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(Eagle News)–Work at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will be suspended on Thursday and Friday. The MMDA said personnel will also be allowed to go home at 2 p.m. on Wednesday to pave the way for a “complete sanitation and disinfection of all its offices and adjacent premises” until Sunday. The MMDA made the announcement–which chair Danilo Lim said was approved by the MMDA COVID-19 committee— after four of its personnel tested positive for the […]
(Eagle News)–Two Metropolitan Manila Development Authority enforcers were fired for allegedly extorting money from delivery motorcycle drivers in Makati. In a statement, MMDA Chair Danilo Lim said the two enforcers, who have not been identified have been arrested and are detained pending the filing of charges against them. According to the MMDA, the two enforcers flagged down the two drivers, and demanded they pay P500 and P100 respectively so they could pass by Edsa. The […]
(Eagle News)–Metropolitan Manila Development Authority general manager Jojo Garcia has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. “I wish to inform everyone that I will have to work from home as I have been found positive for COVID-19,” Garcia said in a statement. According to Garcia, “my work puts me under a lot of risk, and this is part of it.” He said he “embrace(s) the challenge” and has faith he will overcome this. In […]
(Eagle News) — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Jojo Garcia is now on self-quarantine after exposure to a person who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago made the revelation, as she announced she herself was under self-quarantine after attending the same meeting which the COVID-19-positive patient attended. “I ask those I have been personally in contact with, please do the same, as you may be at risk,” Pialago said. […]
(Eagle News)–The number-coding scheme in Makati has been lifted. In a Tweet, the Makati Traffic, which makes its own announcements on the number-coding scheme in the city, said this was until further notice. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Friday said the scheme was lifted in Metro Manila as a precaution against the coronavirus disease. The announcement was made days before the community quarantine on Metro Manila. The MMDA said the suspension of the scheme […]
(Eagle News)–The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has lifted the number-coding scheme for today, March 13. The MMDA in a Tweet said the suspension applies to all types of vehicles, public and private. The suspension came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said land, domestic air and domestic sea travel to and from Metro Manila were temporarily banned as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. The Philippines has so far confirmed 52 cases, with 5 deaths.
(Eagle News)–Traffic adjustments are being implemented in several areas in and Metro Manila as the construction for Skyway Extension and Skyway Stage 3 Projects continue, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. The MMDA said the adjustments in Alabang and Edsa Balintawak started on Friday, Feb. 14. These are the affected roads: Balintawak Starting 11 pm on Friday, one lane closure was implemented on EDSA Balintawak northbound to give way to the installation of vertical […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Public Works and Highways advised motorists to avoid several roads in Metro Manila as reblocking and sewer construction activities, and repairs continue. Below is a list: SOUTHBOUND: 1. A. Bonifacio Ave. Cloverleaf to 11th Ave. (1st lane from sidewalk) 2. EDSA Bulakan St. to West Ave. (3rd lane from sidewalk) 3. EDSA approaching BP Tuazon flyover towards A. Boni Serrano flyover (2nd lane from MRT Line) WESTBOUND: 4. General Luis St., […]
(Eagle News) — Operations of the Pasig River Ferry will be suspended starting noon on Wednesday, Feb. 5. In a short advisory, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said this was to give way to the dry run of the Pasig River Cruise project of the Department of Tourism and the MMDA. The MMDA did not say when the operations would resume. “Thank you very much for your understanding,” the MMDA said.
(Eagle News)–Several roads are scheduled to undergo reblocking and repairs during the weekend. The Department of Public Works and Highways said the reblocking and repairs of the following roads started at 11 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31: SOUTHBOUND: 1. A. Bonifacio Ave. (SB) 7th Avenue to Sgt. Rivera St. (2nd lane from sidewalk) 2. EDSA Bulacan St. to West Ave. (1st lane from sidewalk) 3. EDSA approach BP Tuazon flyover to approach A. Boni Serrano […]
(Eagle News)-The number-coding scheme is lifted for all vehicles tomorrow, Jan. 13. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority suspended the scheme after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology upgraded the alert status of the volcano. The volcano is currently on alert level 4, which means a hazardous eruption is imminent. PHIVOLCS has recommended an evacuation from the volcano island and additional areas within a 14-kilometer radius of the volcano.
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has junked the petitions filed against the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s order banning provincial bus bans along Edsa. In its resolution cited in a notice provided to the media, the en banc cited a violation of the hierarchy of courts in the filing of the petitions of Ako Bicol Party-list, Rep. Joey Salceda, Bayan Muna Party-list chair Neri Colmenares and several others against MMDA Regulation 19-002, which specifically bans or revokes […]
