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                    [Title] => Motorcyclists protest helmet sticker rule
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Medina said it is unfortunate that criminal elements are using motorcycles as tools, but the “policy is not the answer to the problem and it will not deter these crimes.”

[DatePublished] => 2007-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374888 [Title] => MMDA disbands Traffic Enforcement Group [Summary] => Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday disbanded the agency’s Traffic Enforcement Group (TEG) and ordered the policemen assigned to the unit to report back to the Philippine National Police after the Metro Mayors Council (MMC) decided to dissolve the police unit.

Fernando said a 1995 Memorandum of Agreement between the MMDA and the PNP has been suspended after the mayors approved the plan during a meeting last Dec. 7.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355208 [Title] => MMDA eyes bank-based payment scheme for towing [Summary] => The days of unscrupulous towing companies that overcharge owners of impounded vehicles for traffic violations are now numbered.

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said yesterday it plans to come up with a scheme that will allow vehicle owners to settle fines and penalties through banks. 

Officials believe the scheme will be able to curb illegal or unauthorized towing activities in the metropolis. 

"This is to prevent private towing companies from charging exorbitant fees from vehicle owners," MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339646 [Title] => Number coding resumes Monday [Summary] => Full implementation of the Unified Vehicle Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), or number coding scheme, will resume on Monday, June 5, after being suspended for two months during the school summer break.

"We’re back to normal. We expect our roads to be busy since classes will begin on Monday so we need the public’s cooperation," Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Executive Director Angelito Vergel de Dios said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329736 [Title] => MMDA to lift coding as early as tomorrow [Summary] => The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is expected to officially announce the lifting of the Unified Vehicle Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) tomorrow (Wednesday).

The number coding scheme will remain suspended stay until classes for all levels resume in June.

"In principle, there was no opposition among our local chief executives so the suspension might begin as early as Wednesday," MMDA Deputy Chairman Cesar Lacuna told The Star.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329534 [Title] => MMDA to revive traffic ticketing scheme [Summary] => The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now asking local chief executives of Metro Manila to consider passing a Metro Mayors Council (MMC) resolution that will revive the use of the Metro Traffic Ticketing (MTT) system.

After the scheme was declared illegal because it was implemented without an enabling measure, the MMDA was forced to drop the scheme early this year, paving the way for the return of Traffic Violation Receipts (TVRs).
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319167 [Title] => MMDA urged to submit financial report to mayors’ council [Summary] => Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay is asking Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando to submit a financial report to the Metro Mayors Council (MMC).

He said Fernando should detail how he has been spending the agency’s budget since 2001.

Binay, in a letter to Fernando, said the MMDA chief must submit along with the expenditure report a copy of the resolutions approved by the Metro Manila Council (MMC) for each project.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292306 [Title] => Mayors OK bike lanes [Summary] => No chief executive objected to the idea of establishing bicycle lanes during yesterday’s Metro Mayors Council (MMC) meeting at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) office.

The next topic of discussion would then be to determine how and when the bike lanes would be developed,

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando presented before the MMC the initial proposal on how the agency was planning to construct the "Metro Walk and Pedal Lanes," that would be established along secondary and inner roads.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289279 [Title] => MMDA defends organized bus route scheme [Summary] => The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday defended the upcoming full implementation of its organized bus route (OBR) scheme against those trying to stop the agency from pursuing the project, which they believe will dramatically improve traffic along EDSA.

The Star was provided a copy of a Metro Mayors Council (MMC) resolution, dated September 2003, which reportedly proves that the OBR is approved by the 14 Metro Manila local chief executives.

Its implementation is obviously long overdue since the MMDA had to postpone it many times.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286858 [Title] => ORDP ng SCOG naantala [Summary] => Dahil na rin sa pagkakabalam sa pag-apruba ng Metro Mayors Council sa proposed P2.3 billion budget ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sa taong ito, naantala ang pagbabayad sa occupational risk duty pay (ORDP) ng Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group (SCOG).

Ayon kay MMDA Legal Service Chief Emmanuel de Castro, walang plano ang ahensya na hindi magbayad ng hazard pay ng anti-vendors operatives kundi nagkaroon lamang aniya ng delay sa pagbabayad dahil sa kakulangan ng pondo at pagkukunan ng ibabayad para dito. (Ulat ni Lordeth Bonilla) [DatePublished] => 2005-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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