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DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo from Philippine Information Agency / MANILA BULLETIN) “After the untimely demise of NAPOLCOM (National Police Commission) vice chairman Rogelio Casurao, we are heartbroken to lose another fellow public servant with whom the DILG has worked very closely through the years in many undertakings,’’ DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año noted that the MMDA under Lim “has been truly valuable in effectively implementing the protocols set forth by the Presiden...

[AFP file photo] Danilo Lim, a former general with the Philippine Army’s elite Scout Rangers who had led two coup attempts during his military career and was serving as an official in the Duterte administration, died Wednesday, the president’s spokesman said. Lim, 65, the chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, had tested positive for the coronavirus on Dec. 29 but had been asymptomatic, according to colleagues. The MMDA, in a statement issued Wednesday, sai...

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu was joined in the tree planting activity by Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Danilo Lim, Baseco/Barangay 649 Captain Diana Espinosa, representing Manila Mayor Francisco Domagoso, and officials and employees of the DENR-National Capital Region (DENR- NCR) led by Regional Executive Director Jacqueline Caancan. Caancan said the DENR...

Published December 23, 2020, 3:50 PM Days before the start of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the organizer of the annual MMFF, has refuted the accusations of the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) director-general and actress Vivian Velez claiming that the MMDA did not give them their P82 million amusement tax share. It can be recalled that then FAP head Leo Martinez filed a case against MMDA in 2014 before a Quezon City court. Ve...

  In just a few days, the world will be celebrating Christmas in very different ways. Here in the Philippines for one—the country known for having the longest holiday celebration—the contrast from Christmases past is truly very stark. 1 of 5 Unlike before, cities and homes hardly glitter with holiday décor; malls aren’t crowded with the happy buzz of shoppers; and the usual parties and reunions aren’t allowed, when all these sights and feels should have been afoot as soon as the ber-m...