The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has installed new traffic lights in two U-turn slots on EDSA in Quezon City to improve road safety in one of the country's major highways. The traffic lights are located in front of Quezon City Academy and near Dario Bridge, where the u-turn...
The Muntinlupa City Council has enacted an ordinance scrapping the mandatory use of face shields in the city. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro told Manila Bulletin that the City Council enacted the ordinance on Nov. 8. The ordinance, he said, lifted the mandatory use of face shields except in...
A new station of the Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS) was inaugurated Tuesday, Nov. 9, to accommodate more people taking public transportation amid the reopening of the country’s economic activities. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) led the opening of Kalawaan Station on N....
If asked, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said he would be more inclined to follow Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary (DILG) Eduardo Año's stand to scrap the mandatory wearing of face shield policy even without approval from the...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is eyeing the resumption of the implementation of the number coding scheme in Metro Manila as the volume of traffic in the region is already returning to pre-pandemic level. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Nov. 9, that the agency will...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano is backing the proposal for the lifting of the mandatory use of face shields. Cayetano held a meeting with the Taguig Safe City Task Force Monday for the city’s move recommending lifting of the face shield mandate to the Inter-Agency Task Force. A woman wearing face...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will remove the "Garbage Island" on Parañaque River as part of the agency's efforts to control floods in Metro Manila. During an inspection on the agency's ongoing desilting operations, MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said the removal of the island,...
Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, November 8, the government should provide more funds for the procurement of additional vaccines instead of spending money to buy face shields. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo, who is running for president in 2022, was asked about the mandatory...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi is supporting the proposal for the non-mandatory wearing of face shields. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos said on Monday, Nov. 8, that the official position of the 17 Metro Manila mayors during their meeting on Nov. 7 was to do away...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) the scrapping of mandatory use of face shields in the National Capital Region following mutual agreement among Metro mayors. MMDA Chairman...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced new mall operating hours in the upcoming holiday season. In an advisory posted on its Facebook page on Saturday, MMDA said malls in Metro Manila will operate from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. during weekdays starting November 15. Meanwhile,...
