The Mandaluyong City local government announced Friday, June 24, that it has achieved another milestone after getting the highest passing mark in the 2019 Child Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA). According to the city government, the city has garnered a total score of 95.5 percent in the audi
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec)Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. ended his 14-year political hiatus as he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Wednesday to run as Mandaluyong City mayor in the May 2022 polls with daughter-in-law, incumbent Mayor Carmelita “Menchie” Abalos as his running mate. “I am returning to politics…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of office of Benjamin Abalos Jr. as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority at the Malacañang Palace on January 11, 2021. SIMEON CELI/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
MANILA – Former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos took his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Abalos served as mayor for 15 years, from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016, and as the city’s lone representative in Congress from 2004 to 2007. Abalos will now face his new challenge as the chairman of MMDA, a position that his father, Benjamin Sr., also held from 2001 to 2002.