Metro Manila Development Authority

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority

Pangasiwaan sa Pagpapaunlad ng Kalakhang Maynila
The logo, which features the circle and the small text, the "Metropolitan Manila Development Authority". In the letter M of the bottom, the Manila City Hall and the building of Makati was squeezed. The colors of the logo was the flag of the Philippines.
Agency overview
Formed	7 November 1975
Jurisdiction	Development of Metro Manila
Headquarters	EDSA cor. Orense St., Guadalupe, Makati
Annual budget	P1.48 billion (2013)
Agency executive	Thomas Orbos, Officer-in-Charge
Parent agency	Office of the President
Website	www.mmda.gov.ph

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pagpapaunlad ng Kalakhang Maynila, MMDA), is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines created embracing the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Malabon, Taguig, Navotas and San Juan and the municipality of Pateros. Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region is constituted into a special development and administrative region subject to direct supervision of the President of the Philippines. The MMDA office is located at Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) corner Orense Street, Guadalupe, Makati, Philippines.

The MMDA performs planning, monitoring and coordinative functions, and in the process exercises regulatory and supervisory authority over the delivery of metro-wide services within Metro Manila without diminution of the autonomy of the local government units concerning purely local matters.

The agency is headed by a Chairman, who is appointed by, and continues to hold office at the discretion of, the President. The Chairman is vested with the rank, rights, privileges, disqualifications, and prohibitions of a cabinet member.

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree 824 creating Metro Manila and its managing public corporation, the Metropolitan Manila Commission (MMC) on November 7, 1975 after the residents of the affected cities and municipalities approved the creation of Metro Manila in a referendum held on February 27, 1975. The moved consolidated the Philippine capital Manila and adjacent Quezon City with 2 cities and 12 municipalities of the province of Rizal and 1 municipality of the province of Bulacan into Metro Manila. Marcos appointed his wife, First Lady Imelda Marcos, as Governor and Ismael Mathay, Jr. as Vice-Governor. The office was located in front of the present-day GMA Network at EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.