Gibo was the only son of former Social Security System (SSS) administrator Gilberto Teodoro, Sr. and former Batasang Pambansa member Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro

Gibo was elected Kabataang Barangay president in his hometown Tarlac in 1980 and concurrently became Central Luzon Kabataang Barangay president for five years

Gibo was a bona fide member of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan of Tarlac from 1980 to 1986

By his own merits, Gibo won and became Tarlac’s First District Representative for three terms

While in congress, Gibo was a proponent of human rights, economic development, and progress.

teach modern technology to increase food production capability

investment and incentives

- modern agricultural system in Maguindanao- increase food prod, food security

-“By providing farmer groups in the region with irrigation and infrastructure support, we are reducing poverty in Maguindanao, which is the primary trigger of violence and crime

in the province, thus ensuring peace for the coming generations.”

respect everyon'es personal choice

do not dwell on something that can no longer be passed

we are all focused on the law rather than the problem

cash perks for natural birth control

government is not the proper moral guardian (respect church)

accountability for population- moral guardians

government - support any moral choice made by a couple

Revision and actual amendment of our Charter

“Ako  po  ay  pabor  sa  Charter  Change.  I’ve been given the blessing to compare the three. I think the ‘87 Constitution  is a reactive constitution. It

looked back. Because it had a purpose. The purpose was to remove all vestiges of a dictatorial regime. 

But that is a transient goal and it has already performed that goal.It  failed  to  look  forward. 

Maybe not necessarily a parliamentary system because people will really not accept a leader  of  a  country  that  they  do  not  elect. 

Perhaps  a  presidential  unicameral  or  a  fusion  of  both  or  perhaps members of the cabinet can be taken from the unicameral  assembly or the congress for that  matter. 

Secondly,  we  need  to  change  the  economic  provisions  already.  They’re  overly  restrictive.  Not  merely  for  foreign  investment  but  for  domestic  investment.  And  I’ve  been  espousing  that  maybe  for  an 

ownership  of  land  in  certain  types  of  land  is  acceptable.  Like  commercial, industrial, tourist land, and residential with a reverse cap that perhaps we can allow  foreigners to own residential lands if they are above in

value a certain amount, so that low cost  housing does not suffer.

Thirdly, in terms of local government autonomy, Empower  congress   to determine what regions to be given enhanced autonomy, when and how. 

Autonomy  is  only  for  areas  which  are  ready  and  capable  of  a  modicum  governance  for  themselves...if we keep on remedying our  situation  with  piece  meal  legislation,  it  is  not  sustainable.

 We  need  sustainable  development, sustainable change, sustainable growth. And that can only be done with the revision  and actual  amendment of our constitution.”

Disaster Risk Management Act

"...I support pending bills on National Disaster Act. Both versions state that local government units shall be authorized to use  not  less than  5%  of  their  revenue  for  disaster  risk  management,  which  includes 

not  merely  response relief but also preparation and mitigation efforts.

The events [Ondoy, Pepeng] have really shown the fact that indeed local government units must take the lead in disaster risk management  even in rescue and relief because the different topographies, the

different conditions of the local  governments cannot be managed and cannot be foreseen by the national government.

If  at  all,  I  am  in  full  support  that  local  government  units  take  the  lead.…placing  some  sort  of  a  rational  framework  or  technical framework for decision making.

the most important thing is to give LGUs the  freedom  and  the  leeway  to  use  more  funds  for  capacity  building  in  so  far  as  disaster  risk 

management is concerned. And the proposed law which I support totally will give that.”

Corruption

Transparency is the number one way of eradicating corruption. Pero sometimes, we look into the moral, solidly into the morality of corruption, but we do not look at the incentives given a person to

remain honest.

 For me, if a person remains honest, can you reward him with a bonus? No. Government? No. Do we pay our government officials adequately or decently when we align standards? No. So it goes both ways. You have to improve the standard of living also of government officials. You have to

make rules more reasonable, you have to have transparency. And then probably, you can deal very strongly with the corruption. You have to have less a disincentive to corrupt and a lot of it is

material, too.

Peace in Mindanao

Kailangan pa rin dumami ang ating mga sundalo para masigurado na babalik ang kapayapaan.

Dapat itigil natin ang armadong pakikibaka at may isang paraan lang yan--pag-eenganyo or pag-eenforce ng batas. Pagka may baril ang isang tao, isang tao lang sa isang baranggay,

nagkakaibang equation dun sa loob ng baranggay. At ang proliferation ng firearms sa Mindanao ang pinakaproblema.

…palagay ko wala naman sa atin ang may 100 percent na solusyon dyan. 

Ngunit ang magagawa natin, pwede nating i-channel ang galit magmula sa putukan sa debate, sa political struggle, political work.

Ngayon kaalinsabay niyan, importante ang development.Pero tutol ako sa pagbibigay ng autonomy sa mga lugar na wala pang kakayahan.

Political Dynasty Bill

"...The  best  way  to  beat  that  dynasty, if that dynasty is not deserving, is to capacitate political parties to enable to adequately  finance through realistic campaign finance reforms an able candidate and

beat the dynasty.

A  dynasty by definition is non-democratic. It’s non-electable. Because a dynasty …you get to your  position  by  birth.  That’s  why  you  have  a  dynasty. 

But  an  election should not perpetuate the dynasty if such is not deserving.  But how do you do that. It’s  by capacitating your political party to enable it to address the issue to the people and with media. 

Right  now,  it’s  freer,  opener,  faster  but  more  expensive.  But  that’s  the  way,  to  capacitate  a deserving  candidate,  beat  the  dynasty.  That  is  the  best  way  to  settle  a  dynasty  problem. 

Not  through artificial laws which people can skirt left and right around."

Plan for the country

Q: And plan for your first 100 days, what will you do? Hit the ground running?

A: You have no choice but to continue with a lot of programs like the infrastructure programs that need to be continued and management day-to-day of the security situation.

Your first budget, your legislative agenda. That legislative agenda would include the constitutional convention law, the support for the new Philippine education road map because basic education must be reengineered. And I want to experiment also legislatively with universal participative health care, if it is feasible. Meaning to

say, everybody participates. I mean, what's for a rich person to contribute 100 or 200 pesos per month to a participative delivers on health care so there's more for everybody, not merely in terms of buying medicine and

providing care but for providing reimbursements for doctors and nurses, so there's an incentive to stay and participate in the system and I want also a legislative proposal for student loan program rather than

scholarships. I want a revolving student loan program, probably five billion pesos, get that from the national treasury, park it in the SSS, not SSS funds but SSS facilities. Student wants to study, comes in, you give the student and SSS number which should be a GSIS number, too, and give him or her the loan. Once that SSS

number comes out because he or she is employed, then you deduct and you have an incentive to study because you have to repay the loan and you can service more people. You give scholarships to those who are really deserving because of high aptitude and to those subjects that are not too popular but the country needs like

international relations, public policy and planning.

Q: Why should we vote for you?

A: Because I provide a balance. Kasi po, ako'y nagtataglay ng balanse ng pagsulong sa reporma at pagsulong ng kinakailangang programa. Ako lang po siguro ang naghayag ng pangangailangan ng

pagpapatawad, pagkakaisa, pag-uunawaan para sa kinabukasan at hindi pagbebengansa. At dahil po sa importansya ng kapayapaan sa ating bansa, na araw-araw ko pong nakikita, hindi po nadarama ng

mga tao sa Luzon, Visayas at bilyun-bilyong na sanang pagkakabenepisyuhan ng ating bansa kung matahimik ang Pilipinas--hindi nila nararamdaman kasi na tahimik tayo dito. Pagka hindi po nasolbahan

tong problema na to, hindi nasolba, napakalaking mawawala sa ating bansa at siguro sa eksperiensya ko na may mga desisyon din tayo na nagagawa or napupunta sa ating balikat na mangangahulugan na baka

may mamatay o may mabuhay, napakalaking maturing experience po nito at ito po mga katangian na mabibigay ko sa ating bansa.

“I think Ondoy will be an election issue in 2010. What people will remember is not [Defense] Secretary [Gilbert] Teodoro busy with relief operations. The victims will remember that he is GMA’s anointed one. They will remember the slow government response,” Palatino told reporters.

Many are disappointed, some even angry, with the government for failing to rescue them at the height of the storm.

During the deluge, government operatives found it difficult to rescue people who were trapped on rooftops. Lack of equipment also hobbled rescuers as did the dangerous conditions and the sheer number of people needing help.

“My vision is for the Philippines to be a leader in the Asia Pacific region,” he said. “We can be the purest and fullest democracy in this part of the world and... and be an example to others.”