Since I was bugged by the previous commenter to take an action, I googled about “abusive taxi drivers” I discovered that DOTC or the Department of Transportation and Communications have this hotline number if you have encountered any not-so-pleasing incidents regarding taxis.

He (Jon Jon Lagman, head of the DOTC Action Center) urged the public to call 7890 (DOTC Action Center) and 117 (Police Hotline) to report abusive taxi drivers who might take advantage of the situation by refusing to convey passengers. He warned overcharging taxi drivers of stiff penalties.
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Good thing DOTC take some actions regarding abusive taxi drivers. You can report drivers who: Refuse to admit passengers, Ask for additional charges (overcharging)or Refuse to turn on the taxi meter..or “nangongontrata”. I don’t know if they “really” take action on this but I really do hope so.

Again, to our readers:

Call 7-8-9-0 for your taxi complains.

I hope this helped.=)

UPDATE: I tried calling the DOTC hotline number for abusive taxi drivers a couple of days ago. And, I’m happy to share with everyone that the hotline number actually works. So call now if you have encountered abusive taxi drivers.

From the provisionary increase in fare of 50 centavos last May 2008, again the National Economic Development Authority approved another fare increase for public transportation just this week.

It was said that it is due to the continuous oil price hike. While I was heading my way home, I heard the jeepney driver and his wife (I think) converse and it goes this way:

Driver: Umabot na ng singkwenta mahigit yung krudo…
(The oil price is now more than 50 pesos…)
Wife: Parang kada-dalawang araw ata tumtaas yung krudo ahh… Diba nung isang araw nagtaas na, magtataas nanaman yan sa sunod na araw…
(I think, it increases every 2 days, 1 day ago it increases and I think, it will increase again in the following days…)
Driver: Ang sabi nila, sa sunod na linggo pa daw ang taas ng krudo…
(They said, the oil price will increase next week…)

I was shocked that the oil price got for about 54 pesos and with this fact, I now understand the need for increasing the fare for public transportation.

• jeepneys nationwide would now be charging P8.50 from P8.00 for the first four kilometers plus P0.25 for the succeeding kilometers; jeepneys were initially granted in May a provisional increase of P0.50 so another P0.50 would be implemented. As to the P0.25 for the succeeding kilometers, jeepneys would now be charging an additional P1.50 from P1.25.
• ordinary buses in Metro Manila would be charging from P9 to P10 for the first five kilometers plus an additional P0.20 for the succeeding kilometers; and airconditioned buses also in Metro Manila, 20 percent of that being charged by ordinary buses. Reports said this would be from P11.50 to P12.50. As to the P0.20 for the succeeding kilometers, buses would now be charging an additional P1.95 from the previous P1.75.
• an additional P10 would be added to the fare of taxis nationwide, which won’t be part of the flag down rate.

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While I was riding a bus a while ago, I saw from the news that jeepneys with only 4 kilometers route can now charge 8.50 pesos as a minimum fare even if they don’t have their new tariff.

The fare hike didn’t affect me because I was paying 10 pesos still during the provisionary fare hike and before this fare hike. Please refer to my previous post.

So, you want to know the origin of the word taxi?

Apparently, HotForWords, a YouTuber Philologist who believes that Intelligence is Sexy, in which I stumbled upon and subscribed because of her unique style in teaching, decides to investigate on the origin of the word, Taxi. Since this is in relation to our site, I decided to share it with you so here it is:

I really enjoy her videos.

Did you learn something? Oh well, I learned a lot…

You should subscribe to her channel also. LOL!