Dec. 23, 2008

LIM RECEIVES RECOGNITION FROM MUSLIM MOSQUES LEADERS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim was recently presented with a plaque of appreciation by the Manila Mosque leaders in recognition to his invaluable contribution and generous support to the mosques located in the city, and, for making the Muslim leaders active partners of the city, in the attainment of peace, justice and progress. Also from the 2nd photo with the mayor is Mr. Roland S. Lim, Director of the Barangay Bureau.

 

Dec. 20, 2008

LIM’s GIANT CAKE: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim delightedly looking on the giant cake as he tradionally offers to the children and elderly of Hospicio de San Jose as part of his birthday celebration on Sunday, December 21. Lim was once an orphan of Hospicio de San Jose during his early young age. Joining the Mayor, from left are Mayor’s Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman and City Administrator Jesus Mari P. Marzan.

 

Dec. 18, 2008

GIFT-GIVING: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (2 nd from left) together with Dr. Teodoro E. Martin, Director of the Ospital ng Tondo (left) during the traditional Annual Gift giving of the Mayor in celebration of his birthday on December 21.

 

Dec. 15, 2008

LIM OPENS THE 1ST PHILIPPINE – LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (PLAS) CONFERENCE: Manila  Mayor Alfredo S. Lim welcomes Gary Ngai of International Federation for Study of Latin America and the Carribean (FIELC) during the opening ceremony of PLAS conference held at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). Looking on are:  Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Secretary Edsel T. Custodio and PLM president Atty. Adel A. Tamano.(Photo by: Bong Olarte, Media Information Bureau)

 

Dec. 12, 2008

NO TO CHA-CHA: Senator Mar A. Roxas and Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim lead the rally against Charter Change held at the Dambanang Gat Andres Bonifacio beside the city hall of Manila. Issues surrounding the charter change, commonly known as cha-cha, were tackled during the rally. The rally was attended by students and teachers of various schools, non-governmental organizations and concerned citizens.

 

Dec. 10, 2008

LIM OPENS MANILA – MANITOBA EDUCATIONAL CENTER : Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim throws out candies to the students of Jose Rizal Elementary School during the inauguration of the new school building donated by Filipino Community from Manitoba, Canada. Also in photo are: outgoing City Superintendent Dra. Ma. Luisa Quinoñez (center) and Senior Grade Commissioner Andrew Smith of Canadian Embassy (right).

 

Dec. 7, 2008

AN UNSCHEDULED FORUM: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim made a surprised visit to Sta. Ana, Manila Saturday morning and held an open forum with those hurriedly assembled by barangay officials at the Paraiso ng Maynia sa Bagong Buhay complex. The Mayor wanted to hear for himself the concerns of the people of Sta. Ana. With him are (from left) Police Superintendent Frumencio Bernal; Jerry Castillo (in checkered shirt), chief of the Office of Senior Citizen Affairs (OSCA) and Councilor Josie Siscar of the 5 th District.

 

Dec. 3, 2008

3rd ASEAN TAYO AWARDS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (center) congratulates one of the ASEAN Tayo awardee Ms. Virginia S. Rabino (4th from left) as she thanked the National Youth Commission and the Committee for Asean Youth for this recognition. The Award was given during the 3 rd ASEAN TAYO Awards and Conference attended by 350 youth Ambassadors of Goodwill in Japan and Southeast Asia held at the Manila Hotel recently. Also in photo from left are: Hon. Oscar Palabyab, Undersecretary, Department of Tourism; His Excellency Makoto Katsura, Ambassador of Japan; Hon. Eduardo Ermita, Executive Secretary, Office of the President and Hon. Richard Alvin Nalupta, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Youth Commission .

Nov. 30, 2008

LIM AT 32 ND MILO NATIONAL MARATHON: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim together with Nestle Philippines President Nandu Nandkishore (second fom left) waves to participants to the 32 nd MILO National Marathon this November 30, 2008 while Asian sprint queen Lydia de Vega (third from left) cheerfully claps her hands.

Nov. 28, 2008

TAIWANESE BUSINESSMEN WHEELCHAIRS DONATION: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (center) expresses his appreciation and gratitude to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office representative Donal C.T. Lee (sixth from left), Taiwan Association, Inc. president Alex Ting (seventh from left), General John Chen and businessmen-members of Taiwan Association, Inc., for donating 501 uniits of wheelchairs worth P200,00 for Manila’s indigent with walking impediments and similar ailments.

NOV. 27, 2008

LIM HONORS NINOY: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (fourth from left) greets Batang Mayor 2008 Oliver Lorenzo F. Felisilda (third from left) at the wreath laying ceremony in commemoration of the 76 th Birth Anniversary of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. at this Ninoy’s Monument in Bonifacio Drive corner P. Burgos Street, Intramuros. Also in photo are: National Historical Institute director Ludovico D. Badoy (left), Ninoy’s sister, maura Aquino-Lichauco (second from left), Benigno Aquino Foundation representative Margie Juico (fifth from left), and EDS People Power Commission Christopher L. Carrion (extreme right). Photo by: Ben Aquino, Media Information Bureau

Nov. 25, 2008

MANILA’S OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (2 nd row-fifth from left) and Yu Uy Tong Fraternal Association, Inc. chairman Dr. Vicente T. Tan (2 nd row-fourth from left) pose for posterity with ten of 33 awardees of the City of Manila’s “Outstanding Public Servants”. The giving of awards to deserving public servants is Manila’s and Yu Uy Tong Fraternal Association, Inc.’s little way of acknowledging the exemplary dedication and services rendered by the government personnel. The awardees in photo are: Outstanding City Of Manila Employees- Ben M. Aquino, Jerome Miller, Ramir Salonga, Lorena P. Abueg, Ferdinand L. Santos, Remedios B. Martinez, Jerry L. Camannong, Jack A. Asis, Anyonio Manansala and Jose de Leon. full story...

 

Nov. 5, 2008

LIM’s EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT, THOUSANDS OF JOB VACANCIES: Almost 1,000 applicants attended the first Mega Jobs Fair held at the Gat Andres Bonifacio shrine in Manila this morning, which was participated in 50 companies, with over 3,000 vacant jobs. According to Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manila, some of the companies hired their applicants on the spot, and many of the them will undergo further interviews and screenings. (Photo by Tony Cunanan) full story...

 

Nov. 4, 2008

ASIA–EUROPE NETWORK OF MUSEUMS (ASEMUS) CONFERENCE IN MANILA: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (center) greets Corazon S. Albina, Director of National Museum and concurrent ASEMUS Executive Committee Chairman (left), during the opening of ASEMUS general conference, held at the National Museum of the Philippines. Looking on is Ambassador Rey Carandang, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs (behind Mayor Lim), and Ambassador Ronald Allarey, Assistant Secretary for Asian Affairs (right). full story...

Oct..29, 2008

LIM WITH UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL:. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim and His Excellency Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), lead the wreath – laying ceremony at Rizal Monument, Luneta Park. Sec. Gen. Ban Ki Moon is in Manila to preside the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) from October 27 – 30, 2008 at the PICC. At right is Commodore Emilio Marayag of the Philippine Navy (PN).

Oct. 24, 2008

ANNUAL GIFT GIVING IN BASECO: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (left) hands a bag with rice & groceries to one of the residents of Baseco compound as he visits the place. With the Mayor from left in stripe shirt is Mr. Jay Dela Fuente, Officer-In-Charge, Manila Social Welfare Bureau and the Chairman of Barangay 835 Zone 91 in black shirt. The Mayor's program for the poor once again shares joy to their faces as they received the gift. (Photo by Tony Cunanan-Manila Media Bureau)

 

Oct. 18, 2008

MANILA HOLDS FIRST CHURCH MASS WEDDING : Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim shares the joy of the 135 couples who took advantage of the first Free Church mass wedding held at no less than the historic San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila. full story...

 

 

 

Oct. 16, 2008

LIM SECTORAL GROUPS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim together Philippine National Police-National Capital Regional Police office Director Jefferson P. Soriano, Manila Police District director Roberto “Boysie” Rosales and Manila Tourism & Cultural Affairs director Gemma Cruz Araneta discusses with the leaders of sectoral groups the venues were rallies will be allowed during the holding of the 2 nd Global Forum on Migration Development on Human Rights to be hosted by the Philippines on October 22-30, 2008.

 

 

Oct. 15, 2008

LIM GIVES ID FOR THE DISABLED: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (right) hands over an identification card (ID) and booklet to serve as a discount card and other privileges to a disabled resident. The distribution of the privileges card is part of his health program for the poor residents of Manila. full story...

 

 

Oct. 6, 2008

3 P FOUNDATION USA DONATES MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE CITY: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim yesterday received a truckload of assorted medical supplies donated by the 3 P Foundation (USA) in coordination with the Rotary Club of Manila. 3 P Foundation (USA) chairman, Armando De Rossi said that the medical supplies, equipments and surgical instruments all in 119 boxes were donations of the citizens of the United States of America to the constituents of the City of Manila. With Mayor in the photo from left: Dir. Ted Martin of Ospital ng Tondo, Dir. Janet Tan of Ospital ng Sampaloc, Dir. Vangie Morales, Ch. Armando De Rossi, Dir. Fidel Chua, Ma. Lorraine Sanchez and former Congressman and Rotary Club President Dong Saludo. (Photo by Tony Cunanan, Manila Media Bureau) full story...

 

 

Oct. 4, 2008

MANO PO LOLO! Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim placed a gamely lolo role as costumed children took his hand for a blessing and in turn receive from Lolo 20 pesos each. The Council for the Welfare of Children held its 16 th Children's Month Celebration at the Ground Floor of SM Manila, thereby attracting huge crowds of mallers. The Mayor was with from left are: Ma. Elena S. Caraballo, OIC Executive Director-CWC; Jesus Mari Marzan, City Administrator; and Royston Cabuñag, Regional Operations Manager, SM Supermalls. (Photo by: Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau).

 

 

Oct. 3, 2008

JUST LIKE THE OLD TIMES: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim sprays paint on the money changing establishment along M.H. del Pilar and Arquiza, in Ermita to stress its closure. The Mayor, during his first term as Chief Executive of the City, sprayed paint on the homes of drug lords and pushers. Now, he is doing it again this time to notorious money changers. The Mayor has banned the issuance of new licenses for money changers. With the Mayor are Secretary (Atty.) Rafaelito Garayblas and (ret.) Col. Carlos Baltazar, head of the Manila Department of Public Services. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Oct. 1, 2008

BATCH 18 REUNION: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim poses with the members of Batch 18 of Manila’s Finest during the annual luncheon reunion held at the Wah Yuen Restaurant in Escolta, right in front of the City College of Manila. Batch 18 is very important to the Mayor because he, while then a colonel of the Manila Police Department, signed the appointment papers of 324 members of the batch that trained for a year at the Manila Police Academy headquartered at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila during the incumbency of the late Mayor Antonio Villegas. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau) full story...

 

Sept. 30, 2008

KEEP THEM GROOMED: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gave this order to the “house parents” of wards in the Manila Boystown Center in Marikina City after he found seven boys sporting long dyed hair, which angered him. The Mayor also ordered the house parents to make sure they teach the children proper values and not to allow them to bully the smaller children. In photo is Eddie Castro, the Mayor’s consultant at Boystown. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Sept. 27, 2008

A FRIENDLY PUSH: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gives a friendly push to the wheelchair he gave to his former employee at the National Bureau of Investigation, Rodolfo Lapidario of 1228 Ibarra St., Sampaloc, Manila. The Mayor also donated another wheelchair to Jerico Estrada, 22 years old from Doroteo Jose, Tondo, who has been suffering from dwarfism since his early childhood. He had been bodily carried by his grandfather when he was attending special skills courses on cellphone repair at the City College of Manila until he graduated last Thursday. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Sept. 26, 2008

WHO’S SICK? NOT ME: This was what Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim said as he tried lying down at the stretcher of the newly-blessed ambulance for the Ospital ng Sampaloc, which came from Philhealth funds of the hospital. The Mayor made this pun in view of persistent reports about his supposed failing health due to advanced age. With the Mayor inside the ambulance is Dr. Janet Tan, Director of the Ospital ng Sampaloc and Dr. Teodoro Martin of Ospital ng Tondo (beside her) and Dr. Fidel Chua, Director of the Ospital ng Maynila (behind the Mayor). (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Sept. 24, 2008

RELIVING INTRAMUROS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim, Tourism Secretary Ace Durano and Intramuros Administration Administrator Ana Maria “Bambi” Harper and the Manila Boyscout Council plant a tree at the Maestranza Park in Intramuros as part of the program of IA to relive Intramuros Today. From there the three officials proceeded to Fort Santiago for the program which traced the crucial role of Manila and Intramuros as the seat of government during the Spanish era. The IA also launched the Intramuros Visitors’ Center, Museum shop, Almacenes Reales (exhibit of images representing Dominican Saints, including Our Lady of the Rosary. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

 

Sept. 22, 2008

A SURPRISED INSPECTION: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim made a surprised inspection Sunday morning at Balut, Tondo where a new cement bridge will be erected to link Nepa St. in District 1 to Del Fiero and Earnshaw Streets in District 2. Residents welcomed the Mayor and City Engineer Armando Andres and were informed that the bridge’s construction would soon begin. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Sept. 21, 2008

REMEMBERING THE ELDERS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim shakes the hands of an old woman in wheel chair as he joined hundreds of people who participated in the Memory Walk 2008 in observance of the World Alzheirmer’s Day. Alzheirmer is a disease that afflicts the elderly and has often led to rapid weakening of the skeletal and nervous systems. The Memory Walk started from Rajah Sulayman to Quirino Grandstand in Luneta. (Photo by Tony Cunanan, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Sept. 19, 2008

NO TO PORNOGRAPHY: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim watch intently at the open quadrangle of City Hall as a bulldozer wrecks P80,000 worth of lewd VCDs and DVDs seized in Quiapo by the Mayor’s Complaints and Action Team (MCAT) headed by ret. Col. Franklin Gacutan. The drive against pornography is a continuing one and the Mayor said his staff will conduct sporadic and surprise confiscations in the coming months to stop the production of these pornographic materials which undermine the moral values of the youth. At the extreme left, kicking the VCDs/DVDs is Señior Supt. Nelson Yabut. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

 

Sept. 17, 2008

9 TH PLACER IN CRIMINOLOGY BOARD FROM CCM: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim congratulates Nestor F. Lucapa, cum laude in BS Criminology at the City College of Manila who placed 9 th in the recently- concluded board exams. A total of 83 CCM criminology (out of 90) graduates passed the board taken by 12,000 examinees all over the country. In photo (from left) are: Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman; Secretary to the Mayor Atty. Rafaelito Garayblas; Alma Solancho, VP Administration and Finance of CCM; the Mayor; Lucapa; CCM President (ret) Justice Rodolfo Palattao; Rodolfo V. Castillo Jr., Dean of CCM College of Criminology; Atty. Romeo L. Cairme, Assistant Secretary to the Mayor and Executive Director of People’s Law Enforcement Board and Ethel Canubida, Dean of Student Affairs, CCM. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Sept. 16, 2008

DIALYSIS MACHINES FOR OSPITAL NG TONDO: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim thanks Atty. Romeo Batino president of Rotary Club of Manila for donating 4 dialysis machines for use of Tondo residents and Manilans. The machines were blessed at Ospital ng Tondo this morning. Also in photo are (left to right) Atty. Romeo Batino, president Rotary Club of Manila; Mohammad Aslem, RCM Member; the Mayor; District II Congressman Jaime Lopez who donated 200,000 for the maintenance medication of kidney patients and CIBAC Partylist Rep. Cin Chona Gonzales, who contributed some cash for the machines.(Photo by: Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Sept. 14, 2008

WHEELCHAIRS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gives out three wheelchairs to disabled children- Suzanne Dizon 10, a celebral palsy (CP) sufferer from Malate and Mark Genesis Confesor, also a CP sufferr from Tayuman Tondo during the distribution of ID cards to 200 disabled Manilans Friday morning at the Bulwagang Villegas. The Mayor also gave a wheelchair to Lara Marie Gahol of Sampaloc, a fragile speech impaired girl who is too weak to stand for long periods. (Photo By: Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

Sept. 12, 2008

FLOWERS ANYONE? Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim throws the flowers used in the ribbon cutting for the two container vans that were converted into court rooms and donated to the Manila City Jail by Enrique Razon, president and chairman of the International Container Terminal Services Inc. Thursday morning. Looking on seated are the inmates waiting for the hearing of their cases that day in the vans turned courtrooms. Watching the flowers being thrown are (from left) retired Col. Abesamis, EVP of ICTSI (right of Mayor); former San Ildefonso Mayor Romeo Venturina; Justice Ameurfina Herrera, chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Associate Justice Academy and Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Supreme Court Chairperson of the Committee on Justice on Wheels. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Sept. 9, 2008

LIM LECTURES BIG LEAGUE GIRLS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim lectures on history and the role played by Lt. Gen. Macario Sakay and other KKK followers in Tondo in the country’s march to independence against the US colonial rule. He honored the softball silver champions from three universities of Manila Monday making them his guest at the unveiling of the enlarged tarpaulin photo reproduction from a book on the KKK in Tondo now on exhibit at Rodriguez Hall of City Hall. With the Mayor are: City School Superintendent Dra. Ma. Luisa Quinones and Gemma Cruz-Araneta, OIC of the Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

 

Sept. 8, 2008

CASH REWARD FOR P.GOMEZ TEACHER AWARDEE: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim hands to P. Gomez Elementary School teacher Jesusa Antiquiera P36,000 in cash for being the only Manila school teacher to be one of the 8 outstanding teacher awardees of the Metrobank Foundation. The Mayor said he offered to promote her to principal but she refused because she enjoys teaching as it is her life. Looking on are: Dra. Leticia Corona, principal of the P. Gomez Elementary School, where Mayor Lim graduated; Dra. Ma. Luisa Quiñones, City School Superintendent. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Sept. 6, 2008

PEOPLE’S DAY AT CITY HALL: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim replies to a concern raised by a barangay official from District 1 of Tondo during the People’s Day Forum, which Mayor Lim started Friday morning at Bulwagang Villegas. With the Mayor are key city officials who were asked to reply or take note and act on such concerns. People’s Day will be a regular Friday morning event at City Hall from hereon. (Photos by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Sept. 4, 2008

MEALS FOR HOSPICIO WARDS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim distributes packed meals to the wards of Hospicio de San Jose, along Ayala Bridge, a project of the Manila City Hall Reporters Association. Behind the Mayor is Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman, Mr. Kentaro Koizumi of LK Intrepid; and OIC Manila Department of Social Welfare, Jay de la Fuente. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Sept. 3, 2008

LIM POSES WITH MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES: After laying a wreath Sunday at the Ramon Magsaysay tomb in North Cemetery, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim poses with the awardees of the 2008 R. Magsaysay awardees. From left: the Mayor; Ayala Group’s Jaime Zobel de Ayala II; former Senator Jun Magsaysay; Ananda Galappatti of Sri Lanka, for emergent leadership; Ahmad Syafii Maarif of Indonesia, for peace and international understanding; Prakash and Mandakini Amte of India for community leadership; Grace Padaca, Governor of Isabela Province for government service; Akio Ishii of Japan for journalism, literature and creative communication arts; Jaime Aristotle Alip, representing the Philippine Center for Agriculture and Rural development Mutually Reinforcing Institution, for public service and Thordschai Jivacate of Thailand for public service. (Photo By Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

Sept. 2, 2008

LIM DISCIPLINE ZONE 3 IN QUIAPO: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim’s Chief of Staff, Ricardo de Guzman gives instruction to a flower vendor to keep the pedestrian lane open for the people and to relocate her business elsewhere during the launch Tuesday of the Lim Discipline Zone 3 in Quiapo, Manila. The Lim Discipline Zone 3, a collaborative effort of Manila Police Department and the Philippine National Police-National Capital Region Police Office, is aimed at freeing the streets and pedestrian lanes to both motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic by removing all kinds of obstructions. With COS de Guzman are from left: Barangay 306 Chairman Josie Dee; General Roberto Rosales of MPD and Barangay 308 Chairman Angelito Lopez. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

Aug. 29, 2008

GULAYAN NG MASA LAUNCHED: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and on (extreme right) is Barangay Chairman Jaime Co launched Thursday at the Buhay Mahalaga Health Center in Pasig Line, Sta. Ana, Manila the Gulayan ng Masa urban agriculture project aimed at ensuring the food needs of people through planting in their backyards. The project will ultimately benefit the poor residents of Manila. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

Aug. 27, 2008

SIGHT-SAVING MONTH: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim watches as Dr. Jacinto S. Bautista, Project Director of Rotary Club of Manila Sight Preservation Committee, works on the eyes of a patient during the annual sight saving month celebration held at the Hospital of the Infant Jesus in Sampaloc. The Rotary Club, HIJ Hospital and the Manila Medical Society signed with the Mayor Lim the memorandum of agreement that provides free ophthalmology services, including eye surgery, to all patients and outside referrals coming from Ospital ng Tondo. Romeo Batino (behind Mayor Lim) is the current president of RCM and further behind him is former Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, past RCM president. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau) read press release...

Aug. 23, 2008

MANILA BAY CLEAN UP: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim helps Gilda Pico, president/CEO of Land Bank of the Philippines , haul up a bagful of trash from the catch basin of Manila Bay near the US Embassy. From left are: Corazon Davis, Regional Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Ms. Pico, the Mayor and Erlinda Gonzales, in charge DENR Manila Bay River Basin. The Phase 1 of the Expanded Bay Clean Up was also launched early morning Saturday involving City Hall, LBP, DENR, the Philippine Coast Guard 101 st Squadron and the Manila Yacht Club. read press release...

Aug. 22, 2008

LIM WITH AMBASSADOR KENNEY: After laying the wreath on the marker of the Thomasites’ burial ground in North Cemetery, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gives a hand to US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney as she descends the carpeted platform leading to the wreath laying grounds. Manila observed Thursday the 107 th death anniversary of the Thomasite teachers, who were dispatched to the Philippines during the American occupation to teach Filipinos the English language and American culture and tradition. Behind them are: Dra. Maria Luisa Quiñones, City School Superintendent; Ludovico Badoy ,executive director of the National Historical Institute and Gemma Cruz Araneta, OIC of the Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau. (Photo by: Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau) read press release...

Aug. 16, 2008

A WARM WELCOME FOR LIM AT TAYUMAN: Grateful residents, led by this old man shaking Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim’s hand, greet the Mayor at the launch Friday morning of the Manila Manpower Development Center at Capulong covered court in Tayuman Ext at Barangay 151, District II of Tondo. Behind the Mayor is Jay de la Fuente, OIC of the Manila Department of Social Welfare. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

Aug. 14, 2008

FR. ZAMORA HONORED: Representing Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim, Atty. Adel Tamano, spokesman of the United Opposition and President of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, poses with the relatives of Fr. Jacinto Zamora, whose 173 rd birth anniversary was celebrated at his monument in Pandacan. A Catholic mass was held before the wreath from Mayor Lim was laid on his monument. With Atty. Tamano are from left: City School Superintendent, Dra. Ma. Luisa S. Quiñones;, Deputy Executive Director of the National Historical Institute, Emelita Almosara; a descendant, Soledad Solis; Gemma Cruz-Araneta, OIC of the Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau, Atty. Ma. Victoria Gleoresty, another descendant of Fr. Zamora, also in photo are other relatives. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

Aug. 8, 2008

2008 MANILA LITTLE LEAGUE: Representing Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim, Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman pose with the 2008 Little League softball team which will compete in Michigan on August 8 to 17, 2008. On de Guzman’s right is head coach, Filomeno Codinera Jr., Councilor Rafael Borromeo, president of the Manila Little League (to de Guzman’s left) and head of delegation, Robert Evangelista and extreme right Eddie Alinea, president of the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP). Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau. read press release...

Aug. 5, 2008

LIM GIVES OUT EYE GLASSES: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim looks into the condition of the eyesight of a young girl during the awarding this morning of eyeglasses, donated by the First Metro Investment Corp., under the “Bigay Liwanang” project of the company. The eyeglasses were handed to vision-impaired children from the Gen. Maximino Hizon Elementary School, along Jose Abad Santos St. in Tondo, Manila. To the Mayor’s right is Robit Punzalan, a grade 2 student of said school and behind her is Francisco Co, senior corporate adviser and at Mayor’s left is Francisco C. Sebastian, president of First Metro Investment Corp. (Photo by Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau) read press release...

Aug. 4, 2008

COURTESY CALL FOR PHYSICIAN FOR PEACE : Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gives the symbolic key of the city to EMC Corp. CEO Bruce Poole last July 25, 2008. EMC is a billion dollar company operating globally, specializing in IT management, storage, protection, security and e-learning. It is also a lead player in CSR. Poole and his delegate called on the mayor to present to the city the latest in crime prevention technology. With him are (from left) Lions Club past Governor Enrique Lim and Dr. Juan Montero, President of Physician for Peace who vowed to donate prosthetic legs in their medical missions. (Photo by: Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

Aug. 3, 2008

Gandang Buntis Winners: Representing Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim, Manila Barangay Bureau Chief Roland Lim poses with the winners of the Gandang Buntis tilt in District 1, Tondo Foreshore Health Center of the Manila Health Department. With Lim are (from left): Ma. Jeselyn Bautista, Miss Photogenic and the grand winner; Sharlyne Joy Destrajo, first runner up; Marlyn Casalo, second runner up and Eliza Serana, Best in Preggy Dress. The contest capped the month-long celebration of the Nutrition Month last July 31, 2008. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

July 31, 2008

PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY OF CHINA: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (extreme right) joins (from left) Senior Col. Liu Zhongxiang, military attaché of The Embassy at the People’s Republic of China. Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Alexander Yano, Chinese Ambassador Song Tao and Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes in celebrating the 81 st founding anniversary of The Chinese People’s Liberation Army at the Maynila Ballroom of the Manila Hotel.

 

July 28, 2008

KIDS DEWORMED: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gives a spoon of deworming medicine to children from Vitas, Tondo in line with the 22 nd anniversary celebration of radio station DZMM which also conducted medical, dental and free haircut to the residents. The City Health Office also help feeding programs last Sunday, similarly Zonta Club Greater Rizal led by Baby Acero (with the Mayor) conducted free papsmear for the women. (Photo By: Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

July 23, 2008

APOLINARIO MABINI HONORED: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim laid a wreath this morning at the monument of Apolinario Mabini beside the Ospital ng Maynila along Quirino Avenue on the 144th birth anniversary of the " Sublime Paralytic." With him are (from left): Gemma Cruz-Araneta,OIC of the Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau; Lydia Mabini-Figueroa, a descendant; the Mayor; Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael E. Seguis and Amb. Benjamin Domingo, dean of the Manila Law College. (Photo by; Ben Aquino, Manila Media Bureau)

 

July 18, 2008

LIM WITH JASON WEBB. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gets some pointers before trying his hand on the ball during the launching of the Most Valuable Pinoy (MVP) tryouts at the San Andres sports complex. The tryouts will be held in all cities of Metro Manila and is intended to give a chance to would-be professional cagers to be picked by the former Philippine Basketball Association players. Webb, Norman Black and other former PBA stars are part of the MVP tryouts. (Photo by :, Manila Media Bureau)

July 17, 2008

LIM GIVES NUTRITIOUS LUGAW. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim hands to a parent and child the nutritious lugaw prepared by the Health District V during the observance of Nutrition Month. He fed 300 children and parents from different areas of District V at the San Andres Sports Complex. Helping the Mayor are: Dr. Alrene M. Manzo, OIC of Health District V and her boss, City Health Officer, Dra. Marie Lorraine Sanchez. (Photo by Manila Media Bureau)

July 16, 2008

MANILA JOINS NATIONWIDE SWITCH-ON. The City of Manila joined this morning’s nationwide shift of lighting systems to compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), which have the same strength and luminosity as fluorescent lamps but have longer lives. CFLs are energy savers and eco-friendly lighting systems, which the national government would now use in all its offices. President Arroyo led the ceremonial switch on to CFLs at the PICC, which Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim attended. At City Hall, the ceremonial launch of the switch to CFL was led by City Administrator Jesus Mari Marzan as Lim’s Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman (second from right) and City Hall employees applaud. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

July 15, 2008

A NEW LIMB. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim helps indigent child Maria Sairen navartey fit into her artificial leg during the celebration of 30 th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week and the UP Manila College of Medicine Centennial Celebration. With the Mayor from left are: Dr. Carmelo A. Alfiler, PGH, Medical Director; Dr. Teresita Joy Evangelista, Chairman of the Rehabilitation Medicine of PGH; and Josephine R. Bundoc, Committee Chairman of the NDPR Week Celebration. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

July 11, 2008

VISITING CHAIRMAN OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS TOGETHER WITH AMBASSADOR OF KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gives the symbolic key of the City to Ambassador Dr. Jamil Merdad, Chairman of the Islamic Affairs Dept., Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Together with Ambassador of KSA Mohamed Wali, Engr. Osama A. Kabbush, Sec. Rafaelito Garayblas and the city officials. (Translated in English: R. Tamayo: Report & Photo by Tony Cunanan)

 

July 9, 2008

EXTENDING THE HAND OF JUSTICE. Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno (left) and Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim talk to the inmates of the Manila City Jail, where the SC Chief launched his Justice On Wheels project at the City of Manila Wednesday. The JOW project is designed to declog the Manila City Jail and other holding facilities in the country through swifter dispensation of justice to inmates, releasing those 70 years old or more and those whose cases have been pending beyond the prescribed period of penalty for their offenses. The JOW was also launched at the Manila Youth Reception Center. JOW will be operating in the City of Manila for the next three months after which it will do the rounds of other city and municipal jails of the country. Behind Mayor Lim is City Legal Officer, Atty Renato de la Cruz; Col Alejandro Gutierrez, Chief of the District Special Project Unit and Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, Station Commander of MPD Station 3. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

July 4, 2008

LIM WELCOMES ROTARY OFFICERS. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim congratulates after swearing in the new officers of Rotary Club of Manila, of which he is an honorary member, at the turnover and induction of the new board of directors held at the manila polo Club. With him(from left) are: Benjamin S. Santos: Director, former Labor Secretary Bienvenido laguesma, now past president of RCM: RCM president Romeo B. Batino and Glicerio V. Sicat, Vice President.( Photo By: Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau)

 

 

July 2, 2008

GLEEFUL HEALTH WORKERS. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gets a warm applause from happy health workers of the City of Manila, nine of them awarded for diligent and accommodating service to the sick and length of service to Manilans. The Mayor addressed the hundreds of health workers of the Manila Health Department at the awarding ceremonies for the rank and file held Tuesday afternoon at the Adamson University St. Vincent’s Hall. (Photo by Bong Olarte, Manila Media Bureau) Full story...

 

 

 

June 30, 2008

MANILA ’S FINEST RETIREE’S PENSION. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (center) greets retired Col. Felicisimo Lazaro (right) as he hands out the equivalent three-month pension provided by the city to the retired members of the Manila’s Finest Retirees Association, Inc. (MFRAI) in last Monday’s flag-raising ceremony at the Manila Police District (MPD) compound. At left is MPD Director, Gen. Roberto “Boysie” Rosales.

 

June 25, 2008

LIM GIFTS ARAULLO HIGH SCHOOL WITH NEW BUILDING. As part of 102 nd founding anniversary of Araullo High School in Manila. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim inaugurated and turned over to the school’s administration a new four-storey building and activity center to augment its current facilities to accommodate the growing enrollees of the school. The new building was funded by the City government despite its yawning budget deficit of over P1.4 billion, which the Mayor said should not be an excuse for delaying investment in his priority programs foremost of which is education. Lim said the building is nothing without the teachers, students and their parents and he asked the students to “study very hard and never to forget to show your gratitude to your parents for all their hardships.”

June 24, 2008

LIM HONORS RAJAH SULAYMAN. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (under the umbrella) and Bae Norhaina Lucman, Barangay Chairwoman of Barangay 648 in Quiapo Manila and her Muslim constituents pay their respect to Rajah Sulayman, the community ruler of Manila during the 437 th founding anniversary of the City. Joining the Mayor and Bae Lucman is Gemma Cruz-Araneta, OIC Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau (MTCAB) at the center. (Photo by: Manila Media Buraeu)

June 20, 2008

LIM OPENS NEW PARAISO PLAYGROUND FOR VITAS KIDS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim opened Friday morning the newly-renovated Paraiso children’s playground in Vitas, Tondo which City Hall upgraded to ensure that children of poor families of Tondo will have a decent recreational area to play in “instead of risking their lives playing on the streets,” he said. (Photo by: Tony Cunanan)

June 19, 2008

REMEMBERING RIZAL'S DAY. Manila Mayor Alfredo Limplaces wreath commemmorating the 147 birth anniversary of national hero, Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal, in Luneta. With him were Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau Chief Gemma Cruz-Araneta and Philippine Marines Major Edmundo Luzon.

June 15, 2008

ADOPTED SON OF BATAC CITY. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim congratulates Batac City Mayor Jeffrey Jubal C. Nalupta and party for their first year as a city which Mayor Lim helped bring about during his term at the Senate. Lim was also made an adopted son of Batac City in Ilocos Norte. Also in photo (from left): former Mayor Jesus Nalupta (in stripes); Vice Mayor Ronald Alan M. Nalupta; Mayor Lim; Mayor Jubal Nalupta and some members of city council.

June 11, 2008

P1,000 CASH FOR SPECIAL KIDS: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim gave away P1,000 cash to 238 special children of the city’s elementary and high schools as financial assistance to their families. The kids are rescued street children, orphans, abused children, working children, children of solo parents and children in conflict with the law coming from the six districts of Manila. With the Mayor are (from left): Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman; City Administrator Jesus Mari Marzan; and Department of Social Welfare OIC Jay de la Fuente.

June 8, 2008

7 TH FILIPINO CHINESE FRIENDSHIP DAY CELEBRATED: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim congratulates Consul General of the Peoples Republic of China, Li Qin Feng who accompanied the officers of the Chinese Filipino Business Club Inc., for the successful celebration of the 7 th Filipino Chinese Friendship Day celebration at the Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz in Binondo, which saw the exchange between Filipino students of the P. Guevarra Elementary School and Chinese students from Chang Kai Shek College. From left are: Lino H. Uy (executive vice president of CFBCI; Sy yap Chua, president of CFBCI; Consul General Li Qin Feng; Mayor Lim and Au Peng Lam, president emeritus of CFBCI.

June 5, 2008

UNVEILING OF HISTORICAL MARKER. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (second from left) leads Manilans in the unveiling and blessing of the historical marker of one of our national heroes, the late philanthropist, Roman Ongpin Monument in Binondo, Manila. Also with the mayor are: National Historical Institute chairman Ambeth R. Ocampo (third from left) and the descendants of Roman Ongpin, Ms. Maribel Ongpin (left) wife of the late Department of Finance secretary, Jaime Ongpin and Ms. Deanna Ongpin Recto (extreme right).

May, 15, 2008

MS. PUSSY CAT DOLL CALLS ON LIM. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim shakes the hands of Miss Pussy Cat Doll from Los Angeles, California, USA Melissa Anne Leoni Reyes as he gives her the symbolic key to the city. She later sang a song for the Mayor, who just returned from his breather in the United States. Also in photo is 1t Lt. Arthur Gaudrante Teodosio, Black Scorpion Arnis Tungkod International and behind Ms. Reyes is Ed Castro, Lim’s consultant in charge of Boystown, a Manila City-run facility for orphans and the aged. (Photo by: Tony Cunanan)

April 8, 2008

LIM WELCOMES NOBEL LAUREATE. Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (left) welcomes 2004 Nobel Prize Awardee for Chemistry, Dr. Aaron Ciechanover (center) and presented him with the symbolic key to the city during the latter’s visit to Manila City Hall. Dr. Ciechanover is a member of the Faculty of Medicine at the Technio-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Looking on is Uwe Morawetz, International Peace Foundation chairman.

April 2, 2008

VISITING PALAU PRESIDENT: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (right) plays civilian host to visiting Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. (left) during wreath-laying ceremonies at the Rizal Monument in Luneta. Lim welcomes President Remengesau in Manila and presented him the symbolic key to the city. Also in photo is Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus who is cabinet officer in attendance.

 

March 27, 2008

LIM WITH OUTSTANDING WOMEN AWARDEES: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim poses with awardees of the Outstanding Women Achievers in five fields, who were honored by the Soroptomist International to mark the Women’s Month celebration. With the Mayor are (from left) Cristy Lim Raymundo; Violeta F. Lapid, President of Soroptomist International of Sampaloc; Dr. Cristina Lim Yuson; Ana Maria A. Bacudio; Zenaida J. de Castro; Josefina V. Chua; Mayor Lim; Kgd. Remedios P. Eraña; Bae Norhaina Lucman; Pablita E. Lagasca; P/Chief Insp. Teresita V. Lim; P/Insp. Medina V. Olego and Chief of Staff Ricardo de Guzman. The awarding was held at Bulwagang Villegas at City Hall.

March 26, 2008

WELCOME GIFT.    Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim presents a painting of the Manila City Hall Building to Chairman Du Deyin as a memento when he visited the city together with the delegation of Beijing Principal People’s Congress.  

 

March 26, 2008

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.    Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (left) congratulates Christine Joy A. Caloracan (third from left), salutatorian and recipient of the Alfredo S. Lim Silver Medal Award for Academic Excellence, during the commencement exercises held at C. Arellano High School.   Also in photo are:   Department of City Schools Superintendent Ma. Luisa Quiniones (second from left), and Christine Joy’s mother (right).