(Eagle News) — Former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has passed away, his grandson said on Saturday, Aug. 8.
“Paalam at maraming salamat lolo, tatay , idol , dirty harry , katapat Mayor ALFREDO LIM,” Paul dela Cruz said in a Facebook post.
Lim was 90 years old.
Earlier, Lim’s former chief of staff, Ric de Guzman, denied reports the former mayor had died after being hospitalized due to COVID-19.
He had said Lim was “making good progress.”
Lim was elected mayor of Manila in 1992 and later in 2007.
He was a policeman before he entered politics.