Two Filipino teenagers were named to the Time Magazine’s Most Influential Teens for 2017, according to its official website that posted the list on Friday. This was in protest of the spate of extajudicial killings resulting from President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Even after her school was accused on social media by Duterte’s communications team for alleged child abuse and brainwashing, De Guzman was resolute, saying that she was aware of the injustices in the country. Rock, 19, and a member of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, was born in the Ilocos Region but moved to Hawaii when he was 7 years old. * Brooklyn Beckham, 18, photographer and son of David and Victoria Beckham* Isaac Hempstead Wright, 18, Game of Thrones actor* Muzoon Almellehan, 19, Syrian refugee living in Britain* Elle Fanning, 19, actress and sister of Dakota Fanning

Source: Manila Times November 03, 2017 09:56 UTC