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Metro Manila nearing model 'Gwapo' status.(Metro & National News)
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Manila Bulletin
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March 16, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Chito Chavez
Antagonistic at first, residents of Metro Manila have come to realize that the "Metro Gwapo - Tao Ganado" program of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now reaping its fruits with noticeable changes that transformed the city into likeable environment.
Since the inception of the program, Metro Manila has gained the respectability it longed deserved as the public developed themselves with the consciousness to follow rule, order and discipline.
Although far from being perfect, the various hardcore programs of discipline initiated by MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando has given significance to the blue-print of what the country ...
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