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March 16, 2023

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officials, led by General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana, led the inauguration of a new solid waste management warehouse in Taguig City and distribution of tools and equipment for managing waste collection to nine barangays that are part of the Metro Manila Flood Management Project Phase 1.

March 13, 2023

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Deputy Chairman Usec. Frisco San Juan Jr. and General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana award certificates of commendation to the 9-man Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team that assisted in the search and rescue operations in Turkey, which was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake last month.

March 9, 2023

MMDA personnel participated in the National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) for the first quarter of this year on Thursday, March 9. Personnel executed the "Duck, Cover, and Hold" procedure during a long siren, after which all personnel cautiously evacuated from their respective offices.

March 8, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes announces that the agency will hold a dry run for the implementation of the exclusive motorcycle lanes along Commonwealth Avenue, from Elliptical Road to Dona Carmen and vice versa, starting Thursday, March 9. The exclusive motorcycle lane is located at the third lane from the sidewalk of Commonwealth Avenue.

March 6, 2023

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the first day of the week-long transport strike opposing the government's public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program had a minimal effect on the commuters.

March 5, 2023

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) suspends the implementation of the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the expanded number coding scheme on March 6.

March 4, 2023

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) prepares contingency measures to ensure that the commuting public will not be inconvenienced and transportation operations will not be paralyzed during the seven-day transport strike set by transport group Manibela.

March 2, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, together with Metro Manila Council President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, presides over the MMC meeting today at the MMDA’s New Head Office in Julia Vargas, Pasig City. According to Artes, the agency is set to hold a dry run for the implementation of the single ticketing system in the first or second week of April.

Feb. 28, 2023

Officials of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) inaugurate the Libertad Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Pasay City aimed to treat wastewater from the Tripa de Gallina, which has been discharging wastewater into the Libertad Channel and draining into Manila Bay.

Feb. 27, 2023

Philhealth National Capital Region (NCR) Vice President Dr. Bernadette Lico paid a courtesy call to MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana and other MMDA officials and discussed a possible partnership between the two agencies to raise awareness about the Philhealth Konsulta Program.

Feb. 27, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, Deputy Chairman Usec. Frisco San Juan Jr., General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana and IPM-BEST Senior Vice President Atty. Dwight Ramos led the launching of the Trash to Cash Back Project at the MMDA Headquarters in Makati City.

Feb. 24, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes and MMFF Selection Committee Head Boots Anson-Rodrigo announced the eight official entries to the first-ever Summer Metro Manila Film Festival which will run in all cinemas nationwide from April 8 to 18. The eight films were selected based on the following criteria: Artistic Excellence (40%), Commercial Appeal (40%), Filipino Cultural Values (10%), and Global Appeal (10%).

Feb. 21, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, MMDA General Manager Undersecretary Procopio Lipana, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora and DTI Assistant Secretary for Consumer Protection Group Ann Claire Cabochan today held a joint inspection at the Agora Public Market to monitor compliance with the suggested retail prices (SRP) of basic necessities and prime commodities. Aside from price monitoring inspection, they also checked the weighing scales of vendors.

Feb. 16, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, with Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo Malapitan, and Caloocan City 1st District Representative Oscar Malapitan led the inauguration and blessing of the Caloocan City Nature Park Phase 2 located at Barangay 179, Amparo Subdivision, North Caloocan City.
The 2,200 square meter park includes viewing decks, trellis, paved pathways, landscape, and rock ripraps that can be turned into benches for family and friends to enjoy.

Feb. 16, 2023

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes announces the agency's plan to open a center for disaster preparedness training that will provide instructions to help emergency and calamity responders prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
According to Artes, the center was conceptualized after the agency saw the gaps in the capacity-building and training of rescuers after an earthquake hit Abra province in October last year, where rescuers had to come from different areas.

Feb. 7, 2023

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority joins the Philippine humanitarian contingent to earthquake-hit Turkey with its 12-man team. The well-trained disaster rescuers of the agency have been previously deployed in past disaster response across the country and in Nepal last 2015 and will bring with them portable search and rescue tools to help locate victims under rubble of collapsed structures.

Feb. 7, 2023

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Department of the Interior and Local Government, local government unit of Manila, and Manila Police District conducted an inter-agency clearing operations along R-10 Yuseco Extension in Dagupan St., Manila. MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said that the road needs to be cleared because it is where importing and exporting of goods from ports take place.

Feb. 6, 2023

MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, Deputy Chairman Usec. Frisco San Juan Jr., and General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana welcomed the arrival of the Black Nazarene at the MMDA headquarters in Makati City.

Artes thanked the Metro Manila Emergency Volunteer Corps (MMEVC) and Eagle Response Team for safely delivering the replica of the Black Nazarene.