The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has gone back to its roots with its "Metro Bayanihan: I MM" project, which it launched Tuesday morning, June 1 with a clean-up of Estero de Tripa de Gallina in Manila. A scene during the Metro Bayanihan launch on June 1, 2021 at Estero de Tripa...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has called on mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) to strictly enforce anti-public smoking laws. (Photo Andres Siimon / Unsplash) "We must inceasingly promote a healthier environment and encourage tobacco users to quit...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng If for Timon and Pumbaa in the Lion King, the Swahili phrase meant “No worries for the rest of your days”; that problem-free philosophy is not something we can deem applicable for these times. A mass vaccination program seems...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos presented on Wednesday the suspect in the alleged "bakuna for sale" scheme who voluntarily surrendered to them. (Photo from MMDA) The suspect, identified as Kyle Bonifacio, turned...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Tuesday, May 25, that it has already deployed 71,764 vaccines to its residents to protect them against COVID-19. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) Based on the report of the City Health Office (CHO), the city is now done inoculating all its medical...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos and his wife, Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos have personally sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to get to the bottom of the purported online sale of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos urged her constituents on Friday to register and be vaccinated against COVID-19 and to report those illegally taking advantage of the vaccination program. Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Abalos made the call after receiving...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora and Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos both said on Thursday that they will follow the Department of Interior and Local Government's (DILG) and Department of Health's (DOH) new directive to not announce what brands of vaccines will be used in a vaccination...
(From left) MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos, PBA Commissioner Willy Marcial, and MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia (Photo from the MMDA) The PBA sought the clarification and guidance of the Metropolitan Development Authority with regards to current health and safety guidelines being implemented by the...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has promised to help the struggling Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). From left to right: MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos, PBA Commissioner Willy Marcial, and MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia (Photo from the MMDA) This,...
Another duo of traffic enforcers-slash-extortionists from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has bitten the dust. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos. (Ali Vicoy / File photo / Manila Bulletin) This, as MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos terminated from service of traffic enforcers Mark James...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is bringing back the truck ban next week to go with the return of the metropolis to the general community quarantine (GCQ) status. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) "In view of the classification in the National Capital...
