The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) broke a new record and announced 10 films entries for its 49th edition in December. The movies were selected from a record-high of 30 submissions, by distinguished members of the MMFF selection committee, led by respected producer and film industry stalwart Jessie Ejercito. The movies were selected from a […]
Author: Daniel Mejos
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the transport strike staged by Malayang Alyansa ng Bus Employees at Laborers (MANIBELA) on October 16 failed to paralyze the normal public transportation operations at the National Capital Region. Transport group Manibela, headed by Mar Valbuena, is opposing LTFRB’s December 31 deadline for the consolidation of traditional jeepneys […]
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos lauded the mayors of Metro Manila for their unanimous support to the moratorium on pass-through fees collection on national roads and suspension of collection of any form of fees upon all motor vehicles transporting goods or merchandise while passing through any national roads and such […]
MMDA OPENS MOTORCYCLE RIDING ACADEMY
Motorcycle riders who are either beginners or have already been driving but want to know the basic knowledge on handling and operating motorcycles with focus on safety riding can now enroll in the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Motorcycle Riding Academy (MRA). Located at a vacant property of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) along Julia […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) received motorcycles as donation for its Motorcycle Riding Academy, this time from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes thanked Abalos for being very supportive of the MMDA’s programs and projects even after his stint at the agency. […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), together with the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), held a groundbreaking and signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Roxas Boulevard Promenade, an offshoot of the Adopt-a-Park project in Pasay City. The park is the result of the MMDA’s and PRA’s recognition of the problem of urban decay as […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) received a donation of 10 motorcycles from Senator Sonny Angara. Angara initiated the donation in support of the MMDA’s Motorcycle Riding Academy which is set to open on September 27. The Motorcycle Riding Academy will provide riders formal training on both theoretical and practical aspects of motorcycle riding, as […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority inspected Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City in a bid to address traffic in the area in light of the resumption of face to face classes. During the early morning inspection, MMDA General Manager Procopio Lipana said that the agency is studying measures to mitigate traffic as it has observed worsening […]
MMDA STUDIES EDSA ROAD SHARING SCHEME
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) bared its plans for the possible implementation of road sharing on the bike lane along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA). MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said the agency is currently conducting a preliminary study focusing on the possibility of making it a shared lane for bicycles and motorcycles. […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Education (Deped)-Division of Makati City signed a memorandum of understanding to partner in providing students in select schools in the city lectures on anti-smoking and anti-vaping. The MOU, signed during the Brigada Eskwela 2023 Division Kick-Off held in Makati High School, is to implement a […]