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MMDA NABS COLORUM DRIVER WHO RESISTED IMPOUNDING

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority arrested a driver of a passenger van who escaped impounding of his vehicle after being apprehended for out-of-line violation in an operation conducted by Special Operations Group-Strike Force (SOG-SF) along EDSA- Quezon Avenue Northbound. Composite team of MMDA, Department of the Interior and Local Government Special Project Group (DILG-SPG), and […]

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MMDA TO DEPUTIZE NCR TRAFFIC ENFORCERS

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will deputize the traffic enforcers of the 17 local government units in Metro Manila for them to continue issuing traffic violation tickets to erring motorists in the metropolis. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes and the Metro Manila mayors have announced this after a Metro Manila Council (MMC) Special […]

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NO E-BIKES ON MAJOR NCR ROADS STARTING APRIL 15

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will start implementing its MMDA Regulation No. 24-022 or the prohibition of e-bikes, e-trikes, tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts, and kuligligs from traversing national roads, circumferential roads, and radial roads in Metro Manila on April 15.In a press conference after a stakeholder’s consultation meeting on the formulation of implementing rules and regulation […]

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MMDA RESUMES HEAT STROKE BREAKS FOR FIELD WORKERS

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has reinstated the 30-minute “heat stroke break” policy for its field personnel, particularly traffic enforcers and street sweepers, to protect them from heat-related illness amid the impact of the El Niño phenomenon. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes signed a memorandum circular reinstating the “heat stroke break” policy, which […]

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MMDA: METRO LGUS CAN STILL ISSUE TRAFFIC TICKETS

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the Supreme Court (SC) decision that prohibits Metro Manila local government units (LGUs) from issuing their respective traffic violation tickets is not final and executory.Thus, traffic enforcers of Metro Manila LGUs may continue apprehending erring drivers and issuing citation tickets for traffic violations, said MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. […]

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MMDA TO NCR LGUS: ADOPT WATER CRISIS MEASURES

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority urged local government units of Metro Manila to adopt water crisis mitigation measures to address adverse effects of El Niño which will likely persist until May.  In an approved resolution, the Metro Manila Council has laid down several measures in a bid to lessen the effects of the phenomenon, including […]

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MMC: PINOY MOVIES AMUSEMENT TAX FREE FOR 3 YEARS

In support of and to promote the Filipino film industry, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) passed a resolution suspending the collection of amusement tax for the screenings of local films in Metro Manila for the next three years. The resolution stated that the imposition of amusement tax on Filipino films “adds a financial burden to […]

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MMDA: NO E-BIKES, E-TRIKES ON NAT’L, RADIAL ROADS

The Metro Manila Council (MMC), through the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), approved a resolution prohibiting the use of major thoroughfares for certain types of transportation and other types of conveyances. In MMDA Regulation No. 24-022 series of 2024, traversing of e-vehicles, such as e-bikes and e-trikes, as well as tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts, and kuligligs […]

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MMDA CHIEF RECEIVES SAN BEDA’S RAUL ROCO AWARD

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes received the 2024 Senator Raul S. Roco Award for Public Service Excellence from San Beda University (SBU) Alumni Association during the agency’s flag raising ceremony at the MMDA Head Office in Pasig City. The award was presented by Atty. Dominador Buhain, President of the SBU Alumni […]

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MMDA, DOTR, DILG TO JOINTLY REGULATE E-VEHICLES

Concerned government agencies, led by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Department of Transportation – Philippines (DOTr), Land Transportation Office – Philippines (LTO), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board – LTFRB, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), are seeking to regulate the use of electric motor vehicles and harmonize existing policies on them amid […]