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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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 […]
Contingency plans are in place for the three-day transport strike which will start on July 24, the day of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA), said the Inter-Agency Task Force Monitoring Team (IATF-MT). Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Hubert Guevarra, MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, and MMDA General Manager Usec. […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the first day of the week-long transport strike opposing the government’s public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program had a minimal effect on the commuters. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes attributed this to the government’s contingency measures in place to counter the effects of the transport group strike […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is ready for the week-long transport strike. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said contingency measures were already in place to ensure that the commuting public will not be inconvenienced and transportation operations will not be paralyzed during the seven-day transport strike set by transport group Manibela. Artes announced […]