A TV show host, who said he had no money to pay the P78.50 fare, mauled a taxi drive in front of a Mandaluyong condominium.
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Manila, Philippines – A 49 year old taxi driver named Cabbie Edward Villanueva said to the TV host to pay the P78.50 fare that reflected in the taximeter.
Daniel Marsh, one of the hosts in a weekly documentary-style reality TV show “Juan Direction”, mauled and damaged the cab of Villanueva when he was insisted to pay by the driver.
“Marsh got into my cab a little past 5 a.m. outside the Prive Luxury Club at The Fort in Taguig and directed me to go to the Tivoli Garden Residences in Mandaluyong,” Villanueva said.
“I lost my wallet, my cash, my ATM, everything,” Villanueva quoted the Irish-Filipino TV host keep on compalining.
Upon arriving at Tivoli, Marsh just stepped out of the cab and declared “I’m free,” the driver said.
The driver said he called out, “No, Sir.”
“I’m free. I’m not joking.” Marsh said to the driver.
The driver said also that Marsh threw him a 100 peso bill.
“A taxi stopped in front of Heliconia Tower. I heard loud bangings and saw a foreign-looking young man, cursing, kicking, banging the taxi he alighted from. When the driver stepped out of the car, he punched him, cursed, shouting invectives, ‘You’re trying to rip me off. Who are you? You’re nothing, you don’t know me, don’t fuck with me!” An eyewitness revealed what she saw.
“(The) poor driver was beaten and his taxi’s window was broken. I told the security guards to call the police. The foreign-looking guy happens to be a resident of Heliconia 806, and a member of Juan Direction, according to the guard. He went up to his unit, with the poor driver left below. After 10 minutes or more the barangay police arrived, but the Tivoli guards cannot make its tenant go down and face the authorities.” The eyewitness added.
Villanueva reported the incident to the Barangay Hulo in Mandaluyong. He also went to a Barangay clinic to subject his injured nose to an X-ray procedure.
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