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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744007969786Screenshot 2025-04-07 at 2.33.32 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p>The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) logo at its Communications and Command Center in Pasig City on July 12, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</p><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Monday its personnel who supposedly berated a police officer for violating parking rules would keep his post and  undergo anger management training.</p><p>The MMDA said it would retain Gabriel Go as head of the  Special Operations Group-Strike Force (SOG-SF), which is mandated to get rid of traffic obstructions.</p><p>MMDA chairman Don Artes directed Go to undergo a “five-day training mentorship coaching on traffic management, focusing on leadership, courtesy, and discipline and with special attention on stress and anger management,” the agency said.</p><p>“Artes’ decision on Go is not a form of punishment, but more for his self-improvement. The 5-day training mentorship coaching shall be under the guidance of Edison Nebrija of the MMDA Traffic Education Division,” it added. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/31/police-official-berated-by-mmda-exec-to-file-charges-napolcom-says-1937">Police official berated by MMDA exec to file charges, Napolcom says</a></div><p>Go had faced an administrative complaint for alleged discourtesy toward a police officer during clearing operations in Quezon City on March 25. </p><p>The agency said it has reprimanded Go “for simple discourtesy with stern warning that the commission of the same in the future will be dealt with more severely.”</p><p>“The MMDA constantly reminds its traffic enforcers to exercise maximum tolerance when dealing with unwarranted confrontation with traffic violators, address the matter in a diplomatic manner, and observe the highest degree of professionalism in all official dealings,” it said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/2/mmda-personnel-arrested-over-unlawful-salary-deduction-scheme-1433">MMDA personnel arrested over alleged unlawful salary deduction scheme</a></div>

<p>The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Monday its personnel who supposedly berated a police officer for violating parking rules would keep his post and undergo anger management training.</p>

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Monday its personnel who supposedly berated a police officer for violating parking rules would keep his post and undergo anger management training.

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MMDA exec who scolded cop to undergo anger management training

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Published Apr 07, 2025 02:42 PM PHT

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