The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is bringing back its 30-minute “heat stroke break” policy for the benefit of agency personnel who perform their duties under the scorching sun. An MMDA traffic enforcer moving barriers on the road. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) "Our...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija delivered zinger after zinger to Riders’ Safety Advocates of the Philippines (RSAP) members on their own Facebook page following a supposed attempt there to revive the "slippers" issue. MMDA traffic czar Edison...
This feel-good story is for those who doubt the goodness in the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) traffic enforcers. The two honest MMDA traffic enforcers. (Photos courtesy of EDSA STTZ) Two of them, Jaypee Cabatuando and Floramae Suegay, found a lost wallet containing P11,000 in...
So-called "Kamote Riders"--riders who have wanton disregard for the law and rules of the road--are quite a common sight on EDSA. But this particular kamote rider did something so egregious that Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija couldn't help but make...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos congratulated on Thursday, April 29 the group of students from Pangasinan who bagged the "Best International Documentary Film" award at the recently concluded Fresh International Film Festival in Ireland. MMDA Chairman Benhur...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos gave kudos to local officials in the National Capital Region (NCR) for two major achievements this April in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos during the April 28, 2021...
All 17 mayors of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) signed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 21-09 Series of 202, which provides for a new unified curfew of 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. beginning on Saturday, May 1. (Photo courtesy of MMDA) (Photo courtesy of MMDA)...
Excavation works by private companies on major roads in Metro Manila should be synchronized with proper authorities t o ensure minimal effect on traffic, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) Abalos...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija took a swipe on Monday afternoon, April 26 at the "anti-due process" crowd that had been trolling him in social media for the past few months. MMDA traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija (Photo from Edison Bong Nebrija's...
The business sector has proposed a ten-point recommendation to the Duterte to push for economic recovery. At the Sulong Pilipinas Pre-SONA forum of the Economic Development and Infrastructure Clusters, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
The two Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic enforcers who allegedly extorted P1,000 from a motorist-couple have now been placed under preventive suspension for 90 days. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos handed down the order on Monday, April 26, even as the two Traffic Discipline...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has identified the two traffic enforcers who allegedly extorted P1,000 from a couple over the weekend. "Nakita na po namin (We've seen it)," lawyer Vic Trinidad, Director III of the MMDA's Metropolitan Public Safety Office, said in an interview...