Metro Manila mayors were tasked to come up with an inventory of informal settler families (ISFs) and government-owned open spaces in their respective areas as the national government embarks on the large-scale in-city mass housing for poor families in the National Capital Region (NCR). Department...
Atty. Don Artes, 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) chairman, is all smiles these days. And for good reason. The 49th edition of the film fest has already earned a whopping 700 million pesos in gross receipts. This is way, way better than the 2022 MMFF, which only earned 500 million pesos. And...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has started clearing the route of the Black Nazarene procession, or Traslacion, in Manila to ensure unhampered religious activity which is expected to draw around 2.5 million devotees on Tuesday, Jan. 9. MMDA chairman Don Artes said the...
An apparently drunk MMDA enforcer tries to fix his motorcycle after getting involved in an accident along the southbound of EDSA Busway Main Avenue in Quezon City recently as seen in a video footage uploaded by the Department of Transportation on Dec. 31, 2023. Two bus commuters were injured in the...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) urged on Thursday, Dec. 28, local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) to designate fireworks display zones as part of the measures to ensure a peaceful and safe New Year revelry. At the same time, MMDA chairman Don Artes...
1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (Facebook) With road traffic in the metropolis already too much to bear for the common motorist, a ranking congressman has asked the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) not to impose whole-day vehicular...
Joint operatives of the Quezon City Police District and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) arrested three people for allegedly selling complimentary tickets for the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). MMDA chairman Don Artes said they sought the assistance of the QCPD through...
Who’s scared of the transport strikes? Certainly not Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Don Artes as he declared that the national government was ready to assist commuters even if transport strikes are held for a year. “We already reached a point that the government can...
For Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Don Artes, the national government has already reached a stage that it could no longer be held hostage by defiant groups through threats and holding of transport strikes. Artes made the statement as the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng...
MMDA assistant general manager for Operations Assistant Secretary David Angelo Vargas supervises the implementation of the regulation that prohibits unauthorized use of EDSA Busway. (photo: MMDA) The number of motorists violating the unauthorized use of the EDSA Busway has been decreasing in...
More than 166 motor vehicle owners were issued with violation tickets while nine vehicles were towed as members of the newly-formed strike force of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) started the clearing operations along the Mabuhay Lanes in Quezon City. Members of the MMDA's...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) deployed on Tuesday morning, Nov. 28, a special team that was tasked to run after motorists who would use the EDSA Busway using unauthorized motor vehicles. The deployment of the members of the MMDA Special Operations Group - Strike Force...
