26-06-2025
Taxi drivers caught overcharging at NAIA terminals
The Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group (PNP-AVSEGROUP) apprehended taxi drivers who were engaging in contract-based fares, some of which were ten times more than the regular rate.
According to Marisol Abdurahman's Thursday report on '24 Oras,' one of the 11 taxi drivers caught asked for a P300 fare to his passenger instead of using the taxi meter.
His driver's license was taken, and he will undergo an investigation.
'True enough, napatunayan naming meron talagang contracting beyond dun sa standard dun sa supposed meter,' said Police Brigadier General Jason Capoy, AVSEGROUP director.
(True enough, we have proven that there was contracting beyond the standard meter.)
Those taxi drivers engaging in contracting may face revocation of their temporary operations permit from the Land Transportation Office.
'Once they will still do the same violation, subject for revocation of license and franchise po ito,' Capoy said.
Based on its investigation, the AVSEGROUP said some taxi drivers sometimes asked for more than the usual fare, like the earlier report where the taxi fare from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 costs P1,200.
The AVSEGROUP is also investigating the possible accomplices of the taxi drivers at NAIA.
'If find na may talagang nakikipag kuntaabahan at nakinabang, we will file the necessary administrative kung active pa sila or criminal case,' Capoy said.
(If we find any accomplices, we will file an administrative case against them if they are still active, or a criminal case.) —Mariel Celine Serquiña/LDF, GMA Integrated News
