As fatal motorcycle accidents continue to rise in Metro Manila in the past few years, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) hopes to save as many riders by establishing a Motorcycle Riding Academy in the National Capital Region (NCR). MMDA chairman Romando Artes said they will enter...
Metro Manila mayors and traffic management officials in the metropolis have approved the the final draft of the Metro Manila Traffic Code for the proposed single ticketing system in the National Capital Region (NCR) in a meeting held on Thursday, Jan. 19. The proposed single ticketing system is...
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza has credited Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos for the return to the national treasury of P1.2 billion worth of funds that had been questionably transferred between two agencies. DILG Chairman Benhur Abalos...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) vowed on Monday, Jan 16, to aggressively conduct clearing operations to ensure that all the alternative roads in Metro Manila would be cleared of obstruction and always available to motorists. MMDA chairperson Romando Artes said they are in...
Award-winning actress Laurice Guillen, head jury of the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival; Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and MMFF Over-all Chairman Atty. Romando Artes; and MOWELFUND Chairman Boots Anson Roa-Rodrigo (MMDA Photo) Following the success of the 2022 Metro Manila Film...
The gross sales for the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2022 reached P500 million, attaining the government’s target, organizers announced on Monday, Jan. 9. Photo by MMDA / MMFF Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and MMFF Chairman lawyer Romando Artes expressed delight with the...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon signed the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) resolution supporting the move by Interior and Local Government Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. calling for the courtesy resignation of all colonels and generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Biazon said his...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deploying 730 of its personnel to assist in traffic management and road clearing operations for the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9. In a statement, the MMDA said the deployment will start on Jan. 6, adding that it will also mark...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, January 1 called on the management of major tollways in the country to ensure traffic flow would be swift as regular work and classes resume early this week. Gatchalian made the call following the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA)...
A 16-man team was deployed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental on Friday, Dec. 30, to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations there following the heavy flooding caused by the impact of a shearline in Mindanao....
Cinemas were packed with moviegoers on the first day of the 48th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) on Christmas Day on Sunday, Dec. 25, bringing joy not only to the families who watched the eight competing films but also to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Photo by MMDA / MMFF...
Starting Dec. 24, provincial buses will be allowed to traverse EDSA in a bid to accommodate more passengers going to and from the provinces. But the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) clarified that the lifting of restrictions for provincial buses to use EDSA will only be until Jan....
