Ace Durano

Joseph Felix Mari "Ace" Hotchkiss Durano[1] (born April 3, 1970) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of Tourism under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

He was an Assistant Majority Floor Leader and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Trade and Industry during that time.

[citation needed] In the 2022 local elections, Durano challenged the incumbent governor Gwendolyn Garcia for the governorship of Cebu and lost.

He ran alongside incumbent vice governor Hilario Davide III as his running mate.

[3] Durano was convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan over the development of the Department of Tourism 2009 wall calendar, worth PhP 2.7 million, without initiating a public bidding process.