Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said the government will pursue legal action against online selling platforms if they continue to allow unauthorized listings of Beep cards on their sites.
“Relative to the previous pronouncements last 13 August 2025 ordering online selling platforms to take down unauthorized sales or listings of Beep Cards, we observe that several merchants continue to sell Beep Cards using your applications as platforms,” Dizon said in a letter to Lazada, Shopee, Tiktok, Carousell at Facebook Marketplace.
“Please be informed that the continued proliferation of the stored value cards (SC) online is akin to engaging in unauthorized selling of Beep Cards,” he added.
Dizon said online selling platforms that continue to allow this unscrupulous act are complicit in the violations being committed by these hoarders, and may be held liable with the sellers if they fail to act on illegal activities on their platforms.
“As part of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) efforts to fight these exploitative acts that take advantage of the Filipino riding public, we are seeking your companies’ full cooperation in the immediate removal of such listings, and the prohibition of any future attempts to post similar listings of Beep Cards on your platforms on or before 31 August 2025,” Dizon said.
“We shall continue to monitor related activities and if the same persist beyond the above date, the government will be constrained to file the appropriate legal actions against your companies immediately,” he added.
In collaboration with the Philippine National Police – Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG), Secretary Dizon stated that the DOTr will install CCTV cameras in train stations, particularly at beep card sales points, to immediately catch hoarders.
Secretary Dizon also assured that there will be no shortage of Beep Cards, after the delivery of 300,000 supplies to MRT-3, LRT-1, and LRT-2.
