I feel sick everytime I hear people like you show ignorance. You said that

“I don’t think that the removal of the establishments there is such a complete loss. For me, it even helped the traffic situation in that area.
I rarely pass by Baywalk but traffic’s a pain especially pag pa-gabi na and na-occupy na isang lane for parking and other cars slow done at the next lane to find their parking slot as well. Motorists like me don’t enjoy that at all! Pero ngayon mabilis na.
Hell, I can always find other places to gimmick and not cause inconvenience to others.”

In my opinion you are so selfish and ignorant that just because the “nightlife” in baywalk hassles you (and perhaps other motorists) , dismantling baywalk establshments was the right thing to do. Didn’t you consider the people that suffered after baywalk was closed down by the SIMPLEMINDED Mayor of Manila? You are such a simpleton who thinks that life is all about yourself and your comfort — sure, there are pros and cons to any new program/project howver at the end of the day, it is what benefits the common good that should be promulgated… and people must never ever judge ANYTHING based on how itll benefit them alone, but what benefits the COMMON GOOD. I hope that people will just realize the value of looking at what is beyond and not simply what serves them at that moment.

I am so disappointed with how Baywalk turned out. I am from Manila. I know the vision of Mayor L. Atienza in putting up Baywalk… I have seen a similarity between the tourist spots in some of the places abroad… More businesses, means more jobs… more activities, means more tourists.therefore, more revenue… I have seen similar spots in L.A. , Hongkong and even China…. but I guess the people in Manila was too busy to really see that the Mayor that they were choosing did not really care for them… instead, only cared to get even with his rival ( Mayor Atienza, that is)..He claimed that the establishments did not pay full rent and all but I know of someone who opened a small restaurant there and told me that they paid rent howver during rainy seasons (sales usually turns negative during those months), rent is waived.. he told me that it is a way to help the owners to survise.. butof course, the Mayor is sooo good in his PR that they only showed what they wanted to show… I am terribly sad and hopelessly frustrated because I have also seen how Manila revived its shine and now is losing its luster… ( or for a better term, dying)….

Sonnie, I have friends that are related to the Mayor now and they told me that he intends to put up 2 big food chains in Baywalk, the glitch there is that it will be owned by his sons… Talk about GREED.. well, there it is!

we are planning to fire one..

baka habulin kmi ng mmda. hehe

i want to ask.. is it allowed to have a fireworks during regular nights?

me and my husband is planning to do so..
pls. tell me.. email me back at bliss_emcie@yahoo.com.ph

thank you very much..
your answer will help a lot.. god speed to everyone..

When Baywalk was built, it created a lot of jobs, became a tourist attraction, a venue to relax, unwind, dine, and be entertained. I was able to enjoy a cup of coffee during the sunset while listening to music. It was a great moment for me that I always bring my family, friends local and foreign, to unwind there. Heck it was a lot safer there because it was regularly patrolled by cops and Baywalk patrols.

What is the real problem here? Is it really the blocking of the sunset? How about Diamond Hotel who erected their building in front of a resident’s home in M.H. Del Pilar and is blocking 10 other house’s bay view? There are people who says it is now “liberated” from commercialism. Others say that more than a thousand Manilenos are now jobless and no place to go, no money to buy food. If you were the Mayor, how would you answer to that? Did we really solve our society’s problem by removing Baywalk? Or did we just add more problems by agreeing with Mayor Lim because now, we have a fine view of the bay and let the unemployment problem solve itself?

Mayor Lim’s infamous excuse was he was just doing his job. Heck, his job is also to help provide income for the city and the city’s people, don’t you think? Wasn’t there a better alternative by providing another sunset park while giving the Manilenos employment?

I can’t believe how people can indulge to viewing a nice sunset while other people are starving because they were laid-off from their jobs. Believe me, there are way so many alternatives to solve any Manila Bay problem than just being selfish of the view of the bay.

Commercialism or not, the Manila Bay is still the Manila Bay and it will still belong to the people with or without the Baywalk.

matangal ang problemang droga sa Lungsod ng Maynila. Akala ko dati siya ang makatutulong sa mga

problema sa droga.

Ngayon ko lang nalaman na isa pala siya sa problema. Isa nga siyang pulis na matulis at kitang

kita lalo na ng mahuli si Manny Lim na anak ng alkalde na nagtutulak ng droga.

Ang sabi niya ay hindi nya tutulungan subali’t alam natin na nahuli siya sa akto ng pagtutulak

ngunit ngayon ang kaso ay isa nalamang gumagamit lang umano ng droga.

Alam natin na si Mayor ay isang maimpluwensiyang tao at lalo na sa ating kapulisan. Kaya lang

nakakatakot isipin na isang Mayor kasama ang kanyang pamilya ang nagtutulak ng droga sa lungsod.

Paano na ang mga mahihirap at lalo na mga anak ng mga dukha? Ano ang aming ipanlalaban kung mga

ganitong klaseng panloloko sa tao ay nangyayari?

Noong una ay hindi ko pinaniwalaan ng mahuli si Nestor Lim sa San Francisco. Subali’t pagkatapos

ng pagkahuli kay Manny Lim sigurado ako na mga kuwento patungkol kay Roland Lim at ng kanyang ama

sa umanoy drug pushing ay totoo rin!

Para kay Mayor Lim. Ang pinakamagandang gawin mo ngayon ay pinturahan mo ang bahay mo na nakuha

mo kay George Go sa Forbes Park o kaya naman patayin mo rin ang iyong anak gaya ng sinasabi mong

pumapatay ka ng drug pushers.

Hindi mo magawa dahil alam mong kasama ka sa kalokohan ng anak mo! Ayusin mo muna problema ng

anak mo bago ka makisawsaw sa iba!

Politics in the Philippines is interesting. Baywalk normally hosts the new year countdown and fireworks, but not this year. San Miguel By The Bay hosted it.

I heard that 1 fast food chain will is already in the pipeline, but I never thought it will be awarded to a relative. The grapevine is full of similar stories, but we can not be certain.