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Honey Lacuna
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Lacuna in 2022
24th Mayor of Manila
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Preceded by Isko Moreno
Succeeded by Yul Servo
Profession
Website Mayor of Manila website
Nickname"Mayora"

Maria Sheilah "Honey" Honrado Lacuna-Pangan (born May 6, 1965) is a Filipina physician and politician who has served as the 24th and first female Mayor of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines since 2022. The first woman to serve as the city's Mayor, Lacuna previously served as the city's 27th and second female Vice Mayor from 2016 to 2022, as Officer-In-Charge of the Manila Department of Social Welfare from 2013 to 2015, and as a member of the Manila City Council from 2004 to 2013. She is a daughter of the former Vice Mayor Danilo Lacuna.

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Early life

Lacuna was born on May 6, 1965 in Manila [1] [2] [3] in Manila to Danilo Lacuna, a lawyer who became a city councilor and vice mayor of Manila, and Melanie Honrado, a former Philippine National Bank (PNB) executive. [2] [4] She earned a biology degree at the University of Santo Tomas, earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, passed the physician board examination in 1992, and completed her residency training in dermatology at the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center. [2] [4] She eventually became a fellow of the Philippine Dermatological Society. [3]

Medical career

A general practitioner with specialization in dermatology by profession, Lacuna worked as a resident physician of the dermatology department of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center from 1992 to 1995 and as the public health center physician under the Manila Health Department from 1995 to 2004. As the latter, she was assigned to the Bacood Health Center in Santa Mesa and later to the Tondo Health Center in Tondo. Her father, then Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna, then tasked her to head the medical team of his office's regular medical and dental mission conducted every week in various depressed communities in Manila. [3]

She served as the Acting City Social Welfare Officer of Manila from 2013 to 2015. [2] [4] Even as a politician, Lacuna continued her door-to-door visit to patients that she has been doing since before entering politics.[ citation needed ]

Political career

Joseph Estrada's (second from right) election campaign rally in Tondo, Manila in 2016 along with Isko Moreno (left), Grace Poe (second from left), and Honey Lacuna (right) Joseph Erap Estrada Manila Election Campaign Rally - Isko Moreno, Grace Poe, Erap.jpeg
Joseph Estrada's (second from right) election campaign rally in Tondo, Manila in 2016 along with Isko Moreno (left), Grace Poe (second from left), and Honey Lacuna (right)

Councilor (2004–2013)

Lacuna then entered politics when she substituted a candidate for councilor in the 4th district of Manila who withdrew from the race ahead of the 2004 city elections. She ran under the ticket of her father, who was the running mate of former mayor Mel Lopez of Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino. [5] She then won, serving as a Manila city councilor from the 4th district for three consecutive terms from 2004 to 2013. [2] As councilor, she served in the minority whip from 2004 to 2007, was chairperson of the Committee on Education, a member of 38 committees, and majority floor leader, the first woman to be named so. [4] She also authored, among others, the following: [3]

Vice Mayor (2013–2016)

Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna (left), together with vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (right) and Mayor Isko Moreno (center), during the opening of Santa Ana Hospital's cold storage for COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 IskoHoneyIATFNTF.jpg
Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna (left), together with vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (right) and Mayor Isko Moreno (center), during the opening of Santa Ana Hospital's cold storage for COVID-19 vaccines in 2021

In the 2016 city election, she was chosen as the running mate of incumbent mayor Joseph Estrada, who was seeking re-election under Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP); [6] she then won the vice mayoralty race. [7] She became the first woman to be elected vice mayor since the post became an elective position. She was then reelected in 2019, this time as the running mate of her predecessor Isko Moreno, who was running for mayor under Asenso Manileño and defeated Estrada. [2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she stood as a point person for Moreno in coordinating with the hospital directors of Manila, applying her expertise as a medical doctor. [8] In 2021, she joined Aksyon Demokratiko and was named as the party's Vice-President for Internal Affairs and National Executive Board Member. [9]

Mayor (2022–present)

Lacuna during the grand proclamation rally of Asenso Manileno for the 2022 local elections HoneyLacunaCampaign.jpg
Lacuna during the grand proclamation rally of Asenso Manileño for the 2022 local elections

With Isko Moreno running for president in 2022, Lacuna was nominated by Asenso Manileño to run for mayor in 2022 to succeed him, with Manila's 3rd district representative Yul Servo as her running mate and vice mayoral candidate. [10] She won the race by a huge margin over her closest rival, Alex Lopez, making her the first-ever female to be elected mayor of Manila in 450 years. [11] She was inaugurated before outgoing mayor Moreno on June 29, 2022, at the Manila Cathedral, [12] [13] but only officially started her term on the next day, succeeding him. As mayor, she vowed to prioritize health care and expand Moreno's programs. [14]

On August 5, 2022, Lacuna was conferred with a degree of Doctor of Public Administration, honoris causa by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. [15]

As mayor, Lacuna initiated the "Kalinga sa Maynila," which brings essential city hall services directly to residents. [16] She also reported that since assuming office as mayor, she has visited 500 out of Manila's 897 barangays and paid off ₱2.5 billion of the ₱17.8 billion debt left by her predecessor, Isko Moreno, for infrastructure projects as of August 2024. Additionally, three six-story school buildings were constructed under her administration. Her tenure has also faced criticisms on ₱625 health permit requirement for Manila workers by virtue of an ordinance signed by Moreno in 2022, [17] the conditions at the Manila Public Health Laboratory in Santa Cruz, [18] and delays in infrastructure projects. [19] [20]

On August 6, 2024, Lacuna joined the Lakas–CMD party. [21] On August 27, she announced her re-election bid for mayor. [19]

Personal life

Lacuna is married to Arnold "Poks" Martin Pangan, [4] a fellow physician and registered social worker who is the incumbent City Health Officer of Manila, a former acting City Social Welfare Department Head of Manila, and a 2013 candidate for Manila councilor from the 4th district. [22] They have one daughter. [4]

Lacuna's brother, Salvador Philip Lacuna, is a member of the Manila City Council representing the 6th district. [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Certificate of Candidacy for Mayor - Lacuna-Pangan, Maria Sheilah Honrado Buendia" (PDF). Commission on Election. October 5, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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 City Social Welfare Officer of the Manila Department of Social Welfare
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