MOVE IT Celebrates Its Exceptional Riders at MOVE IT Day 2024

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MOVE IT Celebrates Its Exceptional Riders at MOVE IT Day 2024


MOVE IT paid tribute to the extraordinary efforts of its 16 top-performing rider-partners at the recent MOVE IT Day 2024 event, hosted at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. These riders were bestowed with this year’s Papugay Awards – a recognition of their unwavering commitment and resilience.

MOVE IT Celebrates Its Exceptional Riders at MOVE IT Day 2024
MOVE IT Celebrates Its Exceptional Riders at MOVE IT Day 2024

The Papugay Awards ceremony was a highlight of MOVE IT’s annual year-end festivity, which brought together thousands of rider-partners and their families for a day brimming with activities and entertainment. The event offered photo booths, games, raffles, comedy shows, a talent competition, a rock concert, and even motorcycle maintenance services.

While MOVE IT Day is the company’s annual year-end event to show its gratitude to the thousands of rider-partners, the Papugay Awards is the company’s avenue to acknowledge rider-partners who embody MOVE IT’s values of integrity, respect, and commitment to safety and quality service. To be eligible for the Papugay Awards, rider-partners must demonstrate exceptional booking completion rates, maintain high star ratings, ensure safe driving practices, and receive exemplary feedback from passengers.

During the event, four "Papugay" awardees shared their inspiring stories, encouraging fellow riders to strive for success.

One of the awardees was Cyrus Panopio, 38, who has been recognized as an "Alamat"—the highest tier for MOVE IT riders.

As an Alamat, Panopio enjoys a plethora of incentives, including P2,000 worth of groceries, gas money, medicine, and GrabFood vouchers each month. While Panopio also runs a small business that supports his family, including his mother who suffered a stroke, his MOVE IT earnings have provided extra financial stability. He hopes to use this additional income to fund his three sons’ education until they earn their degrees.

“Bumabiyahe kasi ako ng 5 to 10 am, tapos umuuwi ako para ihatid ang mga anak ko sa school, mamalengke at magluto. Pagkatapos ng kaunting pahinga, balik-biyahe ako ng 4 to 10 pm,” Panopio discloses. Panopio shares that the flexibility offered by the platform allows him to balance his time between his livelihood, his business, and family much more easily.

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Benjie Boladas Bechayda, 33, one of the Papugay awardees, quit his old regular job as a security guard for a popular shopping mall chain to instead go full-time with MOVE IT.

Boladas started as a part-timer for MOVE IT only last March, before realizing that he could earn twice more than his previous work by going full steam ahead as a moto taxi rider.

“Sa dati kong trabaho, nagsasangla pa ako ng ATM card, at wala rin masyadong oras para sa pamilya,” Boladas recalls. “Ngayon, malaki ang pasok ng grasya—guminhawa ang buhay ng pamilya ko.”

With more time to spend with his wife and children, including their six-month-old baby, and earning a higher income, Boladas is now focused on building or buying a house for their growing family.

Meanwhile, 29-year-old Merry Ann Paz, a single mother, juggles the responsibility of raising and providing for her two children.

Paz is also responsible for paying the monthly bills – relying primarily on her earnings from MOVE IT to successfully fulfill the role. However, as a female moto-taxi rider, Paz initially had qualms about becoming a full-time rider-partner due to concerns about her safety.

“Noong una, kinakabahan ako na mag-moto taxi dahil na rin sa mga safety issues na pwedeng kaharapin sa daan,” Paz says. The solo parent breadwinner emphasized that MOVE IT provides training on road safety to help them navigate busy thoroughfares safely. Additionally, the platform touts a suite of security and reporting features that enhance their safety. She also shared that she picked up a lot from online courses via the MOVE IT Academy learning platform, focused on defensive driving, safe spaces, and passenger handling.

Now, what is a former ambulance driver—and a strong and independent woman at that—like Merlani Lacson, 45, doing as a MOVE IT rider?

Lacson’s old job rushing sick people to hospital for a decade, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, had made her a fighter.

After driving ambulances for a local government in Metro Manila, Lacson was also a family driver for six months, until she realized that riding motorcycles is the better livelihood option.

“Matagal ko nang gustong mag-motor dahil mas madaling magmaniobra sa daan,” Lacson beams. So for Lacson, becoming a MOVE IT rider now is a dream come true.

And it’s MOVE IT that’s likewise giving her the flexibility—since she serves commuters from 5 am to 4 pm, Lacson reserves her nights to be with her teenage children. Now a widow, Lacson is looking forward to the day when one of her sons can finish the IT course they’re also dreaming of.

This positive relationship between MOVE IT and its riders is driving the company, and the moto taxi industry, to new heights."

MOVE IT General Manager Wayne Jacinto shares, “Sa bawat MOVE IT rider-partner, taus-pusong pasasalamat sa inyong katapatan at kasipagan bilang maaasahang tagapaghatid ng mga pasaherong Pilipino. Ang inyong dedikasyon at pagsisikap ang dahilan kung bakit libo-libong mananakay sa araw-araw ang nakakapasok sa opisina at nakakauwi sa kanilang mga pamilya nang mas madali at mas ligtas. Kami ay nagagalak na maging bahagi ng bawat byahe ninyo sa pag-abot ng inyong mga pangarap, habang sama-sama nating tinutugunan ang pangangailan ng mga komyuter para sa serbisyong ligtas, tapat at maasahan. Muli, salamat po sa inyong lahat.”

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