Gatchalian notes Grab’s repeated violations, urges stiffer penalty

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The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) should impose stiffer penalty against ride-hailing giant Grab Philippines (Grab PH) for repeatedly violating the country’s competition rules since the departure of Uber in 2018, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Saturday.

Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate energy committee, made the call after finding out that the PCC has penalized the Transport Network Company four times for breaching price and service quality promises in a span of more than a year, which for him is ‘’very unacceptable.’’

Grab was penalized in October 2018 for its failure to maintain pre-merger conditions such as pricing policies, rider incentives, and service quality. On November 14, the regulator announced that it ordered Grab to return about P5.05 million in fares due to “overcharging” from customers who booked their services between February and May 2019. The PCC gave Grab 60 days to refund customers.

“Ilang beses nang nakitaan ng violation at sinita ng PCC ang pang-aabuso ng Grab sa ating mga commuter kaya naman sila ay madalas na pinagmumulta. Ang nakapagtataka, apat na beses na silang pinagmulta ng paulit-ulit sa loob ng isang taon”, Gatchalian said in astonishment.

 

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