Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Filipino-Canadian actor Manny Jacinto are on TIME Magazine’s TIME100 Next, a list of the ‘World’s Most Influential Rising Stars.’
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00:00Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto and Filipino-Canadian actor Manny Jacinto are on Time Magazine's Time 100 Next, a list of the world's most influential rising stars.
00:11In Time's profile of Soto, written by Rappler's CEO and 2021 Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Reza,
00:17she describes how the young mayor, now on his third and final term, has been battling corruption in his city in the heart of the nation's capital.
00:23She also recalls how Soto addressed the COVID-19 pandemic based on need, not political loyalty.
00:30Soto has been widely viewed as a symbol of young leadership and clean governance the country needs.
00:35He helped expose corruption involving his opponent in this year's mayoral race, contractor Sara Diskaya.
00:41Meantime, producer Alan Yang cites Jacinto's incredible range as an actor.
00:45Disney describes Jacinto as a man who can do it all in the movie Freakier Friday,
00:49while Tatler Asia says Jacinto is an actor who is redefining the portrayal of Asian men in Hollywood.
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