(Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) While Metro Manila may be notorious for its perennial heavy traffic, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) maintained that it was still far from being the worst in the world. Caloocan 2nd district...
The number of leptospirosis cases has been decreasing, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, Sept. 19. (ARNOLD QUIZOL / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE ) The DOH reported 1,726 cases from July 28 to Aug. 10, but the number decreased by 77 percent to 396 cases from Aug. 11 to 24. The DOH...
Anyone can draw a line from plastics to floods. In the recipe of murky urban floodwaters, plastic products are a staple ingredient. Labo or sando bags, bottles, food containers, and sachets—you name it, you can find them bobbing along rushing floodwaters during typhoon season. Suffocating...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero has called on local government units (LGUs) to swiftly conduct their respective clean up projects to prevent an outbreak of diseases in the aftermath of Typhoon Carina. “I urge LGUs to immediately collect the garbage and debris everywhere ASAP...
The Senate Committee on Public Works is set to grill officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) over the apparent faulty flood control system that was evident during the height of Typhoon Carina’s onslaught in major...
Senators on Thursday, July 25 called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to put an end to chronic flooding in Metro Manila following Typhoon Carina’s onslaught in the National Capital Region (NCR) and account for the...
Manila 2nd district Rep. Rolando Valeriano (lRep. Valeriano's office) Manila 2nd district Rep. Rolando “Rolan” Valeriano won't let the massive flooding in Metro Manila slide as if nothing happened. Valeriano, chairman of the House...
Heavy rains spawned by typhoon “Carina” triggered severe flooding in Metro Manila on Wednesday, July 24, trapping commuters and motorists in some roads and resulting in work suspensions in the country’s capital. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said they monitored flooding...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will launch a high-tech mobile command center used for President Marcos' third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) The...
A photo of the viral wheelchair ramp at the recently added Philam busway station along EDSA in Quezon City is flashed on screen during a press conference at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Pasig City on July 19, 2024. MMDA acting Chairman Don Artes admits that...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) acting Chairman Don Artes (middle) gives updates on the planned repair of a damaged floodgate of the Malabon-Navotas River at the MMDA head office in Pasig City on July 19, 2024. With him are (L-R) Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator for...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deploying a total of 1,329 of its personnel to the traffic management plan which the agency completed for the July 22 State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. MMDA acting chairman Don Artes...
