Christina Frasco
{{Short description|Filipino politician}}
{{Philippine name|Garcia|Codilla|Frasco|ph=married}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Christina Frasco
| image = Christina Frasco.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2022
| office = 18th Secretary of Tourism
| term_start = June 30, 2022
| term_end =
| president = Bongbong Marcos
| predecessor = Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
| successor =
| office2 = Mayor of Liloan, Cebu
| term_start2 = June 30, 2016
| term_end2 = July 2, 2022
| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Vice Mayor}}
| 1namedata2 = Vincent Franco Frasco (2016–2019)
Thelma Jordan (2019–2022)
Aljew Frasco (2022)
| predecessor2 = Vincent Franco Frasco
| successor2 = Aljew Frasco
| birth_name = Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Codilla
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|25|mf=y}}{{cite web |title=Piniliay sa 2016: Liloan |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/superbalita-cebu/20160504/281509340387288 |publisher=SuperBalita Cebu |accessdate=2 May 2020 |language=Cebuano |date=4 May 2016 |quote=Natawo sa adlaw sa Pasko niadtong 1981... |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708140217/https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/superbalita-cebu/20160504/281509340387288 |url-status=live }}
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| party = Lakas–CMD (2021–present){{cite news |last1=Letigio |first1=Delta Dyrecka |title=Garcia-Frasco joins LAKAS-CMD |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/414103/garcia-frasco-joins-lakas-cmd |access-date=January 14, 2022 |work=CDN Digital |publisher=Inquirer Group |date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128100106/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/414103/garcia-frasco-joins-lakas-cmd |archive-date=November 28, 2021}}
One Cebu (2015–present)
| otherparty = PDP–Laban (2017–2021){{cite news |last1=Bunachita |first1=Jose Santino S. |last2=Erram |first2=Morexette Marie |title=Cebu is now PDP-LABAN country |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/154648/cebu-now-pdp-laban-country |access-date=January 14, 2022 |work=Cebu Daily News |publisher=Inquirer Group |date=November 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118223101/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/154648/cebu-now-pdp-laban-country |archive-date=November 18, 2017}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Duke Frasco|2009}}
| children = 4
| father = Eufrocino Codilla, Jr.
| mother = Gwendolyn Garcia
| profession = Lawyer
| alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University (BS, JD)
| signature =
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Ma. Esperanza Christina Codilla Frasco{{cite web |title=Certified List of Candidates - Cebu |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ListsOfCandidates/TentativeListsofCandidates/LOCAL/REGIONVII/CEBU.pdf |website=comelec.gov.ph |publisher=Commission on Elections |access-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619173737/https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ListsOfCandidates/TentativeListsofCandidates/LOCAL/REGIONVII/CEBU.pdf |archive-date=June 19, 2022}} (born Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Codilla; December 25, 1981), also known as Christina Garcia Frasco, is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as Secretary of Tourism since June 30, 2022. She was the mayor of Liloan, Cebu from 2016 to 2022.{{cite web |title=Liloan - LGA |url=https://lga.gov.ph/site/lgu/liloan |website=Local Government Academy |accessdate=December 29, 2019 |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228133701/https://lga.gov.ph/site/lgu/liloan |url-status=live }}
Frasco is a lawyer by profession, having previously practiced international arbitration and commercial litigation in the Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc and Delos Angeles law firm. She is the daughter of incumbent Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and granddaughter of former governor and representative Pablo P. Garcia.
Education
Franco earned her bachelor's degree in Legal Management from Ateneo de Manila University, followed by the completion of her Juris Doctor at the same institution in 2006.{{Cite web |title=A DOT-ing Mom & Lawyer: Tourism Secretary Christina G. Frasco |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/07/23/a-dot-ing-mom-lawyer-tourism-secretary-christina-g-frasco/ |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en-US |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815105729/https://mb.com.ph/2022/07/23/a-dot-ing-mom-lawyer-tourism-secretary-christina-g-frasco/ |url-status=live }} Subsequently, she passed the bar examinations in 2007.{{Cite web |last= |title=CODILLA, MA. ESPERANZA CHRISTINA G.; Cebu City; May 3, 2007; Roll No. 54428. {{!}} Lawyers List |url=https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/lawlist/89603/ |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=Supreme Court of the Philippines |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Oaminal |first=Clarence Paul |title=Judge Esperanza Fiel Garcia, the Joan of Arc of the cooperative movement |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2016/02/04/1549964/judge-esperanza-fiel-garcia-joan-arc-cooperative-movement |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Philstar.com |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113181625/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2016/02/04/1549964/judge-esperanza-fiel-garcia-joan-arc-cooperative-movement |url-status=live }}
Political career
=Mayor of Liloan (2016–2022)=
In 2016, Frasco succeeded her husband Duke Frasco as the Mayor of Liloan. Before taking on the role, she served as the first lady of Liloan. She secured re-election for her second term in 2019.
In 2021, Frasco was awarded the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Regional Award by the Civil Service Commission in its 2021 Search for Outstanding Government Workers. The award is conferred upon an individual for exceptional or extraordinary contributions resulting from performance that had nationwide impact on public interest, security, and patrimony.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
In a non-commissioned public satisfaction survey published in August 2021, Frasco was the top performing mayor in Central Visayas, ranking number 1 among the 116 mayors in the entire region, and number 1 among all 44 municipal mayors in Cebu.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Under Frasco's administration, Liloan was awarded the Top Philippine Model Municipality in 2019 by The Manila Times. In the same year, Liloan was granted other national awards, namely, the Top Philippine Education Hub for its scholarship program, Top Philippine Retirement Haven, and Top Philippine Wealth Center for business friendliness and proactive programs on infrastructure and economic development.{{cite news|url=https://liloan.gov.ph/index.php/executive/8-point-agenda/good-governance/296-liloan-wins-top-awards|title=Liloan wins top awards|website=Municipality of Liloan|accessdate=July 12, 2023|archive-date=July 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712003510/https://liloan.gov.ph/index.php/executive/8-point-agenda/good-governance/296-liloan-wins-top-awards|url-status=live}} In 2019 and 2020, the Department of Trade and Industry named Liloan as the Most Resilient Municipality in the Philippines.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
In 2019, Frasco was elected as president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) – Cebu Chapter, the first woman to hold the position, and as National Vice President of LMP.{{cite news |author1=Lorraine Ecarma |date=July 13, 2019 |title=Frasco is new LMP-Cebu prexy |publisher=The Freeman |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2019/07/13/1934355/frasco-new-lmp-cebu-prexy |accessdate=December 29, 2019 |archive-date=January 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105224632/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2019/07/13/1934355/frasco-new-lmp-cebu-prexy |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author1=Rosalie Abatayo |date=November 10, 2019 |title=Christina Frasco wins LMP national VP for Visayas |publisher=CDN Digital |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/269337/christina-frasco-wins-lmp-national-vp-for-visayas |accessdate=December 29, 2019 |archive-date=December 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229143700/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/269337/christina-frasco-wins-lmp-national-vp-for-visayas |url-status=live }} In July 2021, Frasco was appointed as the spokesperson of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2021 |title=Mayor Frasco is Inday Sara's spox |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/389159/mayor-frasco-is-inday-saras-spokesperson |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114120524/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/389159/mayor-frasco-is-inday-saras-spokesperson |url-status=live }}
=Secretary of Tourism (2022–present)=
In the 2022 Cebu local elections, Frasco won a third term as mayor.{{Cite web |title=Frascos dominate in Cebu's fifth district; Gwendolyn Garcia remains governor of Cebu province |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/11/frascos-dominate-in-cebus-fifth-district-gwendolyn-garcia-remains-governor-of-cebu-province/ |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en-US|date=May 11, 2022}} However, she was later selected as the next Secretary of Tourism by president-elect Bongbong Marcos.{{Cite web |last=Mercado |first=Neil Arwin |date=May 30, 2022 |title=Sara Duterte spox Christina Frasco to serve as tourism secretary |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1604339/sara-duterte-spox-christina-frasco-to-serve-as-tourism-secretary |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530092147/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1604339/sara-duterte-spox-christina-frasco-to-serve-as-tourism-secretary |url-status=live }} She resigned as mayor and was succeeded by her running mate and cousin-in-law, Aljew Frasco, who was initially elected as vice mayor that year.{{cite news|url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/451105/liloan-officials-sworn-into-new-roles|title=Liloan officials sworn into new roles|first=Morexette Marie|last=Erram|date=July 3, 2022|accessdate=July 8, 2022|work=CDN Digital|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708110517/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/451105/liloan-officials-sworn-into-new-roles|url-status=live}}
During Frasco's tenure as tourism secretary, the controversial Love the Philippines tourism slogan was adopted beginning in 2023, replacing the decade-long It's More Fun in the Philippines! slogan.
Personal life
Frasco married Duke Frasco, a member of the House of Representatives representing Cebu's 5th congressional district, in August 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2009/08/27/499390/grand-wedding-duke-and-christina|title=The Grand Wedding of Duke and Christina|first=Flor|last=Ynclino|date=August 27, 2009|accessdate=July 8, 2022|website=Philstar.com|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708110516/https://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2009/08/27/499390/grand-wedding-duke-and-christina|url-status=live}} They have four children together.{{cite news|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/ampArticle/1902199|title=Cong. Duke and Mayor Christina welcome new baby|date=July 28, 2021|accessdate=July 8, 2022|work=SunStar|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708110516/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/ampArticle/1902199|url-status=live}}
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