Mayor JV is 2007 TOYM Awardee

At 37, San Juan City Mayor Joseph Victor G. Ejercito is named honoree of the prestigious The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for government and public service category.

Bringing the newly-converted city to its most progressive state, he boasts of the “economic miracle” that his administration achieved. He increased the local government’s revenue to more than 200% in merely four years as mayor and recorded a lowest poverty incidence of 2.92% in 2006 as reported by the National Statistics Coordinating Body. The Commission on Audit recognized San Juan as the best financially-managed municipality and emerged as the Most Progressive Municipality in 2006.

Moreover, his programs and projects responds to various needs of his constituents with his enhanced health campaigns, affordable medicine and hospitalization services, improved education system, affordable city college and on-site housing program to the poorest of the poor in San Juan, among many others.

Parents President Joseph Estrada, also a TOYM awardee in 1972, and Guia Gomez, were very proud of their son’s achievements saying Ejercito truly deserves the award for all his hardworks and sacrifices that brought San Juan to greater heights.
The TOYM is a project of the Junior Chamber International Philippines, the TOYM Foundation and the Gerry Roxas Foundation which seeks to give national recognition to young Filipino men and women between the ages of 18-40 years of age whose selfless dedication to their profession or vocation has resulted in significant contributions to the welfare of their countrymen as well as to the advancement of their fields of endeavor.

Joining Mayor JV are Kara David (broadcast journalism), Gemiel Espino (military service), Anthony Rolando Golez Jr. (disaster management), Dennis Mendiola (business leadership), Rev Fr. Fernando Suarez (religious service) and Mayor Toby Tiangco (community service).