MMDA unveils widescreen 'transparency' monitor

Now, the public can take part in keeping tabs on employees of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, via a widescreen TV display at the MMDA's head office in Makati City.

 

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino on Friday unveiled the monitor, which he dubbed the "transparency governance wall," radio dzBB's Sam Nielsen reported.

 

The monitor, installed at the MMDA headquarters' lobby, has feeds from 48 closed-circuit television cameras mounted in the eight-story building housing the MMDA's offices.

 

With it, Tolentino said the public can see the transactions at MMDA headquarters.

 

He said the monitor is part of the agency's efforts to be transparent, as well as to boost security at the eight-story building where the headquarters is located.

 

The "transparency governance wall" is the latest CCTV-based initiative of the MMDA, coming after the recent launch of a program that streams CCTV feeds on major thoroughfares in Metro Manila and Rizal province.  — ELR, GMA News