Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Politics › ‘Nepo baby’ uproar in Philippines after Gen Z jet-setter...
Politics

‘Nepo baby’ uproar in Philippines after Gen Z jet-setter named urban poor commissioner

‘Nepo baby’ uproar in Philippines after Gen Z jet-setter named urban poor commissioner
South China Morning Post Wednesday 21 October 2026, 09:27 UTC By Sam Beltran 1 min read
Key Points

A Gen Z jet-setter in the Philippines has been named commissioner for the urban poor, raising eyebrows over her qualifications for a position dealing with issues such as food and housing insecurity. Zofia Canlas took her oath as commissioner for the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) on Monday, but drew widespread attention for social media photos depicting a fashion-forward lifestyle and lavish getaways, such as posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and other trips...

A Gen Z jet-setter in the Philippines has been named commissioner for the urban poor, raising eyebrows over her qualifications for a position dealing with issues such as food and housing insecurity. Zofia Canlas took her oath as commissioner for the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) on Monday, but drew widespread attention for social media photos depicting a fashion-forward lifestyle and lavish getaways, such as posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and other trips around...
Philippines (LOCATION) Gen Z (ORG) Zofia Canlas (PERSON) the Presidential Commission (ORG) the Eiffel Tower (LOCATION) Paris (LOCATION)
Originally published by South China Morning Post Read original →

Related Stories

REPLAY: French president addresses fuel supplies during Gulf tour

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.

France 24 11m ago

Trump tells companies to pay 'dividend' to communities to make data centres popular

The US President made the comments on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, encouraging companies to strike deals with local communities to make data centre developments more popular. US President Donald Trump has suggested that companies building data centres should pay a “dividend” to the communities where they are based to make them more appealing to local residents. With companies around the world racing to deploy AI infrastructure, there has been a widespread backlash...

Euronews 15m ago

Italy deploys troops into Milan in response to recent riots

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.

France 24 21m ago

Hong Kong’s Election Committee race: should you care? Here’s what you need to know

Nominations have closed for Hong Kong’s Election Committee election, setting the stage for the November 22 poll. The poll, the second since Beijing overhauled the city’s electoral system to ensure patriots rule Hong Kong, will return 1,500 members who will nominate and vote in next year’s chief executive election. Here’s all you need to know about the 2026 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections, now that nominations have closed: from the hopefuls’ line-up and the heavyweights in the...

South China Morning Post 27m ago