{"id":333026,"date":"2025-06-25T22:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/?p=333026"},"modified":"2025-06-25T22:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:36:32","slug":"trade-the-news-meg-grab-ph-to-pilot-test-drone-deliveries-in-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/trade-the-news-meg-grab-ph-to-pilot-test-drone-deliveries-in-ncr\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade the News: MEG, Grab PH to pilot test drone deliveries in NCR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Potential Impact of this News<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>POSITIVE on the stock price<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Company<\/strong><\/td><td>Megaworld Corp.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Stock Code<\/strong><\/td><td>MEG<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Long-term Recommendation on the Stock<\/strong><\/td><td>Buy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1-Year Target Price<\/strong><\/td><td>PHP 2.61<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Grab Philippines will soon transport packages via drones in a bid to make deliveries more seamless in densely populated areas where traffic can delay partner riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, the super app operator said it would conduct a pilot study for the unmanned aerial vehicle delivery between two properties owned by Megaworld Corp. (MEG) in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drone-powered commercial delivery will implement a hybrid delivery model where Grab riders handle pick-ups and drop-offs from dedicated drone landing stations. The drones will make the delivery between the two points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grab, Megaworld, Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) inked a memorandum of understanding for this effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis pilot is an opportunity for us to learn and understand how drone deliveries might work in the Philippine context, from dense urban neighborhoods to underserved areas,\u201d Grab Philippines managing director Ronald Roda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(News Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/business.inquirer.net\/532190\/grab-ph-to-pilot-test-drone-deliveries-in-ncr\">Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><em><em>This report is prepared by PinoyInvestor\u2019s partner broker below. Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/our-partner-brokers\/\">our partner brokers<\/a> and sign up to avail their complete trading brokerage services.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take advantage of the price opportunity that might arise when the news hits. Trade the news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trade-the-news","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333028,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333026\/revisions\/333028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoyinvestor.com\/smartinvestor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}