MANILA, April 8 -- The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is looking to award 8,000 motorcycle (MC) taxi slots outside the National Capital Region (NCR).

In a press conference at the LTFRB headquarters in Quezon City on Monday, Chair Teofilo Guadiz III said the decision was made by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista and the House of Representatives' Committee on Metro Manila Development.

"I am meeting the TNC (transport network company) operators to propose to them now that the slots will be given to areas outside Metro Manila like Regions 3 (Central Luzon) and 4 (Calabarzon and Mimaropa), and then Region 7 (Central Visayas) -- specifically Cebu -- and Region 11, which is Davao," Guadiz said.

The decision...