The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has imposed a 90-day suspension on the license of 10 drivers of taxi and transportation network vehicle service (TNVS) units for overcharging and contracting passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said show-cause orders (SCO) were already issued to the 10 involved drivers, who were all caught in violation during a conduct of surprise operation at the airport last June 25.
“We already informed these drivers of the suspension of their licenses for 90 days through the SCOs that we issued them. In other words, they have no job during that period since what they did was to take advantage of our fellow commuters,” he said.
“Our operations in all NAIA terminals will continue because we want our country’s main gateway to be a discipline zone,” the LTO chief added.
Mendoza earlier ordered the regular deployment of an agency enforcer team at the three NAIA terminals after a driver charged a passenger with P1,300 for a short trip from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3, another one charged a passenger with over P5,000 in a separate trip from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2.
The LTO is investigating a motorcycle taxi rider for charging a passenger P2,000 from NAIA to Cainta, Rizal.