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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 […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has created an inter-agency task force to implement measures to ease traffic from Cubao, Quezon City to Makati City. MMDA Edsa traffic chief Bong Nebrija said Task Force Cubao-Makati (CubMA) was created amid the recent pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte that travel time from Cubao in Quezon City to […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has appealed to city bus operators not to charge additional fares once the provincial bus ban along Edsa is fully implemented. “Hindi po madodoble ang pamasahe kasi iiksi yung biyahe ng mga provincial buses. Mababawasan ang mga provincial buses at the same time the city buses are willing to shoulder the difference […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is not setting a definite date on the closure of provincial bus terminals along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA). MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia Jr. said the agency is still finalizing the guidelines for the full implementation of the policy. “Wala pang definite schedule. Hopefully matapos lahat ng guidelines […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be checking if cigarettes and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, are being sold or promotes within the 100 meters of public and private schools. Smokers will also receive verbal warnings if they were found to be smoking within 100 meters from schools, the MMDA added. The initiative, which […]
A total of 400 truckloads of garbage and silt from Metro Manila waterways and drainage systems were collected by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as part of the Manila Bay rehabilitation program. The MMDA said its Flood Control and Sewerage Management Office (FCMSO) has hauled 3,018 cubic meters of trash and silt during its […]
A total of 400 personnel from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were deployed to 20 public schools in Metro Manila for the start of Brigada Eskwela in preparation for the opening of classes in June. MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said the 400 personnel were from the agency’s Metro Parkways Clearing Group (MPCG). “The 400 […]
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it supports the passage of a measure allowing the use of emergency powers in solving the current traffic situation in the country as the 18th Congress convenes after the recently concluded midterm elections. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade has assured that there will be no corruption in the implementation of […]
Former Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Francis Tolentino is pushing for the passage of emergency powers in the Senate to solve traffic woes, particularly in Metro Manila. Tolentino said he is willing to “refile” an emergency powers measure despite the measures now pending in both chambers of Congress. “Nabanggit ko iyon noong campaign na kung […]
Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair and administration Senate bet Francis Tolentino proposed an “urgent list” of measures aimed at improving earthquake preparedness, including strict compliance with the National Building Code and mandating regular earthquake seminars in schools and in both government and private offices. “I agree with our leading engineering experts that the […]