MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino nurse has been elected mayor of East Grinstead in West Sussex, United Kingdom. Danilo Favor will serve as town mayor from 2019 to 2020, according to the website of East Grinstead Town Council. He is the first Filipino to be elected town mayor in the UK. In 2018, Favor was elected deputy mayor of East Grinstead. Favor migrated to the UK in 2000 with his wife Maribel, also a nurse.

Source: Philippine Star May 17, 2019 16:00 UTC