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Featured Filipino films in the first-ever Summer Metro Manila Film Festival, which was held in April, will take center stage in Hollywood with its overseas edition Manila International Film Fest (MIFF) slated to open for moviegoers on November 2. Set to light up the screen at the Directors Guild of America on Sunset Boulevard in […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) met with mall operators and other stakeholders to discuss traffic management plans in preparation for the approaching holiday season. In a meeting led by MMDA Deputy Chairman Undersecretary Frisco San Juan, Jr. and Traffic Discipline Office Director for Enforcement Atty. Victor Nuñez, shopping mall operators agreed to adjust their […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced that fines for the violation of exclusive city bus lane/bus carousel lane regulation along EDSA will soon be increased as the agency noted private vehicles repeatedly disregarding the rules. In a press conference, MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said that there are many errant drivers of private vehicles, […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, together with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), and the local governments of Makati and Pasay City, inaugurated the Tripa de Gallina Neighborhood Upgrading Project located in Brgy. San Isidro, Makati City. The inauguration and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding was led by MMDA Acting Chairman […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced the implementation of traffic management measures to alleviate expected heavier traffic congestion during All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, and the Christmas season. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said traffic volume in Metro Manila increases during the holidays, thus the necessity to implement effective and sustainable measures […]
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) broke a new record and announced 10 films entries for its 49th edition in December. The movies were selected from a record-high of 30 submissions, by distinguished members of the MMFF selection committee, led by respected producer and film industry stalwart Jessie Ejercito. The movies were selected from a […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the transport strike staged by Malayang Alyansa ng Bus Employees at Laborers (MANIBELA) on October 16 failed to paralyze the normal public transportation operations at the National Capital Region. Transport group Manibela, headed by Mar Valbuena, is opposing LTFRB’s December 31 deadline for the consolidation of traditional jeepneys […]
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos lauded the mayors of Metro Manila for their unanimous support to the moratorium on pass-through fees collection on national roads and suspension of collection of any form of fees upon all motor vehicles transporting goods or merchandise while passing through any national roads and such […]
Motorcycle riders who are either beginners or have already been driving but want to know the basic knowledge on handling and operating motorcycles with focus on safety riding can now enroll in the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Motorcycle Riding Academy (MRA). Located at a vacant property of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) along Julia […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) received motorcycles as donation for its Motorcycle Riding Academy, this time from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes thanked Abalos for being very supportive of the MMDA’s programs and projects even after his stint at the agency. […]