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Jesse Robredo Shortlisted in World Mayor 2010

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:23:18 +0000

Jesse Robredo, the multi-awarded mayor of Naga City has been shortlisted for the 2010 World Mayor Prize. We are calling all Filipino readers of this blog to support our very own.

Robredo is one of Bicol’s pride. He could have won a senate seat if he had decided to run in the recent national elections.

His achievements in office include most recently:

Most Cost-Effective City in Asia by the United Kingdom’s Foreign Direct Investment Magazine (2005);

Public Service Awardee for Local e-Governance from the United Nations Department of Public Administration and Finance (2004);

Women-Friendly City Award from the UN-Habitat and the UN Development Fund for Women (2004);

Model City for Government Procurement from the World Bank and Procurement Watch (2003);

CyberCity Awardee for its i-Governance initiatives from the United Nations Development Program (2002);

Dubai International Awardee for Improving the Living Environment from UN Habitat (1998).

Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (1996), and;

Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines.

He also received the Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence as Most Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines (1998) and the first ever “Dangal ng Bayan” Award of the Civil Service Commission.

In 2000, he became the Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service.

Robredo is also a member of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Phi_Omega_members

During the first round of World Mayor 2010, held in late 2009 and early 2010, more than 118,000 citizens from around the world nominated some 840 mayors for this year’s World Mayor title. Based on the number and quality of nominations, the editorial board of City Mayors, the organisers of the contest, selected 25 mayors from across the world to proceed to the final round. Luckily, Jesse Robredo is one of them.

In 2006, Jejomar Binay, former Makati City mayor and the current vice-president ranked 4th. (http://www.worldmayor.com/results06/wm_winners06.html)

I had the chance to meet Robredo last year at a forum in Legazpi City. Here’s a souvenir.

Jesse Robredo with the Blogger

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Jesse Robredo World Mayor 2010

Noynoy Aquino Visits Legazpi City for Multisectoral Forum

Ronald Redito — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:55:11 +0000

Senator Noynoy Aquino visited Legazpi City and other places in Bicol last Sunday, October 25, 2009 and we had the chance to attend the multi-sectoral forum at St. Agnes Academy gymnasium. This is part of his presidential bid next year.

We had our lunch at Jollibee Albay hoping to catch Noynoy for the LP-Sorsogon Oathtaking Ceremony officiated by LP Deputy SecGen Henry Bacunay as per Tita Chris Ojano’s advice but the senator did not drop by. But I was fortunate to meet our fraternity brother, Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City (recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service, 2000) also member of the Liberal Party.

Mayor Jesse Robredo and Ronald Redito at Liberal Party Oath Taking

Senator Noynoy stayed only for a short period in the forum called “People’s Agenda for Change”. Different sectors from the Bicol region were given a few minutes to discuss problem/issues of concern. Sectors included the farmers, fisherfolks, urban poor, women, senior citizens and NGOs. Issues raised included agrarian reform, coconut levy, marine pollution, excessive mining, fish kills, illegal fishing of foreigners, disaster preparedness, education, housing and relocation.

The senator was given time to answer and to lay out his plans if ever he would be given the chance to lead the country but the broad answers sparked no enthusiasm from these various sectors because of the lack of concrete plans for their problems.

Noynoy Aquino in Legazpi City

Noynoy Aquino in Bicol 2009

As a summary, Senator Noynoy Aquino said he would need the total support of the people in order to solve the problems we are facing. It is not enough to just seat him in power and leave the rest to him. He said he will need the full support of everyone in the entire duration of presidency (if elected) to resolve the numerous problems we are facing. People should be vigilant to curb corruption in the government. Prioritization of budget will be implemented to give attention to the needs of the people.

Muntinlupa Rep. Rufino Biazon, Akbayan party-list Rep. Risa Hontiveros, Bukidnon Rep. TG Guingona and Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City were also present.

Jesse Robredo, Ruffy Biazon and TG Guingona

The Blogger and girl friend

Mabuting Pilipino Bus

Aquino gets taste of ‘mob’ treatment

Ninoy and Cory Avenue

The 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service

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