MMDA bans ‘personal’ vlogging of its operations after `shaming’ video
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) banned posting about its operations on social media in a personal capacity, the agency said on Friday, April 4, 2025. PHOTO by Daphne Galvez / INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) banned posting about its operations on social media in a personal capacity, the agency said on Friday.
The move came after National Police Commission (Napolcom) Commissioner Ralph Calinisan called out MMDA Special Operations Group Strike Force head Gabriel Go for supposedly shaming a Quezon City cop for a traffic violation as caught in a video posted by a vlogger.
“Ipagbabawal natin yung mga personal posts [about operations]. Gagawin namin ay institutional, MMDA na lang magpo-post ng clearing operations natin, whether pictures or video,” Chairperson Don Artes said in a press conference on Friday.
(We are prohibiting personal posts about operations. We will do it institutionally. MMDA alone will post about our clearing operations, whether pictures or video.)
“Napirmahan ko na actually kahapon yung regulation regarding pagpo-post ng actual na trabaho. Hindi namin pinipigilan yung [about] personal. Pero yung [about] implementation ng aming trabaho, yung ang aming ire-regulate,” Artes added.
(I signed the regulation yesterday regarding posting about actual work. We’re not prohibiting it when it’s about something personal. But if it’s about the implementation of our work, that’s what we will regulate.)
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The viral video showed Go supposedly humiliating Felipe while issuing him a ticket for parking on the sidewalk during a clearing operation in Quezon City.
National Police Commissioner (Napolcom) Commissioner Ralph Calinisan took offense at the video, saying there was no need to “shame cops for clicks.”
Go appeared with Calinisan in a press conference at the Napolcom office in Quezon City on Thursday, where the MMDA strike force head apologized for the incident.
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Nonetheless, Artes justified the agency posting on social media about their operations.
“Importante rin kasi sa amin na maipakita na patuloy yung ginagawa naming trabaho [at] ipakita rin yung mga obstructions na nagdudulot ng traffic sa ating kalsada,” the MMDA chief said.
(It’s also important for us to show that our work is continuously being done and to show the obstructions that are causing traffic on our streets.)
“Pero, kailangan rin siguro namin ng control. Sa aming palagay, minsan may excesses din. Minsan, may makikita kaming enforcers na pine-personal lang. Pati yung pagti-ticket nila, ivl-vlog pa na, tingin namin, nakakaabala sa trabaho,” Artes added.\
(But perhaps, we also need control. In our opinion, there are sometimes excesses, too. Sometimes, we see enforcers that take it purely personally. They even vlog when they issue tickets, which, in our view, distracts from work.)
