Happy birthday, Mr. Mayor NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 07/16/2010

Happy birthday, Mr. Mayor

NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 07/16/2010 News of the discount on public utility jeepneys and tricycles spread like chismis last Sunday, but chismis it wasn’t, as members of the Unified Transport Federation of Makati (UTFM) and Ang Bagong Makati Tricycle Federation (AB-MATRIFED) proved true to their word and delivered, from 8 to 12 noon of July 12, one peso-less transportation fare to Makati commuters, a present, of sorts, to the new guy at the Makati City Hall. “This is our simple way of showing Mayor Junjun Binay that he has our full support, as we have supported his father. Former Makati Mayor and now Vice President Jejomar Binay never failed to look after our welfare, constantly finding viable and permanent solutions to our sector’s woes,” the transport coalition said in a statement. What better birthday gift can a newly elected leader get than the feeling of acceptance, from his constituents? In all probability, Jejomar Erwin Sombillo Binay Jr. woke up the day he turned 33 thinking of his wife Kennely Ann and how they’d still been together same day last year without an inkling of the tragedy soon to ensue. After grieving for her untimely death, he hit the ground running soon after her cremation: as father to Alexi, Isabel, Jejomar III (Jej), and Baby Ken. And PDP-Laban mayoralty candidate.  It wasn’t easy. First, there was the baby to deal with. Maria Kenelly was born premature, at six months and four days only 980 grams on the weighing scale. Reacting to advice that preemies easily survive if fed breast milk, Junjun let his baby’s need known to friends, NGOs and other civic groups. The milk came in sterilized containers, bumaha ng mother’s milk, but the excess was shared with other babies at the hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit so not one drop was wasted.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100716com4.html

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