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Globe Telecom will be deploying cell sites on major thoroughfares across Metro Manila as part of efforts to improve its mobile services. This, as Globe has recently signed an agreement with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for the installation of more than 120 small cell antennas along EDSA, Roxas Boulevard, C-5 Road and Congressional […]
Three members of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Road Emergency Group were cited for honesty after returning a sling bag containing $79,500 to a road accident victim in Taguig City recently. MMDA rescue personnel Mariel Bacho, Kristopher Concepcion, and Sheena Santillan did not think twice about surrendering the bag containing bundles of US dollars […]
Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is open to amending the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) traffic scheme after receiving mixed reactions during its dry-run on EDSA. In an interview, Go said MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim has confirmed to him that feedback from the public on the HOV […]
Senator Sonny Angara has joined the call of the Senate leadership to suspend the implementation of the driver-only vehicle ban in EDSA, and to provide for real solutions to Metro Manila’s congested traffic situation. “Effective solutions should be long-term. The only way we can give Filipinos freedom from traffic is by improving our public transportation. […]
Senator Aquilino Koko Pimentel III called on the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to exempt senior citizen drivers from its new traffic scheme which prohibits single occupant vehicles from plying the main EDSA road artery. “Let’s exempt senior citizen from this rule. Exemption from this traffic scheme means they would be able to reach their […]
Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo wants answers from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as to why Metro Manila was left flooded last Saturday and Sunday by the monsoon rains. Castelo, Chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development said Metro Manila and its suburbs […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) affirmed its earlier decision to dismiss a traffic enforcer for extorting money from a motorist for a lane violation in Quezon City in exchange for cancellation of the traffic ticket. The MMDA-Legal and Legislative Affairs Staff (MMDA-LLAS) subsequently denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Traffic Constable Rolando […]
A traffic enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was axed from the service after falsifying the signature of a driver on the traffic violation receipt (TVR) he was supposed to cancel for wrongly apprehending the motorist. The agency’s Legal and Legislative Affairs Staff has recently ordered the dismissal from the service of […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now gearing up for the conduct of the 3rd Metro Manila Shakedrill this coming July in preparation for the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that might hit the metropolis. MMDA will be doing the mock exercise for four days, from July 14 to July 17, at around 4 p.m. […]