Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III issued an executive order banning visits to all cemeteries, memorial parks and columbaria in the municipality on “Undas” (All Saints’ Day) due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Pateros cemetery in 2019 (Pateros municipal...
It will be up to the local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) whether or not to allow minors outside their residence as pandemic restriction in NCR is downgraded to Alert Level 3, an executive of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Oct....
Motorists should expect a heavier traffic flow near C.P. Garcia Ave. in Quezon City starting Friday until next week as Public Works and Highways workers are set to conduct road repairs and reblocking. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Thursday that the 3rd and 4th lane...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has installed its new general manager following the resignation of its former general manager to seek a national post in the upcoming 2022 elections. Lawyer Romando "Don" Artes is MMDA's new general manager, replacing Jojo Garcia who resigned...
Trucks will be prohibited from passing through Nagtahan flyover in Manila until April next year due to damages it sustained from the recent earthquakes, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Tuesday, Oct. 12. MMDA officials explained in a press conference that the banning...
Local government units in Metro Manila will implement shorter curfew hours starting Wednesday, Oct. 13, as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the region continues to go down. From 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., Metro Manila will observe a unified curfew hours of 12 midnight to 4 a.m., based on the...
Curfew hours in Metro Manila may be shortened in the coming days as the region continues to report decreasing new cases of COVID-19, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Oct. 12. Currently, curfew hours in the region start at 10 p.m. until 4 a.m.,...
Celine Pialago, former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, filed Malasakit Movement Party-list’s Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City. Malasakit Movement Party-list (Contributed Photo) Pialago was...
Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Jojo Garcia said Tuesday he was already planning to retire from public service, but he still filed for candidacy as San Mateo, Rizal's congressional representative anyway. Garcia, who resigned from his MMDA post effective Oct....
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Jojo Garcia will step down from his post as he announced Friday, October 1, that he will run as a congressman in San Mateo, Rizal. MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia (Photo grabbed from MMDA virtual presser) "I just want this to be...
Motorists have been advised that the Kalayan Bridge between Lawton Avenue in Makati City and Sta. Monica Street in Pasig City will be temporarily closed from Wednesday, Sept. 29 to Thursday, Sept. 30. The closure was ordered to give way to the opening of the newly-constructed Bonifacio Global City...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has expressed satisfaction on the pilot implementation of the alert levels system in Metro Manila almost two weeks after it started. A local watchman installs a warning sign on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, placing a street in...