Edu Manzano, Vice President pick ni Gilberto Teodoro, Game ka na ba Pilipinas?
Phto Credits: GMA News TV
Game ka na ba Pilipinas? Dahil eto na si Edu Manzano as Vice Presidential running mate ni Gilbert Teodoro.
“I would like to introduce to all of you this morning someone whom Secretary Teodoro has accepted to be his runningmate and [a] person who has accepted the challenge of standing beside Secretary Teodoro in the quest to become the next president of the Republic of the Philippines and him the next vice president of the Republic of the Philippines. No other than former OMB chairman Edu Manzano,” said Puno at a press conference on Friday at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel (Source: GMA News TV)
Pinarada ni Teodoro si Manzano, 54, na kanyang vice presidential candidate sa isang news conference sa Makati City kanina. Ang move daw na to will boost his saging and struggling campaign.
“I need a running mate who will be able to influence the way our people think,” said Teodoro after the pair engaged in awkward fist bumps for the cameras. “He would be a big influence, a motivating tool to launch our platform,” read: Leche kasi ang hatak nang baho ni Gloria sa popularity nya. (Source: Inquirer)
Kaya tuloy, kung 4% ang share ni Noynoy sa Hacienda Luisita, 4% naman ang share ni Gibo sa mga latest surveys. Bwisit na 4% na yan! Oo!
So anyway, eh si Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno pala ang naging broker. Sya ang nag-areglo nang usapan nina Gibo at Edu. Sabi
“I felt I have the obligation, after helping initiate his (Teodoro) candidacy, to assure him with a partner that can live up to his expectations,” said Puno, who was also being eyed for the vice presidency by the Lakas-Kampi-CMD but backed out, saying he wanted to focus on his work as chief of the Department of Interior and Local Government. (Source: Inquirer)
At dahil dati ngang vice mayor of Makati naman pala nang Makati si Edu, sapat na ata yon na kwalipikasyon para maging next vice president of the Philippines.
Asked what was his initial reaction when offered the vice presidential candidacy, Manzano said:
“I was stunned.”
Para bang ~kablag!~ Oo. Ganun. Hinimatay ata ang Edu.
He likened the feeling to having been hit by a “Pacquiao punch.” read: para daw syang sinuntok!
“I wasn’t expecting it,” said Manzano, who also served as Optical Media Board chairman. “I think it was a Pacquiao punch. I felt dizzy. (Source: Inquirer)
Ok. Now, let’s do the Papaya Dance people – shall we?
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hay nako naman, kuya edu!!!
hahaha here’s one comment sa FB na mabaliw baliw ako:
desperate measures…
bilib ako sa credentials ni Gibo. i guess, given na yon for one like me who values education hehehe ang di ako napabilib ni Gibo was that, una ang association nya ki Gloria, next sinabi nya pa na he’s not gonna ran after Gloria’s magic wealth.
tipo bang he just need someone as VP and given the reaction ni Edu para bang sapilitan na to dahil last minute na haha ano baaa!
I know Edu Manzano but who the hell is Gilbert Teodoro?!?
hahaha yaan mo ely, magpopost kami about Gibo. he’s a good guy with excellent credentials. hindi biro. ang problema, sinira ni gloria. haha
Kung si Vilma nga tumanggi..EDU..why oh why???? sana bumalik ka munang mayor ng makati since si Binay eh nagpa-uto kay Erap…swak yung comment sa facebook…sana nag-escalator at di nag-elevator..haler!!!!
Obviously Gibo is desperate that’s why he needed someone from showbiz. If Villar has Willy and Noynoy has 48,000 actors supporting him, Edu is not a bad choice.
Puede na bang matawa?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Bwahahahaha natawa ako dun sa 48,000 hahah sya nga naman. Gibo has Edu, Villar has Willy, Noy has everybody hahaha
ayuf ang banat mo Mel nyahaha natawa talaga ako dun sa 48k hehe
ahh teka, wala na bang iba?
si nora aunor. pwede? hehehe!
huwattttttttt??? Dong, bilib din ako sa guts mo, mag hunos dili ka nga!
ano daw iyon? Edu is living up to Gibo’s expectations…e paano naman ang expectations ng mga mamamayan ng Pilipinas? waaaaaaaa!
hahaha! Gibo’s rating are way down. Hinayang talaga ako sa credentials nito. Kaya ang expectations is i-angat ni Edu and popularity hahaha gi-hire ni Gibo si Edu as Sales Representative hehe
Getting to know EDU MANZANO, the Vice Presidential candidate. Thanks to FB friendship Raissa Robles:
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/13/09/profile-edu-manzano
Raissa says:
Edu Manzano was born in California and was a US soldier for 4 years. What is his citizenship? Constitution says president and vp must be “natural-born”
good point
narealize ba nila na pagnatepok si gibo ay si edu ang pangulo? katakot yun diba?
credentials-wise, maganda talaga yung kay gibo. too bad he’s affiliated with gloria talaga.
Why fafa Edu, why??? Sus, wala na bang na retain sa mga values ni St. John Baptist de La Salle sa kaibuturan ng imong heart, dong?
Fwends, alam ko fair game na pag sumalang sa pelikula pero wag nyo na lang laitin si fafa Edu flezz! Wag nyo iboto pero utang na bo-ot, cut him a slack, huhuuhuhu! This is such an ill-advised decision.
Showbiz talaga ang politics natin dito sa atin. Baka sa susunod e si Boy Abunda or si Manay Lolit Solis na ang tatakbo. Tamang tama, para naman may showbiz talk show sa Senado at Congress. >:)
obvious naman why Edu was the choice. labanan nang mga artista sabi nga ni Mel. like ko pa naman ang credentials ni Gibo. dapat kung ganito ang strategy nya to become president sana nun pa tumiwalag na sya ki Gloria
Edu is a good tv show host. Pero as a VP???? Oh no!
masyadong CHILDISH ang politika sa atin.
sistema na ito sa Pinas.
SISTEMA NA.
an additional info on who EDU MANZANO is.. thanks to cucky paredes of malaya.com.ph
Getting to know Edu Manzano
‘The earlier they come up with a credible answer to what Edu’s role in a Teodoro administration will be, the better for them.’
EDU Manzano as vice president of the Philippines?
Last Friday’s announcement that the Lakas-Kampi CMD had drafted the former chairman of the Optical Media Board (OMB) as running mate of Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. in next year’s elections makes his becoming VP at least a possibility.
I, for one, do not find the event totally unacceptable. I like Edu. I am not a bosom buddy but the times we have met have been pleasant and even fun.
The question is relevant because everybody knows that the vice president is only a failed heartbeat away from the presidency. It is an issue that both the Lakas-Kampi CMD and Manzano himself will have to confront in the course of the campaign. And the earlier they come up with a credible answer to what Edu’s role in a Teodoro administration will be, the better for them.
But who, really, is Edu Manzano and, in the event that he would have to, would he be a good president ?
Edu’s public service started with his election in 1998 as vice mayor of the City of Makati.
Manzano held that position until 2001 when he ran for mayor, and lost, partly because Edu did not have the needed financial resources to win. In fact, according to close friends, it was only recently that he was able to completely pay the debts he incurred in that mayoralty campaign, eleven years ago. His huge debt was the major reason he declined to accept invitations for him to run as senator in the 2007 elections.
Edu as vice mayor was working hard. He was elected president of the Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines where he worked, among other accomplishments, for the acquisition of ambulances and farm implements for local government units.
He was also president of the Vice Mayors’ Foundation where his functions included performing liaison work with NGOs and donors from foreign countries. His term saw the completion of the Vice Mayors’ building that served as a half-way house for vice mayors coming to Manila on official business.
During all that time, he was also an active member of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) where he was chairman of the Special Projects Committee. As Makati vice mayor, Edu received an Outstanding and Unblemished Record award from the National Press Club of the Philippines, and the Outstanding Vice Mayor award during the 12th Annual National Consumers Conference of the Consumers Union of the Philippines.
In 2004, the government tapped his services as chairman of the Optical Media Board (OMB). He resigned in September this year to devote more time to his advocacy on anti-child abuse and pornography and to explore, according to him, “other avenues of public service.”
His campaign against child abuse and pornography started when, in the course of the OMB’s numerous raids, they stumbled upon thousands of VCDs and DVDs containing pornographic materials. The items showed children as young as three years old being subjected to sexual abuse. Edu disclosed that the victims included Filipino children. It was this shocking discovery that prompted him to organize the Anti-Child Abuse and Pornography (ACAP) Foundation.
Manzano waged a relentless campaign against film piracy and illegal copying, distribution and sale of optical media materials. His work resulted in the removal of the Philippines from the Priority Watch List of the US Trade Representative (USTR) which contains a list of countries considered as notorious for film piracy and violations of intellectual property rights. The Philippines was cited for being one of only seven countries that made significant progress in effecting controls in their optical media operations and has since been placed only in the Ordinary Watch List.
The OMB campaign actually received recognition from prestigious global organizations like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Motion Picture Association International (MPAI). In 2006, Manzano became the first recipient of the Asia-Pacific Copyright Enforcer of the Year Award during the MPAI’s CineAsia Convention in Beijing, China in December 2006.
As an actor, Manzano was elected by his peers as a past president of the Actors Guild of the Philippines. During his term, Edu implemented a scholarship program for guild members and their families that covered students in the grade school and high school and provided computer training in the college level. He also worked to give guild members other perks that included lifetime emergency medical services, SSS and Medicare benefits, health insurance and housing loans.
A very interesting facet of Manzano’s background is his military service starting in 1973 as Head of Quality Control and Evaluation (QC&E) of the Missile Engineering Group of the United States Air Force where he had to work in a missile silo of the US Strategic Air Command (SAC). His stint in the US military gave him the opportunity to take up civil engineering which is offered in the US Air Force. His last tour of duty was in an air force facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA.
Edu also worked as a bank teller in the Bank of America in San Francisco, California. Because of his service in the US military and his being born in the US, Edu’s political opponents challenged his Filipino citizenship when he ran and won as vice mayor of Makati. To their dismay, the Supreme Court declared him a natural born Filipino and that’s because both his parents are Filipinos.
Possibly because of this military background, Manzano, by the way, was also an adopted as an Honorary Member of Class ’82 of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). This, Manzano said, because an asset in his job as OMB chairman. The PMA connection made it easier for him to coordinate with, and request assistance from PMA alumni who had become officers of the PNP and other law enforcement agencies.
Largely unknown to the public is Manzano’s intimate involvement in sports. People are surprised to learn that Edu is a 4th Dan Black belter in judo and was a three-time judo champion of the Philippines. He served as executive vice president of the Philippine Amateur Judo Association (PAJA) and was captain of the judo team of De La Salle University where he also played for the school’s senior basketball team in 1978-79 while taking up a course in economics.
He served as Council Member of the Philippine Olympic Committee and as chairman of the POC Special Projects Commission. He also became Chairman of the Philippine Tot Baseball Foundation and International Development Officer for Southeast Asia of the US Pony Baseball International.
Edu’s curriculum vitae enumerates executive positions as founder/president of two firms and a directorship in another. He claims to have experience and exposure in global transactions with multinational companies. He speaks and writes in English, Spanish and Tagalog and is very much at home in Hiligaynon (Ilonggo).
I thought that Edu would have made a good senator and would have improved the image of showbiz persons as politicos and, specially, as they are presently regarded as being fit only to be members in the Senate’s Committee of Silence.