Uber to carry on in Philippines, despite suspension
The suspension — over defiance of an order to stop accepting driver applications — led to an outpouring of anger by Filipinos on social media
Manila — Uber said on Tuesday it had appealed to the Philippines’ authorities to reconsider a one-month suspension handed out to the ride-hailing firm a day earlier, and was resuming services as it waits for a decision. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board decided late on Monday to halt the service over Uber’s defiance of an order to cease accepting new driver applications. Uber is hugely popular in the Philippines, regarded by its users as more reliable and competitive than the country’s outdated public transport services. The suspension led to an outpouring of anger by Filipinos on social media. Uber issued an e-mail to users informing them of the suspension, entitled "we’ll be serving you again soon". In the appeal to the regulator, Uber said it had the right to due process and wanted a stay of implementation of the suspension. "This means that Uber’s operations will continue until the motion is resolved," Uber said in a Facebook posting. "Over the course of t...
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