Starting next week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will strictly implement its policy that prohibits motorcycle riders from seeking shelter under foot bridges and flyovers during heavy downpour. MMDA chairperson Don Artes said they started the implementation of the policy on...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) advised motorists regularly using EDSA to take alternate routes from Aug. 4 to 9 to avoid expected heavy traffic volume amid the almost week-long repair of potholes and damaged portions along the stretch of Metro Manila’s busiest road. MMDA...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now working with the local executives of the National Capital Region in coming up with a drainage master plan amids the persistent flooding problem in Metro Manila. MMDA chairperson Don Artes said the goal is to have an integrated drainage...
Motorcycle riders who will take cover under the footbridge, flyover or Metro Rail Transit (MRT) stations during rain risk themselves of being penalized P1,000 as it is prohibited by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) beginning Tuesday, August 1. *MMDA Acting Chairman Don Artes...
The Senate public works committee is to set to summon Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairperson Romando S. Artes to demand answers on the still unresolved flooding in the country that continues to recur...
The Muntinlupa City Council passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Ruffy Biazon to sign an agreement with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and barangays to install garbage traps in selected waterways. Under Resolution No. 2023-286 signed by Biazon, the MMDA “is mandated to...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Works, on Thursday, July 13, urged the leadership of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately act on the flooding of roads in the Metro. ...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has lauded the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for its transparent presentation of its financial statements for four years in a row since 2019. The COA’s unqualified opinion, according to MMDA chairman Don Artes, is part of the agency’s commitment...
Clarita Carlos (Facebook) Professor Clarita Carlos took to Facebook recently to lament over government initiatives that "withered away" due to a change in people at the helm of an agency. Case in point were two bus rapid transit (BRT) programs that her team supposedly designed for the Metropolitan...
The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) on Thursday, June 15, hosted the Inter-Government Agency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Ceremonial Signing for E-Governance at the DICT Central Office in Quezon City. Heads and representatives of government agencies at the ...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Acting Chairman Romando Artes said on Thursday, June 15, that the revolutionary Single Ticketing System (STS) being implemented in some cities in the Metro are yielding positive results and that other local government units (LGUs) in the National...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) wants actress Ria Atayde to be their new spokesperson. MMDA acting chair Don Artes relayed this to media Friday noting Ria will be a great asset to the agency. "I personally recruited Ms. Ria Ataye who graciously agreed. I submitted...
