{"article":{"id":259055,"heading":"Philippines: Revilla\u2019s backing won\u2019t sway Teddy Casi\u00f1o","author":"Maricar Cinco","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:40","modified":"2013-11-11 01:11:49","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:11:49","article":"<p>Casi&ntilde;o said he was grateful for Revilla&rsquo;s support but joining the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) was &ldquo;highly unlikely, (as a) matter of principle.&rdquo; <br><br> &ldquo;Ang usapan namin ni Bong (Revilla), sa Cavite lang (Revilla and I only talked about Cavite) because that&rsquo;s his bailiwick,&rdquo; Casi&ntilde;o said in a phone interview Monday. <br><br> He said he had not received a formal invitation from the party to be its guest candidate. <br><br> Casi&ntilde;o, a former party-list representative of the militant Bayan Muna, is a known critic of the Arroyo administration. Arroyo is chairperson emeritus of Lakas-CMD. <br><br> Lakas-CMD recently named Revilla, who is reportedly being groomed to be its standard bearer in 2016, as the party chairman. <br><br> &ldquo;It was made on his (Revilla) personal capacity,&rdquo; Casi&ntilde;o said of Revilla&rsquo;s open endorsement of his senatorial bid at an event in Dasmari&ntilde;as, Cavite, on Sunday. <br><br> Revilla&rsquo;s son Jolo is running for vice governor of the vote-rich province. <br><br> Lacking hefty campaign funds, Casi&ntilde;o has resorted to alternative campaign strategies, such as &ldquo;Takbo ni Teddy, Takbo ng Karaniwang Tao&rdquo; (Teddy&rsquo;s run is the common people&rsquo;s run) to win votes. <br><br> He was in Calamba City, Laguna, on Friday and later that evening at the annual February Fair at the University of the Philippines Los Ba&ntilde;os (UPLB), from which he graduated.  <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"SAN PEDRO, Laguna\u2014Independent senatorial candidate Teddy Casi\u00f1o on Monday said the endorsement he received from Sen. Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla Jr. should not be construed as an indication that he would be joining the political party of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-casino-teddy-casi__o-epal.jpg","filesize":"32.4 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2013\/03\/259055.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-casino-teddy-casi__o-epal.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-casino-teddy-casi__o-epal.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-casino-teddy-casi__o-epal.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":259056,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-marx-lenin-mao-kmu.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-marx-lenin-mao-kmu.jpg"}},{"id":259057,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-teddy-casino-satur-ocampo-rumour-mongering.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-teddy-casino-satur-ocampo-rumour-mongering.jpg"}},{"id":259058,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-teddy-casino-sin-tax-pixel-offensive.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bayan-muna-teddy-casino-sin-tax-pixel-offensive.jpg"}},{"id":259059,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cpp-ndf-front-bayan-muna-makabayan-coalition.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cpp-ndf-front-bayan-muna-makabayan-coalition.jpg"}},{"id":259060,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kabataan-partylist-anak-bayan-muna-anakbayan.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kabataan-partylist-anak-bayan-muna-anakbayan.jpg"}},{"id":259061,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kmp-anak-pawis-partylist-bayan-muna-anakpawis.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kmp-anak-pawis-partylist-bayan-muna-anakpawis.jpg"}},{"id":259062,"heading":"Bayan Muna - Makabayan","article":"","author":"Maricar Cinco","parent_id":259055,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","modified":"2013-03-21 23:26:44","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mong_palatino-vencer-crisostomo-kabataan-partylist.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mong_palatino-vencer-crisostomo-kabataan-partylist.jpg"}}],"comments":[]}