Mario Crespo Mark Jimenez

Donation to the Local Government

Mark Jimenez gave various financial assistance to the Negros Occidental Chapter of the Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines at the L’Fisher Club in Bacolod City on Oct. 13, 2006.

Donation to the Trial Judges Association

Mark Jimenez donated P1 million for various projects of the trial judges association during the 5th National Convention of the Philippine Trial Judges League in Puerto Princesa, Palawan where he was a guest speaker on Oct. 13, 20o6.

Hulog ng Langit Sends Assistance To Typhoon Agaton Victims

IN FEBRUARY 2006, Former Manila congressman Mark Jimenez gave away truckloads of relief goods to flood victims and residents of Aurora, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Viscaya, Isabela, Cagayan, Kalinga-Apayao and Camarines Sur hit by typhoon Agaton in late January. Learning from his experience in Mindoro, he had one strict directive to his staff: Keep politicians out. He expressly instructed members of his Nagkakaisa sa Diyos, Nagkakaisang Pilipino (One in God, One Filipino) foundation never to allow politicians — from mayors and higher officials — to ride on the relief work and gain political mileage.He wanted the distribution or what he called his sharing to be lowkeyed, meaning no publicity or photo ops whatsoever.

Hundreds of thousands of packages containing rice, canned goods, instant noodles and clothes were loaded in convoys of six 10-wheeler trucks and distributed to hapless victims of typhoon Agaton and indigent families in various provinces.

“The goods were directly given to the beneficiaries, without the usual politicians as go-betweens — no publicity, no fanfare, no photo opportunities,” Jimenez said. The whole humanitarian enterprise costed Jimenez P70 million.