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Filipino influencers abroad vow to promote Boracay Island
Boracay Island, Malay Aklan- At least two Filipino influencers abroad have committed to help promote this resort island in their capacity to help promote it whatever they could.
One of these influencers is Monico Lopez
Caranay who came to Boracay to meet several stakeholders including Malay Mayor Frolibar Bautista.
Caranay was known in Busan, South Korea, after saving the life of a fellow worker, a South Korean, in a rubber factory. Because of this, the Busan government recognized him as a living hero.
“I told Mayor Bautista that I would urge South Koreans whenever I get back to Busan to visit Boracay,” said Caranay of Bacolod City, who was on vacation here.
Another influence is Rex Albert Villahermosa who is from Ormoc province, he graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman with degrees in molecular biology and biotechnology. He took up his graduate studies in Artificial Intelligence in the Netherlands.
Villahermosa recently emerged as part of a winning multinational team in a high-profile policy conference focused on the future of Southeast Asia’s technology landscape at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academy Public Policy Seminar, hosted by Fulbright University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City.
He was also part of a multinational team that bested other delegates from across Southeast Asia during the recently held seminar under the theme “Shifting the Tech Value Chain in Southeast Asia.”
“I asked Mayor Bautista if I could help him develop an AI that would promote Boracay,” he said being an AI engineer and a data scientist.
