| Manila mayor Lito Atienza will continue his commitment | | | | be launched by Atienza. |
| in serving his beloved city and dearest Manilenos. The | | | | Health care services is also among the foremost |
| former mayor of Manila has decided to join the Manila | | | | concerns of former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza. Atienza |
| elections to continue what he has done for the city | | | | has outlined his plans to increase the budget allocated |
| and its residents after completing a full nine-year term. | | | | for the procurement of medical equipment and |
| The only mayor of Manila who has served a full term, | | | | medicine to improve the delivery of healthcare |
| Atienza will seek another three-year mandate as city | | | | services. "Sama sa Masa", a priority project of Atienza |
| mayor to fulfill his dream of providing the Manilenos | | | | wherein doctors conduct free medicines and checkups |
| with a city that they can truly call their own and which | | | | to every barangay of the city; will also be sustained. |
| they will care for. Atienza one of the most admired | | | | Atienza will also provide Manila residents with free |
| leaders of the city, promised to continue his livelihood | | | | dental and eye care. |
| programs and effective delivery of other services | | | | Improving the peace and order situation in the city will |
| which has benefited much of the city's impoverished | | | | also be one of Atienza's immediate priorities.Atienza |
| residents during his stint as city mayor. | | | | believes that illegal drugs are the major culprit of |
| Being a true statesman and a public servant, former | | | | crimes in the city. As an instant resolution and to lower |
| Manila mayor Lito Atienza's platform "Buhayin Nating | | | | down the city's crime rates, Atienza has promised to |
| Muli and Maynila" is centered on the welfare and | | | | run after drug syndicates and criminals. Atienza is |
| development of Manila's residents. One of the primary | | | | optimistic that he can provide Manilenos with a |
| priorities of the former mayor of Manila is improving | | | | peaceful environment wherein anyone can live without |
| the local government's delivery of basic social | | | | fear and unmindful of their safety. |
| services.In light of this, Atienza has bared several | | | | Atienza also believes that quality education is the key |
| programs and flagship projects, all of which are | | | | for poverty alleviation and upliftment of the lives of the |
| designed to benefit the poor residents of Manila. These | | | | impoverished. Atienza vowed to continue providing |
| programs and projects cover a wide array of social | | | | public school students with free education, school |
| areas and includes programs for housing, healthcare, | | | | supplies and even school shoes.Manila's public |
| peace and order and education. | | | | universities like Unibersidad de Manila and Pamantasan |
| Under Atienza's administration, Manila's poor residents | | | | ng Lungsod ng Maynila will also be improved and |
| were granted with free housing and land ownership | | | | strengthened to provide the city residents with an |
| under the former mayor's housing and land for the | | | | affordable college education. Atienza also plans to |
| landless projects. By working closely with | | | | bring back his non-formal education program wherein |
| non-government organizations like Gawad Kalinga and | | | | unemployed parents and out of school youth can |
| Habitat For Humanity, thousands of houses were built | | | | complete their degree in a short time.Under Atienza's |
| in Baseco, a 50-hectare reclaimed area dedicated for | | | | flagship program called Alternative Education, high |
| the city's housing programs.Atienza also plans on | | | | school students can avail of vocational and technical |
| pushing for the same massive housing projects in | | | | courses which can help them with their employment. |
| Manila's impoverished sections including Isla Putting | | | | Scholarships and other subsidies will also be continued |
| Bato, Parola 1 and 2, among other. Middle class families | | | | as part of the former mayor's platform for education. |
| will also gain access to affordable housing programs to | | | | |