Christina Frasco

Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco (born December 25, 1981) is a Filipino politician from Liloan, Cebu, Philippines. She currently serves as the mayor of Liloan.[4] Frasco is a lawyer by profession, having previously practiced international arbitration and commercial litigation with one of the largest top tier law firms in Asia, Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc and Delos Angeles.

In 2019, Frasco was elected as President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) – Cebu Chapter and as National Vice President of LMP.[5][6] In 2021, Frasco was appointed Spokesperson of Vice Presidential Aspirant and Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte.

In 2021, Mayor Christina Garcia Frasco was awarded the prestigious Presidential Lingkod Bayan Regional Award by the Civil Service Commission in its 2021 Search for Outstanding Government Workers for her exemplary performance as a Local Chief Executive through proactive initiatives towards innovation in governance and sustainable and inclusive programs fostering excellence in government service. The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award is conferred upon an individual for exceptional or extraordinary contributions resulting from performance that had nationwide impact on public interest, security, and patrimony.

In a recent non-commissioned public satisfaction survey in August 2021, Mayor Christina Garcia Frasco was the Top Performing Mayor in Central Visayas, ranking number 1 among the 116 Mayors in the entire Region 7, and number 1 among all 44 Municipal Mayors in the Province of Cebu.

Frasco’s efforts at increasing professionalization and transparency of government transactions, implementing strict measures of accountability and performance, with zero tolerance for corruption, has earned for Liloan three times (2017, 2019, 2020) the much coveted “Unqualified Opinion” from the Commission on Audit -- the highest rating that can be given by the audit agency to a local government unit.

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 successful scholarship program that has supported over 10,000 scholars, Top Philippine Retirement Haven for programs promoting meaningful and joyful ageing among senior citizens, and Top Philippine Wealth Center for business friendliness and proactive programs on infrastructure and economic development.

In 2019 and 2020, the Department of Trade and Industry awarded Liloan as the Most Resilient Municipality in the Philippines.