What do you think of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, more widely known as the MMDA? Is it effective? Ineffective? Basically clean? Corrupt? Trying hard? Or overwhelmed by the megapolis it is supposed to manage?
There is a private group that is readying a challenge to the traffic “number coding” scheme in Metro Manila, planning to present its case before the Supreme Court, perhaps aiming to force the government to drop the scheme finally—after about 16 years.
Land Transportation Office (LTO) Assistant Secretary Virginia Torres and Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino recently confirmed their participation in the first Usapan AAP of the Automobile Association Philippines on Friday, September 28.
So Christmas in Metro Manila went well, the highways and byways, not to mention the shopping centers and business districts, turning into ghost towns, deserted and empty of cars, people and mayhem. I was thankful as I was delivering gifts to friends and colleagues last minute on Sunday afternoon. I was also glad that Metro [...]
A traffic monitoring system, which broadcasts information about traffic conditions, congestion and accidents, is an important part of a city’s road system. This is usually done via all-news radio channels. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) used to broadcast traffic information on its 1206 kHz radio station. Now, the MMDA has teamed up with TV5 [...]
Finally, after only about a year of delay, the government just came up with the rates that we, the public, must pay for RE—yes, the well-liked environment-friendly “renewable energy.” And immediately, of course, the power generation industry sees something wrong in the proposed rates. They say the rates seem to heavily favor certain forms of [...]
