"In a sense, Mayor Binay and the City of Makati are inseparable. You cannot speak of one without mentioning the other. It was in Makati where Binay came into his own, and it was under Binay that Makati rose from a municipality to become the great city that promises to be the premier city of the land and a model for other urban centers here and abroad to emulate.”

Jojo Binay was not born into wealth and political prestige, nor did he taste the privileges accorded to the scions of the rich and powerful.

A true man of the common people, Jojo Binay grew up in Makati and Pasay. Orphaned at an early age, he supported himself through law school, shunned the corporate world for the parliament of the streets, and stood tall at the barricades at EDSA during those glorious four days in February 1986.

For 12 years, Jojo Binay presided over the phenomenal growth of his beloved Makati , steering the once backward municipality into a vibrant and modern metropolis. Along the way, he battled well-entrenched dynasties in politics and business who could not accept the fact that an ordinary man, a boy from the slums, would dare cross swords with them.... more