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MMDA launches lend-a-bike on Edsa

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The sidewalk on the northbound side of Edsa between Ayala Avenue and Magallanes is now a bike lane, the fourth to be opened by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, which is encouraging the public to bike their way to health and a cleaner and greener environment. The agency is also lending bikes free of charge to commuters looking for an alternative mode of transportation on Metro Manila’s busiest thoroughfare. JAYMEE GAMIL

Aside from opening bike lanes, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has also launched a bicycle-lending program to encourage people to switch to the environment-friendly mode of transportation.

Posted: January 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro,Photos & Videos | Read More »

MMDA wants extended liquor ban

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Cut back on the liquor and there will be fewer crimes and accidents.

Posted: January 14th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

Extended truck ban mulled as MMDA cites ‘success’

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday raised the possibility of extending the truck ban that the agency started implementing last month, citing its “success” in easing traffic during the holidays.

Posted: January 3rd, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

‘Portable rotundas’ make rounds of Metro Manila

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CIRCLE OF SAFETY  What looks like a pocket garden at the intersection of Ayala Avenue-Edsa is actually a portable rotunda, the latest traffic scheme rolled out by the MMDA to help prevent accidents. JAYMEE GAMIL

If you run smack into what looks like a pocket garden in the middle of a gritty and busy intersection in the Metro, don’t be surprised.

Posted: December 20th, 2012 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

3 billboard installers nabbed for cutting 11 balete trees in QC

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Three employees of a billboard company were arrested Monday night after they were caught cutting down 11 balete trees on the center of Edsa in Balintawak, Quezon City.

Posted: September 18th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

‘Anak ng kamote!’ mystery box jams Edsa

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cartoon, january 28, 2012

Son of a gun. Motorists plying the northbound side of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) near Magallanes must have uttered swear words on their way to work Friday morning after they got stuck in a traffic jam.

Posted: January 28th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Makati judge out of billboard case

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A Makati City judge has inhibited himself from hearing the case filed by Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines (OAAP) against the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on the agencies’ antibillboard campaign. Judge Elpidio Calis of Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 133 granted MMDA’s motion for [...]

Posted: September 30th, 2011 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

MMDA suspends road reblocking, pipe-laying activities in Metro

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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Friday declared a moratorium on all road reblocking and pipe-laying activities of water concessionaires along major thoroughfares this month.

Posted: September 2nd, 2011 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

Metro Manila produces a fourth of Philippine garbage

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BOUNTY OF THE BAY. Scavengers scour the heap of garbage washed ashore the Manila Bay in Roxas Boulevard Manila. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

The excesses of “Imperial Manila” seem to stink to high heavens. Residents of Metro Manila generate so much garbage that they are responsible for one-fourth of the country’s daily output of solid waste, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). A single resident produces an average of 0.7 kilogram of waste a [...]

Posted: August 16th, 2011 in Headlines,Nation | Read More »

MMDA, LGUs approve 60kph maximum speed limit on Macapagal Ave.

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A maximum speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour on all types of vehicles travelling along Diosdado Macapagal Avenue will soon be implemented, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said in a statement Friday.

Posted: June 24th, 2011 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

Floods hit most of Metro Manila–MMDA

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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said that it was monitoring floods in several areas due to heavy rains.

Posted: June 23rd, 2011 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

Construction of centralized bus terminals to start October

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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) hopes to start the construction of the centralized bus terminals for provincial buses in October this year. “If there will be no obstacles, [MMDA] Chairman [Francis] Tolentino targets the construction of the centralized bus terminal in Balintawak in Quezon City in October,” said Tina Velasco, the agency’s spokesperson. “Meetings [...]

Posted: June 18th, 2011 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »

Metro traffic enforcers in full force as schools open Monday

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MANILA, Philippines—Traffic enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are joining the students in going back to school—and their school zones—starting on Monday for the “Balik Eskwela” program. MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino said that the agency’s traffic enforcers would be on duty as early as 5:30 a.m. starting Monday until the next two weeks [...]

Posted: June 6th, 2011 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »

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