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DUTERTE NAMES ARTES, SAN JUAN AS MMDA CHAIRMAN, GM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed lawyer Romando Artes as the new Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman effective March 1, vice Atty. Benhur Abalos Jr. who resigned last February 7. Artes expressed gratitude to the President for his trust and confidence, assuring the public that projects beneficial to Metro Manila shall continue to be implemented. […]

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Politics

CASTELO RECOMMENDS FIXED TENURE FOR MMDA CHAIRMAN

Outgoing chairman of the Metro Manila Development Committee at the House of Representatives Winnie Castelo has recommended that the chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) should have a fixed term of office.  “The MMDA is no longer a coordinating body of the 17 cities and towns, as originally conceived and planned by authors of the law […]