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Ong started maintaining an online presence when he set up a YouTube channel in 2007, where he posts videos providing health tips and medical explainers targeted to a general audience. [8] As of November 2023, his YouTube channel "Doc Willie Ong" has 9.04 million subscribers, and is the 15th most subscribed YouTube channel in the Philippines. [10]
English: DR. ONG FOR SENATOR. Health and wellness advocate Dr. Willie Ong, accompanied by his wife Liza, presents his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for senator in the 2019 midterm elections at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila on Thursday (Oct. 11, 2018).
He later announced his presidential bid on September 22 with Dr. Willie Ong as his running mate. [63] They filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) on October 4. [64] On September 30, 2021, 1Sambayan nominated Robredo as their standard bearer. On October 7, Robredo accepted the nomination and announced that she would run for President. [65]
Moreno announced his candidacy on September 22; his running mate will be Dr. Willie Ong. [21] Manny Pacquiao , incumbent senator Boxing promoter Bob Arum said in June 2020 that Pacquiao told him that he'd run for president instead of defending his Senate seat in 2022. [22] A few days later, Pacquiao denied talking to Arum about politics. [23]
Like another medical doctor in social media Willie Ong, [11] name and videos were used by some social media scammers to deepfake and advertise some products. Some of those are: a fake video showing that he was interviewed by CNN with promotion of ‘joint pain cure’ ad, [12] and using his photo for advertisement of hypertension cure.
Ong is a Hokkien romanization of several Chinese surnames: 王 (Wáng in Hanyu Pinyin), 汪 (also Wāng), 黃 (traditional) or 黄 (simplified; Huáng); and 翁 . Ong is also a Laotian surname. Ong or Onge is also a surname of English origin, with earliest known records found in Western Suffolk taxation records from c. 1280 AD. [ 1 ]
Willie Ong, a cardiologist and media personality with large following, would later be selected as Moreno's running mate. Ong left Lakas–CMD a day later after his announcement to run for vice president. [28] He joined Moreno's political party, Aksyon Demokratiko, on September 25. [29]
For that reason, I respect Willie Soon as a good scientist and a courageous citizen." The late Republican Senator Jim Inhofe had cited Soon, and Inhofe's former director of communications Marc Morano said that "Willie Soon is a hero of the skeptical movement. When you are an early pioneer, you are going to face the scrutiny and attacks."