{"id":102320,"date":"2017-05-14T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T23:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=102320"},"modified":"2017-05-14T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T23:36:35","slug":"60-erring-mmda-personnel-to-assist-in-estero-sewerage-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/14\/60-erring-mmda-personnel-to-assist-in-estero-sewerage-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"60 erring MMDA personnel to assist in estero, sewerage cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102321\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102321\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_.png\" alt=\"The reassignment of erring MMDA personnel will prevent them from influencing complainants while their cases are being heard by the legal department. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_.png 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Metro_Manila_Development_Authority_MMDA.svg_-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The reassignment of erring MMDA personnel will prevent them from influencing complainants while their cases are being heard by the legal department. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Sixty personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) facing administrative charges will temporarily help in the estero and waterways cleanup and sewerage declogging as part of their preventive suspension.<\/p>\n<p>MMDA Officer-in-Charge Thomas Orbos said personnel with cases ranging from simple negligence to extortion will be deployed to the Flood Control and Sewerage Management Office to assist in the agency\u2019s flood mitigation program Estero Blitz.<\/p>\n<p>The reassignment of erring MMDA personnel will prevent them from influencing complainants while their cases are being heard by the legal department. The MMDA official assured those accused of corruption on a permanent status will be provided due process before being dismissed from service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be working on a more productive activity while their cases are being heard,\u201d Orbos said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The MMDA is also considering sending enforcers with pending cases to the Army Reserve Command in Tanza, Cavite for military training. \u201cMaybe undergoing military training would help instill values and discipline to these erring personnel,&#8221; according to Orbos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Sixty personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) facing administrative charges will temporarily help in the estero and waterways &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[19053,3119,19054],"class_list":["post-102320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-estero","tag-mmda","tag-sewerage-cleanup","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}