Transport authorities are poised to launch a nationwide crackdown against drivers of the new ride-hailing app Arcade City should they continue to defy the government and push through with its operations without the accreditation on Monday. ADVERTISEMENTArcade City also claimed that its drivers need not apply for a franchise from the government for them to ferry passengers. Lizada said this is why when Arcade City app goes online on Monday, enforcers from the LTFRB, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Land Transportation Office and the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group will be implementing the power the law against the unregistered ride-hailing app. “Arcade City does not provide ‘pre-arranged transportation services for compensation’ and therefore does not fit the LTFRB definition of a transportation network company. Driver entrepreneurs may freely identify as Arcade City drivers, but Arcade City does not require payment from riders or drivers,” it said in a statement.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 14, 2018 05:15 UTC