The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) stepped up the conduct of clearing and cleaning operations along the procession route of the Jesus Nazareno on Thursday, Jan. 9. MMDA chairman Don Artes said the cleaning and clearing operations are currently ongoing and are aimed at eliminating...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has granted the Commission on Elections (Comelec) the access to its command center and personnel in relation to all election-related activities for the May 12 midterm polls. The extent of the access allowed by the MMDA was stipulated in the...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Don Artes gathers representatives from the PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG), the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), and traffic bureau chiefs in all Metro Manila local government units on Oct. 18, 2024 to discuss traffic management plans...
1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita (PPAB) 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita called out the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for its alleged unfair scheme of impounding repaired trucks that were earlier cited for...
(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...
