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By Jaymee T. 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 »
By Jodee A. Agoncillo
Cut back on the liquor and there will be fewer crimes and accidents.
Posted: January 14th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »
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 »
By Jaymee T. 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 »
By Niña Calleja

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 »
By Nathaniel R. Melican

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 »
By Tina G. Santos
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 »
By Tina G. Santos
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 »
By Kristine L. Alave

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 »
By Frances Mangosing
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 »
By Karen Boncocan
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 »
By Tina G. Santos
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 »
By Penelope P. Endozo
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 »