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Only individuals aged 18-65 years old are allowed to go outside their residences amid the alarming rising number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. The Metro Manila Council, through the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, is drafting a resolution prohibiting minors, particularly aged 15-17, to go outdoors for a period of two weeks. This will be […]
The Department of Transportation (DoTr), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will work on the installation of bollards, lightings on bicycle paths, and painting of lanes, as part of the government’s bicycle lane project to ensure the safety of the cyclists. These improvements to be instituted have […]
The Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS) received one more ferry boat to add to its fleet to further increase ridership amid limited public transportation as the implementation of general community quarantine in Metro Manila continues. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) accepted M/B Vicente, a 50-seater ferry boat donated by New San Jose Builders, Inc. […]
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos is among the first to get inoculated as the government rolls out its vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Abalos was vaccinated with the Coronavac vaccine made by China-based drug maker Sinovac Biotech at the Philippine General Hospital along with PGH director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, vaccine […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Metro Manila mayors support a “gradual” reopening of the economy amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. “There should be a calibration of both the health and the economic teams with the local government units and all affected sectors,” said MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos, in a press briefing […]
To better ensure the sufficient supply of pork products, supermarkets are lending the government a helping hand in the distribution and sale of these food items at their outlets nationwide and in wet markets at the National Capital Region. In his market visits, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos underscored the importance of […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reopened the General Tinio U-turn slot along EDSA in Caloocan City after the agency received complaints of heavy traffic in the area. “To alleviate the heavy traffic flow, we will reopen the U-turn slot in Gen. Tinio pending the proposed elevated bus ramps,” MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said after his […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), mayors of Metro Manila, and officials of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) have forged an agreement to impose stricter price control measures on basic food commodities, particularly pork and vegetables being sold in Metro Manila public markets. “We agreed on several strategies to […]
As the country gets closer to purchasing vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos plans to open the agency’s quarantine facility to a national vaccination center that will help the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on its plan to rollout the vaccination program. According to Abalos, […]
A few days before the deadline set by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the local government units in Metro Manila to clear roads of obstructions, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte personally oversaw the clearing operations in Balintawak Market. Garbage and motorcycles encroaching the […]