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VP SARA LAUDS MMDA TRANSPORT STRIKE RESPONSE

Vice President and Department of Education Secretary Sara Duterte joined the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in its monitoring of the three-day transport strike staged by transport group PISTON.Duterte oversaw the agency’s monitoring of the strike at the MMDA Communications and Command Center which serves as the inter-agency monitoring and command center for the tigil-pasada. The […]

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NAME-DROPPING DRIVERS TICKETED FOR USING BUS LANE

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) issued traffic violation tickets to the two drivers who dropped the name of Senator Bong Revilla, Jr. after they were stopped for illegally using the EDSA bus lane. The two drivers appeared before MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes at the MMDA Head Office in Pasig City recently.  Artes […]

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MMDA IMPLEMENTS HIGHER BUS LANE VIOLATION PENALTY

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), together with the Land Transportation Office and the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG), conducted enforcement operations on various locations along EDSA against motorists violating the exclusive bus lane on the first day of the implementation of higher penalties for violators. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes warned […]

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MMDA HIKES EDSA BUS LANE VIOLATION FINES

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced that an increase in fines for exclusive city bus lane/bus carousel lane regulation along EDSA will be imposed starting Monday, November 13. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes warned motorists not to pass through the EDSA Bus Carousel lane if they are unauthorized to use it or they will […]

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MMDA BRINGS PINOY FILMS TO GLOBAL AUDIENCE

Filipino films which previously made their success in the inaugural Summer Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) this year upped their game as they took the spotlight in the first ever Manila International Film Festival (MIFF) in Los Angeles, California. During the pre-launch press conference in LA, MMDA Acting Chairman and MMFF Overall Chairman Atty. Don Artes said […]

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MMDA CONDUCTS DRUG TEST ON PUB DRIVERS

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO), and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted random drug testing among bus drivers as they inspected the situation at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) ahead of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections and Undas break. […]

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3 MMFF ENTRIES TO BE SHOWN IN HOLLYWOOD

Featured Filipino films in the first-ever Summer Metro Manila Film Festival, which was held in April, will take center stage in Hollywood with its overseas edition Manila International Film Fest (MIFF) slated to open for moviegoers on November 2. Set to light up the screen at the Directors Guild of America on Sunset Boulevard in […]

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MMDA SETS NCR HOLIDAY MALL OPERATION HOURS

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) met with mall operators and other stakeholders to discuss traffic management plans in preparation for the approaching holiday season. In a meeting led by MMDA Deputy Chairman Undersecretary Frisco San Juan, Jr. and Traffic Discipline Office Director for Enforcement Atty. Victor Nuñez, shopping mall operators agreed to adjust their […]

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MMDA TO HIKE FINES FOR BUS LANE VIOLATORS

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced that fines for the violation of exclusive city bus lane/bus carousel lane regulation along EDSA will soon be increased as the agency noted private vehicles repeatedly disregarding the rules. In a press conference, MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said that there are many errant drivers of private vehicles, […]

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TRIPA DE GALLINA LINEAR PARK IN MAKATI CITY OPENED

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, together with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), and the local governments of Makati and Pasay City, inaugurated the Tripa de Gallina Neighborhood Upgrading Project located in Brgy. San Isidro, Makati City. The inauguration and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding was led by MMDA Acting Chairman […]