He lost to former Sen. Alfredo Lim for the 2007 mayoralty race, and had conceded to Lim.
Timbol joined the Manila Bulletin in 1960, handling the police beat at the Western Police District, which at that time included then patrolman, now Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim.
He ran for vice mayor on the 2013 midterm elections under the Liberal Party (LP), with Alfredo Lim but lost.
During the 1992 elections, he lost reelection to former National Bureau of Investigation director Alfredo Lim.
In the Philippines, Alfredo Lim popularized such tactics during his term as mayor of Manila.
Universidad de Manila was founded in 1995 during the term of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim.
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In 2007, when Alfredo Lim was re-elected as mayor, he reverted UDM to its original name; a few months into office, he renamed it Universidad de Manila.
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In the 2007 election, Mayor of Manila Lito Atienza was barred from seeking a fourth consecutive term; his son Ali was named nominee of the Liberal Party; then senator and former mayor Alfredo Lim was named nominee of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan, Lim's own party and the United Opposition.
Most of the associated prostitution trade closed with it, but when the mayor of Manila, Alfredo Lim, closed down the sex industry area of Ermita in Manila during his first term starting in 1992, many of the businesses moved to Angeles, finding a new customer base among sex tourists.