The mayor believes that economic empowerment to its constituents cannot be sustained through dole outs, instead, he strongly advocates “not to give people fish but to teach them how to fish”.

This is actually the gist of self-reliance and sustainable strategy for economic development.
For a long period of time the past leaders of this city were not able to see this opportunity.

It takes an executive like Mayor Uy to drastically change the physical landscape of our parks and plaza where it paves the way to create and entice micro business enterprises.