AFTER it was tagged as the “gates of hell” in an opus by international novelist Dan Brown, the city of Manila was first to be cleaned up by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino led the 400 workers in hauling several truckloads of garbage from La Concordia Creek, Plaza Dialo, Paco in Manila.

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