Duke Frasco

Mayor of Liloan (2007–2016)

Frasco ran for Mayor of Liloan for the 2007 Philippine general elections, winning with a majority of 70 percent. He had a 95 percent approval rating during his first term as mayor. He ran again unopposed for the 2010 Philippine general election, gaining 80 percent of the total votes, becoming the youngest mayor in Cebu. He was the chairman of multiple municipal projects. During his term, he changed the locally generated income of Liloan to 400 percent.^[3]

Positions

He was the chairman of the Municipal School Board, the Municipal Development Council, and the Municipal Health Board of Liloan. Frasco was also the Vice President for Internal Affairs of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and Cebu Chapter.^[3] He is the Director and Co-owner of the Titay's Liloan Rosquillos and Delicacies, Inc, a bakery in Cebu.^[4] He was also a member of the Cebu Port Authority, appointed by former President Rodrigo Duterte. He took his oath on January 9, 2017.^[5]

First term

Frasco ran for the Congressman for Cebu's 5th congressional district, with the National Unity Party and the local One Cebu.^[6] He won against former congressman Red Durano in 2019 elections with 152,435 votes against Durano's 116,826.^[7] During his term, he was elected as the chairman of Visayas Development, a House of Representatives committee in August 2019.^[8] Frasco filed his first bill on July 29, 2019, separating two high schools in Liloan.^[9] In 2020, he helped 76 lot owners in the Camotes Islands officially gain their plots after government confusion.^[10]

Second term

In the 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Frasco gained 222,288 votes against Durano's 108,596 votes.^[7][11] He was eventually elected as one of the deputy speakers of the 19th Congress of the Philippines.^[12] He sponsored House Bill 6900, which gave residents the power to own land in the Camotes Islands.^[13] He gave 23 million PHP to eight hospitals in Cebu.^[14]

The Duke Frasco Cup, a basketball event, was started on May 18, 2023. More than 100 athletes from different municipalities joined. Multiple events were organized, including a tournament.^[15] The event was described as a mini version of the province's "Guv Cup", but for the 5th district of Cebu.^[16] On October 30, 2023, Frasco and his wife was charged of “illegally and unjustifiably delivered vehicles as ambulances to Barangays Looc and Poblacion” on February 14, 2022, by Danao Barangay Captains Don Roel Arias (Looc) and Joselito Cane (Poblacion), but the complaints were cleared by The Office of the Ombudsman.^[17] In a 2024 trademark infringement case, the Court of Appeals reversed the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines's decision and ruled that Frasco cannot use “Frasco” as trade name on his company's bottled water and containers since it resulted in patent infringement of the registered trademark Frasco used by Ginebra San Miguel (GSMI) on its gin label.^[18]

Third and current term

In the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Frasco ran under the National Unity Party. He won with 217,303 votes, 6.38 percent of the votes, beating his opponent Mix Durano by 100,000 votes.^[19] He was expelled from the NUP party after refusing to support Speaker Martin Romualdez.^[20] In his membership in the 20th Congress of the Philippines, He failed in his bid to become House Speaker in 2025, which caused him to form an independent bloc.^[21]