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Published January 11, 2021, 9:50 AM The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday welcomed the appointment of former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos, Jr. as the new chairman of MMDA. Abalos will succeed the late MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim who passed away last week due to cardiac arrest, after testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia said he looks forward to working with Abalos whom he credited for the industrial and...

President Duterte has appointed Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II  as commissioner of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) representing the private sector, Malacañang announced Monday night. Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The appoint

Former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos has been named new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Umali passed away Thursday due to cardiac arrest, his family announced earlier. He was 63. “The Nograles family expresses our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of former Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali,” Nograles said. “The nation has lost a brilliant legislator and remarkable public servant. We pray for his eternal repose,” he added. Nograles recalled that he and other lawmakers have been inspired by Uma...

Published January 7, 2021, 5:33 PM Former Mindoro Oriental Rep. Reynaldo Umali has died of complications from a late stage liver cancer and COVID 19 infection. Umali, former chairman of the House Committee on Justice during the 17th Congress, died Thursday.  He was 63. The former lawmaker presided over the impeachment hearings of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno as chairman of the House Committee on Justice during the 17th Congress. Umali also played a vital role in the Ho...

Published January 6, 2021, 10:37 AM Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Danilo Lim passed away on Wednesday. He was 65. Lim’s passing was confirmed in a Viber message by MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago, who added that other details will soon be announced by his family. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and concurrent Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Chairman Danilo “Danny” Lim (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, the MMDA said Lim d...

Lorenzana mourns passing of MMDA chair Danny Lim Published January 6, 2021 11:47am The Department of National Defense headed by Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana expressed its condolences to the family left behind by Metro Manila Development Authority chairperson Danilo "Danny" Lim who passed away Wednesday morning. In a statement, Lorenzana said the "country lost an esteemed leader who valued public service above all else." "His vision, which he carried through from his beginnings as a you...

MMDA Chair Danilo Lim leads the filing of criminal charges against those involved in digiral piracy of film festival movies. (PIA NCR file photo) PASIG CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Criminal charges were filed on Monday against 54 individuals caught by the Optical Media Board (OMB) in coordination with the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF)’s Anti-Piracy Task Force for illegally streaming, downloading and distributing film entries of the on-going film festival. Violations of Republic Act 8293, otherw...

The late Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Danilo Lim was a man of principle and a true gentleman, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in paying tribute to the public servant.

MMDA chairman Danny Lim dies after testing positive for virus