Vico Sotto, Jacinto on Time’s 100 Next

MANILA, Philippines —  Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto and actor Manny Jacinto made it to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential rising stars.

Officially titled Time100 Next, the news magazine recognized people who are “younger than the century they are shaping,” acknowledging that true influence is not bound by age.

Time commended Sotto for fighting corruption, even if it feels like the crusade is a “death by a thousand cuts.”

Sotto, according to Time, has exemplified courage and ethical leadership in his six years as mayor.

Jacinto, a Filipino-born Canadian actor, has proven that talent and kindness “are not mutually exclusive.”

“He has incredible range as an actor,” Emmy-winning producer Alan Yang said. “But more importantly, Manny is fundamentally, elementally, constitutionally good.”

Jacinto recently starred in “Freakiest Friday,” the sequel to the 2003 fantasy-comedy “Freaky Friday.”