to Ortigas to Taytay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 08:12 PM

Here are the proposed stations of the MRT-4, which will run along Ortigas Avenue to Taytay Diversion Road.  Read more »

Tap to delicious: How tech disrupted business in the last decade

Joel Guinto and Jessica Fenol ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 07:57 AM

With millions of smartphones and acknowledged as one of the world's social media capitals, the Philippines is a prime market for e-commerce. Apps on smartphones have given rise to sharing instead of ownership, and virtual currencies in place of bills and coins.   Read more »

Move It open to Angkas drivers as it fills up 10,000-rider allocation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 11:42 AM

Move It has so far registered 2,500 drivers to the transportation regulator's technical working group, according to its operation manager Eric Torres.   Read more »

Boeing, US regulators review wiring issue on grounded 737 MAX

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 08:26 AM

Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday the US planemaker "identified this issue as part of that rigorous process, and we are working with the FAA to perform the appropriate analysis. Read more »

Pimentel says endorsed motorcycle taxi service JoyRide's application to curb Angkas monopoly

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 10:56 AM

Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Friday admitted that he endorsed motorcycle-hailing app JoyRide to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to ensure that there would be no monopoly in the motor-taxi industry. Read more »

Wrong court: SC junks petitions vs MMDA provincial bus ban along EDSA

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 11:30 PM

The SC en banc dismissed 3 separate petitions filed by AKO BICOL PARTY-LIST, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda and Bayan Muna Party-list chair Neri Colmenares and others because they violated the high court’s doctrine of hierarchy of courts, based on excerpts of the Court’s December 3, 2019 resolution provided to the media on Friday. Read more »

No more switching rides? LTO studies proposal for stricter driving rules

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 05:03 PM

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is developing a new and stricter set of rules governing driver’s licenses in the Philippines, where every vehicle type will have its own code and drivers can no longer switch between vehicle types without passing an exam for each kind. Read more »

AirAsia increases some flight frequencies from Cebu, Clark

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 03:03 PM

AirAsia said Friday it was increasing flight frequencies out of its Clark and Cebu hubs to meet travel demand. Read more »

Train fares unchanged despite Beep card price hike: transport dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 12:10 PM

The Department of Transportation is checking its concession agreement with the operator of the Beep card system for Metro Manila's trains, after a price hike for the service caught the agency by surprise, an official said Friday.  Read more »

Grab boss says he got P50 refund, defends computation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 12:25 AM

With 3 million active users, and P19 million in refunds ordered by the Philippine Competition Commission, the rebate will run at an average P20 per user, said Grab Philippines President Brian Cu. Read more »