The Realization Of The 11-point Agenda
(Ang Katuparan Ng 11-Puntong Adyenda)

HORTA IS HONORARY MANILAN: East-Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta and Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim display an enlarged copy of City Resolution No. 285 adopting Horta as Honorary Manilan as members of City Council look on in photo are from left: Councilors Louie Chua of District 4; Josie Siscar of District 5; Arlene Koa of District 1; Honey Lacuna-Pangan of District 4; Erick Ian Nieva of District 1 (partly hidden); Raymundo “Mon” Yupangco of District 5; and Ernie Rivera of District 6.

LIM POSES WITH BRUSSELS AWARDEES: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim poses with John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto and Tara Illenberger both awardees of the 35th Brussels Independent Film Festival 2008. Yul Servo was awarded Best Actor in the films Brutus and Torotot while Illenberger was awarded for directing Brutus which was named Best Asian Movie. Also in photo are from left: Director Maryo J. delos Reyes (Torotot); Cecille Guidote Alvarez, Executive Director of National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA); the Mayor; Yul Servo; Illenberger; His Excellency Gregoire Vardakis, Ambassador of Belgium to the Philippines, and Mr. Robert Malengreau ,General Director Brussels Film Festival.

FREEDOM HALL’S NEW LOOK: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim opens the newly-renovated Freedom Hall at the south wing of City Hall, beside the Freedom Park flagpole where dignitaries used to be welcomed and given a tour of the entire City Hall. With Mayor Lim are (from left) City Treasurer Erlinda Marteja; City College of Manila President former Justice Rodolfo Palattao; Director of Manila Barangay Bureau, Roland Lim; City Legal Officer, Atty. Renato dela Cruz (partly hidden); Chief of Staff, Ricardo de Guzman; City Administrator, Jesus Mari Marzan; 6th District Councilors Ernie Rivera (right); and Lou Veloso (2nd from right).

FREEDOM HALL’S NEW LOOK: It was abandoned for decades and converted into counters for the issuance of community tax certificate only. The renovation entailed changing the floors, ceilings, windows, walls and the chandeliers with new ones. The new chandeliers use the energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs.

LIM HONORS DOMINGO FRANCO: Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim honored Sunday Domingo Franco, one of the 13 martyrs executed in the field of Bagumbayan (Rizal Park). Photo shows Mayor Lim shaking hands with Iwi Laurel, one of the descendants of Franco and daughter of Celia Diaz-Laurel, wife of former Vice President Salvador Laurel along with other descendants of Franco.