{"id":114837,"date":"2017-08-29T20:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=114837"},"modified":"2017-08-29T20:45:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:45:30","slug":"uber-pays-p190-m-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/29\/uber-pays-p190-m-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber pays P190-M fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112446\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LTFRBUberAug162017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112446\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LTFRBUberAug162017.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO\/ LTFRB board member and spokesperson Aileen Lizada told reporters the payment of fine might lift the suspension against Uber. (PNA PHOTO)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LTFRBUberAug162017.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LTFRBUberAug162017-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO\/ LTFRB board member and spokesperson Aileen Lizada told reporters the payment of fine might lift the suspension against Uber. (PNA PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 Transportation network company Uber has paid a fine of PHP190 million imposed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in lieu of its one month suspension for accrediting drivers into its new system.<\/p>\n<p>Uber legal counsels Roberto Ramiro and Ane Masceno settled the fine at the LTFRB Central Office in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>LTFRB board member and spokesperson Aileen Lizada told reporters the payment of fine might lift tHe suspension against Uber.<\/p>\n<p>The fine will be remitted to the national treasury.<\/p>\n<p>In its order dated August 25, LTFRB explained that the amount of the fine was based on the ridesharing firm&#8217;s daily average earnings and the number of days it has been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>According to LTFRB, Uber&#8217;s daily income ranges from PHP7 million to PHP10 million with a daily ridership of at least 150,000 trips.<\/p>\n<p>The board has likewise directed Uber to provide financial assistance worth PHP19.95 million daily to its 36,367 affected transport network vehicle services (TNVS) operators.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lizada, LTFRB is still awaiting confirmation from Uber&#8217;s bank on the payment of its financial assistance amounting to PHP489.24 million. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 Transportation network company Uber has paid a fine of PHP190 million imposed by the Land Transportation Franchising and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[2934,2132],"class_list":["post-114837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-ltfrb","tag-uber","mauthors-aerol-john-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}