Grab Philippines welcomed a huge crowd of TNVS aspirants in the second leg of its GrabCar-AVAN last 4 March 2023. GrabCar-AVAN is the leading super app’s initiative to help fill the 4,000 TNVS slots opened by LTFRB last January 09.

Almost a thousand TNVS applicants flocked GrabCar-AVAN in the Grab Philippines Partner Center in Marikina City. The leading super app attributes the increase in applicants to removing the Certificate of Conformity among the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) requirements for the TNVS franchise application.

TNVS applicants no longer need to submit the bank-issued COC to apply for the Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) after passing LTFRB’s Board Resolution No. 005 Series of 2023 last March 02.

Among the applicants during the recent GrabCar-AVAN leg was 52-year-old Gregorio Garcia. Garcia has been a GrabCar driver-partner since 2016, paying ‘boundary’ to rent a car from an operator. But thanks to Grab’s partnership with Toyota Financial Services, Garcia was able to get his own car this January, allowing him to process his TNVS franchise as the owner. Formerly a jeepney driver, Garcia now plans on getting another unit to rent out to his fellow TNVS drivers. “Talagangmalaki ang tulongnanaibibigaysa akin ni Grab, unangunasapinansyal – halos lahat ng pangangailangannaminnakukuhanaminritogaya ng mgagastusin sa bahay, pambayad ng kuryente at tubig. Ngayong may sarilinakongunit, nag-paplanonaako na makakuha ng isa pa samgasusunodnataon para magingnegosyo ko nasiyatalaga. Maraming salamat sa Grab,” shares Garcia.

“We thank the LTFRB for making it easier for more Filipinos to earn an equitable living through ride-hailing – and it is clearly manifested with outpouring applicants from our recent GrabCar-AVAN. We are optimistic that through this development and programs such as GrabCar-AVAN, we are taking the right step towards providing more livelihood in the ride-hailing sector while offering our commuters with safe, reliable, and more affordable means of mobility for their everyday needs,” said  Ronald Roda, Senior Director for Operations of Grab Philippines.

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