MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has recommended the suspension of classes in at least seven universities and colleges in Manila as part of its traffic management plans for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games…
MANILA, Philippines—Senator Francis Tolentino admitted on Wednesday that the proposed emergency power for traffic is no longer needed given the existing mandates and “vast powers” of the Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA). Tolentino, former MMDA chair, happens…
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is set to conduct on Thursday a dry run of its traffic plan for the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games along Edsa and other major roads. The agency…
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement a “stop-and-go” traffic scheme along Edsa and other major roads during the conduct of this year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. This is to facilitate the “fast…
IT NEEDS a thorough study. This is what Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) EDSA traffic chief Edison “Bong” Nebrija thinks regarding the proposed one-way traffic scheme on EDSA and C-5, with the official pointing out the thoroughfares…
POLICE on Friday morning temporarily closed off the underpass at the intersection of EDSA and Shaw Boulevard, causing traffic to grind to a halt on Metro Manila’s busiest thoroughfare, after a suspicious box was discovered abandoned in…
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the mandate of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to implement traffic-related policies should probably be strengthened. “I proposed that we review the powers of the MMDA in so far as…
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday said it is considering starting the dry run of the ban on provincial buses on EDSA either on August 6 (Tuesday) or August 7 (Wednesday), according to a report…
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), through Memorandum Circular No. 2019-31, has set guidelines for the impending closure of provincial bus terminals on EDSA, as well as amended the routes of such buses plying the…
(This is an abridged version of a special report, written by Krixia Subingsubing and Jacob Lazaro, published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer today. – Ed) DATA from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) showed little improvement…
