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Gov. Vi ranked #17 in the Most Trusted Filipino Survey conducted by Reader's Digest

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Vilma Santos-Recto is the new Batangas Governor

The Hon. Vilma Santos-Recto was conferred the Doctor of Humanities Degree, Honoris Causa by the Lipa City Public College

Mayor Vi at the opening of Robinsons Lipa

Toasting Robinsons Place Lipa's opening are (from left) RLC's general manager for commercial centers Nilo Mapa Jr., Lipa City administrator Jun Dijan, RLC president and COO Lance Gokongwei, Lipa City mayor Vilma Santos-Recto, RLC chair emeritus John Gokongwei Jr. and Miss Robinsons second runner-up Joanna Rumohr.

Mayor Vi receiving plaque of recognition from Dir. Tom Osias

2003 Regional Population Forum: Lipa City Mayor Vilma Santos-Recto receives a plaque of recognition from Population on Commission executive director Tom Osias for recently gracing the 2003 Regional Population Forum held in her city. As guest speaker, Mayor Recto stressed the role of the youth in strengthening the future of the country and the welfare of the future Filipino families. This year's regional observance of the Commission on Population's Population and Development Week focused on the youth.

Mayor Vi at Lorin's dedication

Mayor Vi was one of the more than 40 Godparents of Lorin Gabriella Gutierrez Bektas, daughter of Yilmaz Bektas & Ruffa Guttierez. The dedication was held at The Loft, Rockwell Center last Dec 21, 2003.

Ate Vi and the Vilmanians on different occasions...

Vi & the Vilmanians on her birthday at Lipa City

Vi & Cesar Santiago

Vi and Ariel

Vi and Ric Sunio

Vi & Jojo Lim, Pres. of Vilma Santos Solid Phils.

Vi & VS Fans Club Pres. Willie Fernandez

Vi & Edgar with Mrs. Gloria De Guzman

Two generations of Vilmanians. Vilma is shown above with Mrs. de Guzman and below, with her son, Noel.

Vi & Noel De Guzman

Vilma Santos, acclaimed as moviedom's "Star for All Seasons," has been immortalized in "another world".

It is the world of floriculture, or the art and science of growing and propagating flowers and other ornamentals.

Not long ago, a hybrid gumamela(scientific name: Hibiscus Rosasinensis) was launched by the University of the Philippines-Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB) in honor of the talented, multi-awarded actress.

Named "Hibiscus rosasinensis:Star for All Seasons," the Vilma gumamela is the first in IPB's new batch of Hibiscus hybrids, the Celebrity Star series, to be named after veteran and accomplished Filipino actresses.

A hybrid is the product of crossing of two plants with superior qualities. These superior qualities of both parents are passed on to the seed and results in a phenomenon called "hybrid vigor" or "heterosis."

The Hibiscus hybrids in the celebrity star series were selected from the 3,000 progeny seedlings from the mass hybridization conducted in 1998, reported Dr. Candida Adalla, the first woman to become dean of the UPLB College of Agriculture since it was founded on the foothills of legendary Mt. Makiling in 1909.

Dr. Adalla and noted plant breeder, Reynold Pimentel presented Hibiscus rosasinensis;Star for All Seasons plant to Mayor Vilma Santos during the Lipa City (Batangas) 56th Foundation Day celebration last Aug. 25.

The actress-mayor was ecstatic in thanking UP Los Banos for giving her that honor and privilege.

In her extemporaneous speech, the petite actress-politician, in jest, cited the plant's "semi-dwarf" character, saying that she would be eternally grateful for UPLB's gesture of naming a gumamela hybrid after her.