That is the taxicab utilized by a driver that requested for increased fares from airport passengers. | Contributed photograph through Futch Anthony Inso
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-7 issued a present trigger order in opposition to a taxi operator on December 23, 2024, on the Mactan-Cebu Worldwide Airport (MCIA) after its driver allegedly contracted a passenger and requested for the next fare.
In a Fb put up, Edward Ligas, a global boxing decide, mentioned that he arrived on the airport at round 3:20 a.m. yesterday.
After 20 minutes of ready on the taxi parking space, he noticed a black Ogres taxi and inquired if he might ferry him to Alang-Alang, Mandaue Metropolis.
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The taxicab driver who contracted passengers and requested for the next fare was arrested by Mactan airport safety personnel. | Contributed photograph through Futch Anthony Inso
Nevertheless, the taxi driver, Romel Damayo Diongson, a resident of Borbon city, requested for P800 as a fare.
He advised the taxi driver that her common fare from the airport to Alang-Alang was solely P200, however the taxi driver refused to serve Ligas.
Ligas advised the taxi driver that his license may very well be revoked if he continued his unlawful actions, however the taxi driver provoked Ligas and challenged him to revoke his license.
Because of this, he took a photograph of the taxi driver and the taxi unit and posted the incident on social media.
On the identical day, the taxi driver was arrested by the airport police for alleged overcharging after he contracted a girl and three youngsters for P500 every.
The operator of the taxi, nevertheless, personally requested Ligas for an apology for the incident.
“Human gidakop sa airport police, miadto ug nakigkita kanato ang usa sa mga tag-iya nga si Wesley Del Rosario, sa opisina sa hepe sa Airport Police nga si Col. Arthur Dela Rosa, diin private kini nga nangayo og pasaylo sa Bongot sa Itoy,” Ligas mentioned in a put up.
(After he was arrested by the airport police, one of many house owners of the cab, Wesley Del Rosario, met me on the workplace of the Airport Police chief, Col. Arthur Dela Rosa, the place he personally requested for my forgiveness for the erring driver.)
The taxi driver, nevertheless, admitted the incident. The operator additionally fires the taxi driver.
“Midugang ug mipaklaro si Del Rosario nga dili sila mo tolerate og mga binuang sa ilang mga drivers ug mipahibalo sa publiko nga ginadili ang pakyaw system kung dili ipatuman gyod and meter matag biyahe. Misaad usab kini nga mo cooperate sa imbestigasyon nga buhaton sa LTFRB,” his put up added.
(Del Rosario additionally made it clear that he wouldn’t tolerate shenanigans from their driver and he knowledgeable the general public that they weren’t implementing the “pakyaw system” however they’d all the time use the meter of their rides. He promised that he would cooperate within the investigation that the LTFRB would do.)
Col. Dela Rosa, for his half, mentioned that they’d not tolerate this type of criminality.
He additionally promised to analyze and take motion in opposition to airport workers who is likely to be an confederate to the taxi driver.
Ligas additionally thanked LTFRB-7 Regional Director Eduardo Montealto Jr. for instantly issuing a show-cause order in opposition to the taxi operator.
The LTFRB-7 directed the operator to submit a written clarification of the incident inside 72 hours from receipt hereof and present trigger why no disciplinary motion shall be taken which might end result within the suspension or cancellation of the topic taxi unit.
The company additionally set the schedule of the listening to on the incident on January 10, 2025.
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