the 2009 horror-suspense film Sundo with Viva Films. Padilla later opted out of his exclusive contract to be able to make films for other outfits, including Star Cinema Productions, FLT Films, Millennium Cinema, and GMA Films. That same year, he played the titular role of Totoy Bato, an adaptation of a novel by Carlo J. Caparas. In 2010, Padilla returned to ABS-CBN. His projects with the network included the 2011 sitcom Toda Max. In 2011, Padilla directed his first TV commercial under his own production company, RCP Productions. In 2013, Padilla once again returned to GMA Network, where he featured in a cameo role in Adarna alongside his daughter Kylie Padilla. He also played the lead role in the 2013 action thriller 10,000 Hours under Viva Films, winning the Best Actor award in the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival and Actor of the Year in the 2014 Box Office Entertainment Awards. On December 1, 2015, he again returned to ABS-CBN and was one of the judges for the fifth season of talent competition show Pilipinas Got Talent. Advocacies Padilla is an anti-malaria advocate since 2004. He became the spokesperson for the Department of Health's "Movement Against Malaria" campaign, appearing in infomercials to promote the use of mosquito nets. In 2007, Padilla established the Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation, a pre-school for underprivileged Muslim children in Quezon City. Padilla temporarily closed the school after it failed to acquire the necessary government permits to continue operations. In September 2010, the school re-opened. Padilla has also promoted Muay Thai in the Philippines, and donated to the Muay Association of the Philippines where he also served as chairman. Padilla is a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug war, hailing the campaign as "most successful" and claiming that extrajudicial killings are a legitimate part of the government's anti-crime strategy. Military career Padilla joined the military and he became a reserve officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines with the rank of Captain. On July 30, 2020, he was elected by the Army's Multi-Sectoral Advisory Board (PA MSAB) as its new Strategic Communication (StratCom) Committee Chairperson. In December 2021, Padilla and other reservists running in the 2022 elections were relieved of their posts "to ensure the organization's non-partisanship" though the Army clarified this does not relieve them of being in the Reserve Force of the Army. Visit to Pagasa Island On May 15–17, 2021, Padilla visited