DOTr-bound Gabriel Go no longer reporting to MMDA

Inquirer.net - Nov 11, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Gabriel Go has stopped reporting for work at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as he awaits his appointment as an assistant secretary at the Department of Transportation (DOTr), MMDA Chair Atty. Don Artes said on Wednesday. Artes said the agency had yet to receive Go’s formal resignation letter but had already

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