#grab vs micab

Grab Philippines has denied MiCab's phantom booking accusations on the latter's taxi-hailing platform. In a statement sent to YugaTech, Grab Philippines Country Manager Brian Cu refutes allegations made by Micab's CEO Eddie Ybanez and will consider pressing charges on further claims. Here is the statement from Grab: In his contributed piece originally published unverified on the e27 site on 18 July, Micab Systems Corporation CEO, Eddie Ybanez made allegations about 15,000 "phantom bookings" on MiCab’s platform. Grab did the responsible thing in taking the time to investigate, and we encourage Eddie Ybanez to be similarly responsible in his speech and actions. Grab did not do 15,000, or per Eddie Ybanez’s revised comments on 24 July, 29,000 “phantom bookings” on the MiCab platform. Creating this distraction is not the solution to MiCab's significant allocation problems nor the industry's overall challenge of registering drivers, and we hope all taxi and ride-hailing players will focus on improving public transport in the Philippines. "From our 29,000 phantom bookings, we’ve received over several hundred reports of Grab soliciting our taxi drivers to attend their driver orientations. Grab resumes its 24/7 operations in Metro Manila and select provinces to strengthen public transportation amid the pandemic. Read more in our articles including "Grab Philippines denies Micab's 'Phantom Booking' claims" and "Grab resumes 24/7 operations in Metro Manila and select provinces".