Alfredo Lim back as Manila Mayor
Senator Alfredo “Dirty Harry” Lim who’s just awaiting proclamation is back as Mayor of Manila.
He was mayor of the said city from 1992-1998 and was notorious for embarrassing drug pushers by spray-painting their houses as part of a shame campaign. He feels that he’s better off implementing the existing laws as Manila mayor rather than making them in the Senate. He also intends to continue the good programs of the outgoing mayor, Lito Atienza.
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May 19th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
sana ibalik yung mga sundalo sa Maynila, especially sa may PUP Sta Mesa para safe ang lugar na yun, para na rin sa proteksyon ng mga PUP students, also sa Pureza at Hasmin.
di ayos yung pinapaganda lang yung lugar, dapat may disiplina sa lahat.
May 28th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Mayor Lim,
Since you ban wine drinking on the street, also remove all karaoke machine that are not place in soundproof barrier. There are people working in the morning and evening and need different sleep pattern. Since PGMA welcome call center these people work at night and need their sleep mostly.
And also ask the policemen to confiscate those celebrating their birthday on the street with Karaoke machine and have the owner pay penalty for the noises their machine made all through out the day.
Do you know that those renting the Karaoke machine are those who do not have job and will sing through the day disturbing the day and night workers.
June 18th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Lim also revealed that the Metropolitan Theater will be repaired and refurbished and made the venue for the revival of the zarzuelas, vaudevilles and stage shows that launched the careers of such superstars as Atang de la Rama, Rogelio de la Rosa, Diosdado Macapagal and Katy de la Cruz. The stage shows during the Japanese Occupation supported many actors and actresses who were made jobless by the closure of the movie studios.
An attempt to revive the Metropolitan was made in the past. It failed because the shows were the same as those being shown at the Cultural Center of the Philippines: concerts of classical music, ballet, highbrow plays.
Whoever will run the new Metropolitan should not imitate the Cultural Center. Leave the highbrow stuff to the Cultural Center. Let the Metropolitan cater to the “masa” [masses] by showing zarzuelas, stage shows, vaudevilles and variety shows. They are already a part of our cultural heritage. They are to the Philippines as the opera is to the Italians, the Broadway musical is to the Americans and the Kabuki is to the Japanese. And Palanca Award-winning plays can be staged there. A play that is not staged is like a beautiful flower that is unseen.
The Metropolitan is right for the “bakya” [wooden shoe] crowd (the elite can go to the Cultural Center). The Metropolitan is on the jeepney routes, and a station of the Light Rail Transit is nearby. For car owners, there is a parking building at the back.
Lim also said he will open Arroceros Park to the public. During intermissions at the Metropolitan, the audience can go to the park for fresh air and cocktails.
The Metropolitan is owned by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). It has two murals by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo. Lim said there was a memorandum of agreement between the GSIS and City Hall to refurbish the theater.
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Finally, some sense are beginning to dawn on us…Filipinos. Let’s build up on our self-reliance. Let’s nourish, enrich our own cultural heritage…yung naiintindihan ng mga tao at siyang nais mapanood hindi puros na lang mga gaya sa mga banyaga. MORE POWER TO THIS RE-ELECTED MAYOR OF MANILA!!!
July 27th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Mayor, gusto ko po sana sumulat kay mayor alfredo lim pero hindi ko po alam kung makakarating sa kanya itong sulat ko,pero gayon pa man,ipagpapatuloy ko pa rin ang liham kong ito, ako po si jenny na nakatira sa binondo at nag wowork along fb harrison sa araw araw na pagpsok ko sa office my nadadaanan po ako isang babaeng buntis na natutulog po sa kalsada nasa mabini along sta monica po siya gusto ko po siya matulungan pero hindi ko po alam kung papano ordinaryong empleyado lamang po ako
bahala na po kayo sa kanya. umaasa po ako na matutulungan niyo siya . maraming salamat po at mabuhay po kayo
Lubos na gumagalang,
Jen Caparas
August 21st, 2007 at 10:39 pm
sana po mabigyan nyo po ng kaukulang pansin ang lugar na inyong nasasakupan lubha po kasing napakamapanganib ng daan lalo na sa gabi hanggang sa madaling araw o maging sa lahat ng oras ang daan ng tulay papuntang dagupan tutuban napakarami po kasing nagkalat na hold-uper po sa lugar na yun kahit na mayroon pang estasyon ng pulisya katunayan po muntik na kami mahold-up doon maging ang gilid na daan sa gilid ng santo nino church ay napakamapanganib din po nagkalat din po kasi ang masasamang loob na walang awang nanghohold-up sa katunayan ay minsan na po akong nahold-up at muntik nang masaksak sa lugar nayon sa may daan ng jeep na byaheng navotas sa gilid ng twinkle drug store nasaksak nga po ang kawawang driver ng side-car na sinasakyan ko ng araw na yung papasok po ako sa aking trabaho humihingi po ako ng tulong sa inyo na sana po ay gawan nyo ng aksyon ang mga bagay na ito ng wala na pong mapinsala muli ang mga taong yon na walang awa kung manghold-up and manakit ng kapwa nagsusumamo po ako sa inyo. Napaka dilim po kasi ng mga lugar ng Moriones patungong Dagupan at Juan Luna maging ang patungong Ilaya kung kayat nagkalat po ang mga masasamang loob doon wala pang kinauukulang maaring tumulong gaya ng pulis sa lahat ng oras! umaasa po ako sa inyong tulong salamat po!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I was looking for something else when I saw your blog.Great Post.Thank you!
May 13th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Mayor mapapayo ko lang sa inyo kung pwide terminate mo ang chief pharmacist jan sa city hall si RASHIDA M. UNDA kasi po ang pamilya niya ang may balak sirahin kayo lalo na ang tatay niya si REIFORCE MANASAPRANG ang retired engineer na sya pero iwan bakit nakalusot siya sa city hall bilang engineer e matanda siya at matagal na retired yan.. sila po mag ama ay may plano patayihin kau .. at sila po ay maraming kalaban sa mindanao…inahunting na nga sila kasi sila ang nakapatay.. at under po sila kay secretary atienza po .kaya kung ako sa inyo mag ingat kayo or patatalsikin mo agad sila sa city hall. sana mabasa nio po itong sulat ko
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
mayor mukang natutulog kau sa pansitan wala ho ba kyong projet para sa mga taga maynila sabi nyo the law applies to all eh bakit di nyo mahuli ang mga holdaper at matigil ang riot sa maynila!!! sana po yung mga pangako nyo para sa mga mahihirap eh tupadin nyo mukhang nasayang ang boto namin sayo puro kurakot ang nangyayari sa city hall!! kung ganyan ng ganyan sana c isko moreno nalang kesa ikaw
September 10th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
wala na ho ba talaga kaung maga2wa!!! ang pangit at nakakatakot nanaman sa maynila sana d na kau bumalik bilang mayor!!!! ayusin nyo naman nawalan kami ng hanap buhay sa baywalk puro prostitusyon nanaman jn!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
nice job dumami lalo holdapan sa maynila at ung mga mayayabang na tao nyo sa city hall walang mga kwenta………. pag malapit nanaman kampanya dun lang kau aaksyon. di k na namin susuportahan dito kami sa varona TONDO….. at salamat na din sa perang binigay nyo ng kampanya last 2007 sana di ko binenta boto ko sayo
September 10th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
mayor wala no pong drugs d2 samin sa pandacan salamat sa dyos at nahuli na yung anak nyo. kala ko po ba d nyo 22lungan anak nyo eh nasan na po nakakulong pa ba? THE LAW APPLIES TO ALL ….. NOT TO YOUR FAMILY….
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:33 pm
mayor lim,
taga tondo po ako mag 3 years na po kong hindi nag study kaya po humihingi
po ako sa inyo ng tulong na makapasok sa anumng pangf publiko na paaralan .
basurero lmang ang aking ama at aking ina ay maybahay lamang po.
6 po kaming mgkakapatid 2 ako sa panganay ang ate ko po my sariling pamilya gsto ko pa po sanang mag aral . ako po si henry dela cruz residente ng smokey mountain bldg 28 unit 401 paradise hieght tondo manila..
mayor umaasa po ako na matutulungan nyu po ako sna pag nabasa nyu po ito nasa mabuti kayong kundsyon . maari po akong makontak sa numerong ito 09196575509
mgandng simulain po ito pra skin lalo nasa mga kapatid ko.. dahil sila po ang dahilan kung bakit kailngan ko magsikap sa pagaarl….sna po matulangn nyu po ako
more power po….at mabuhay ang maynila……
November 13th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Mayor, gusto ko pong idulong sa inyo tungkol po sa mga MTPB enforcer at pulis na nakatalaga sa intersection ng Recto at Jose Abad Santos, wala pong nagagawang solusyon sa mga jeep na nag cutting trip kaya nagdudulot po ng sobrang trapik sa lugar, luluwag lang po kung alam nila na daan kayo. Maraming salamat po.