{"id":160615,"date":"2018-04-19T03:09:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T07:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=160615"},"modified":"2018-04-19T03:09:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T07:09:19","slug":"ltfrb-approves-accreditation-of-ride-hailing-firm-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/19\/ltfrb-approves-accreditation-of-ride-hailing-firm-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"LTFRB approves accreditation of ride-hailing firm Hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_160618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160618\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28872888_223979751493987_633202020517412864_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-160618\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28872888_223979751493987_633202020517412864_o-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdSummitPilipinasTradex\/photos\/a.194754251083204.1073741828.194749957750300\/223979744827321\/?type=3&amp;theater\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28872888_223979751493987_633202020517412864_o-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28872888_223979751493987_633202020517412864_o-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28872888_223979751493987_633202020517412864_o-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28872888_223979751493987_633202020517412864_o.jpg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThey (Hype) passed the accreditation process and presented their business design that is in accordance with LTFRB policies,\u201d LTFRB Board Member Aileen Lizada said in a text message to reporters. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdSummitPilipinasTradex\/photos\/a.194754251083204.1073741828.194749957750300\/223979744827321\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo: Ad Summit Pilipinas Trade Expo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved the accreditation of Hype Transport Systems Inc. as a new transportation network company (TNC).<\/p>\n<p>LTFRB has released Wednesday Accreditation No. \u200e2018-001 which authorizes Hype to operate for two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey (Hype) passed the accreditation process and presented their business design that is in accordance with LTFRB policies,\u201d LTFRB Board Member Aileen Lizada said in a text message to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Lizada said the ride-hailing company would be able to start their operations once they receive their accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>The approval of the new TNC came following Uber&#8217;s shut down of operations in the Philippines after Grab has acquired its ride-hailing services in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies that are also seeking accreditation by the LTFRB are Owto, Hirna and Lag Go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved the accreditation of Hype Transport Systems Inc. as a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":160618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[11369,2934,13706,49908],"class_list":["post-160615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-land-transportation-franchising-and-regulatory-board","tag-ltfrb","tag-tnc","tag-transportation-network-company","mauthors-aerol-john-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160615","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=160615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}