Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)

[renell]

hey amigo thanks for that piece of info I used to live in Sucat and yeah the SLEX Sucat exit did look a bit dodgy even with the Jollibee. it was a big piece of intersection but it was kinda ungwapo if you know what I mean.

[mysaong03]

is fixing those messy powerlines part of the project?? i dont need to see fancy landscaped gardens, if they can just clear & refurbish the sidewalks, fix the cable lines, construct new & remodel the dilapidated walkways & fence the sidewalks to stop peds from jaywalkin, ok na... & use asphalt!!! kakadiri semento/asphalt magkahalo

[marites4]

^ yeah i don't think sidewalk maintanance cost a lot of money. clean sidewalks would be a good start and outlaw spitting like in Singapore. It's disgusting it's everywhere.

[bagel]

Spitting? What about urinating.

[marites4]

urinating is already illegal. spitting is not.

[Solblanc]

Originally Posted by boybaha

Don't want to rain on the parade, but this is a covering up. They're only targeting the roads that visitors use, which is basically a covering up of the rest of the city. Granted they do not have the funds to do the whole city, and that entails a lot more work, but this is some spin that Bayani is putting there. Sure, he's teaching people to be disciplined but this is in essence a covering up of the rest of the city, whose roads are not getting a facelift.

We do have limited resources. If we wanted to give the entire Metro a facelift, the project would be enormous. You'd have to start with a fire

[c0kelitr0]

how about a nuke?

[sista]

Originally Posted by c0kelitr0

how about a nuke?

nice one! then Metro Manila would be the first radioactive city...ala spider man, then we will see mutants and people with powers...coolness!

[kiretoce]

Isn't Chernobyl the first "radioactive" city?

[amigo32]

Originally Posted by renell

hey amigo thanks for that piece of info I used to live in Sucat and yeah the SLEX Sucat exit did look a bit dodgy even with the Jollibee. it was a big piece of intersection but it was kinda ungwapo if you know what I mean.

Sucat interchange really looks good now. Dati ang daming lasing dyan, may mga small pub haus kasi, restaurants, sari-sari store.

[sandrin]

Calling all Metro Manilans - Magdamit ng MAAYOS at PRESENTABLE kahit saan, hindi lamang sa Investor's route.


Metro’s half-naked ‘machos’ be warned
By Michael Punongbayan
The Philippine Star 11/21/2005

Display a naked chest while walking along the investors’ route and face the wrath of the state for your machismo.

This was the warning Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando issued yesterday to the hard-headed "macho men" of the cities of Parañaque, Makati and Manila who indulge in their bad habit of walking half-naked along side streets, particularly those lining the so-called "investor’s route."

He said persons who will sabotage the multimillion-peso project, intentionally or unintentionally, will suffer the consequences of their actions. Such sabotage includes walking about half-naked in public, engaging in drinking sprees on sidewalks and hanging laundry out to dry in full view of passersby.

Fernando said men caught walking in public places without shirts will be apprehended and fined.

The MMDA has been tasked to implement the national government’s "investor’s route" project which calls for the beautification of Metro Manila’s main thoroughfares.

Roads in Parañaque, Manila and Makati will undergo a major facelift in an effort to make the metropolis more inviting to tourists and foreign investors.

Fernando said President Arroyo has ordered the MMDA to implement the upgrading and beautification of the "investor’s route," a project that will cost P100 million.

He said some 48.7 kilometers of road leading to and from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be improved and beautified.

Fernando said areas of concern include main thoroughfares in Parañaque — the MIA and Domestic Roads and Roxas and Macapagal Boulevards.

In Manila, the routes of P. Burgos street to Nagtahan Road, Qurino Avenue to the Osmeña Highway and Buendia Avenue to Lawton Avenue will undergo facelifts and upgrading.

The MMDA will lead the repair and installation of new street and traffic lights, emergency bays, clean drainage systems, clear the roadsides of illegal structures and "taong grasa" or dirty, homeless people.

"We were ordered to work on this and finish substantial work at least on or before Christmas. We should already have begun the work but, actually, this can be completed in three months," Fernando said.

According to him the new project springs from the MMDA’s "Pook na Bulok, Negosyo ’di Papasok (Business Will Not Enter a Rotten Place)" program, which he said was a success.

Fernando said the agency will work together with local mayors of respective cities and municipalities for a coordinated effort to make Metro Manila shine.

The MMDA needs the cooperation of the public for the "investor’s route" project to succeed, Fernando says, citing what he calls the "people factor."

Tourists and investors will be discouraged if they see half-naked men walking in public places as if they were just strolling in their own backyards, Fernando said.

"All we ask of our gentlemen is (for them) to be gentlemen," Fernando said. "Dress appropriately in public places. Be presentable. Look good so Metro Manila will look good."

The MMDA will also be strict in enforcing sanctions against people who engage in drinking sprees on the sidewalks as well as those who hang clothes to dry in public view.

Fernando said seeing such things will not impress tourists or investors who may want to set up shop in the country.

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****Dress for Success!

[amigo32]

Sa nude city na lang dalhin yung nahuhuling ayaw magdamit. hehehehe.

[marites4]

I like that Pook na bulok negosyo hindi papasok. Sana pati mga ihi ng ihi kung saan saan huleen at turuan ng leksyon. he he

[Mango]

Originally Posted by sandrin

Calling all Metro Manilans - Magdamit ng MAAYOS at PRESENTABLE kahit saan, hindi lamang sa Investor's route.


Metro’s half-naked ‘machos’ be warned
By Michael Punongbayan
The Philippine Star 11/21/2005

Display a naked chest while walking along the investors’ route and face the wrath of the state for your machismo.

[normandb]

Originally Posted by marites4

I like that Pook na bulok negosyo hindi papasok. Sana pati mga ihi ng ihi kung saan saan huleen at turuan ng leksyon. he he

Instead of posing "BAWAL UMIHI DITO" why they don't change it to "BAWAL IHI, PUTOL TITI"

[marites4]

^he he mas okey yan. mapala ng mga walang pake sa mundo.

[sandrin]

BAWAL DURA, PUTOL DILA !!!!

[marites4]

Another good one! he he ^

[sandrin]

BAWAL UNCOVERED HATCHING, ILONG BOXING !!!!!

[sandrin]

The half-naked men who coudn't pay the fine willl be thrown out into the waters of Manila Bay.