Teves files COC for Negros Oriental governor, vowing to resume previous initiatives

Former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Friday for the position of governor in the May 2025 mid-term elections.

Teves, running under the Liberal Party (LP), was accompanied by Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo and other party members during the COC filing at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office in Dumaguete City.

When speaking with reporters, Teves expressed his readiness to face any challenges, stating that he accepts whatever destiny awaits him.

If given another mandate, Teves assured constituents that he would continue work he initiated during his brief tenure as governor from June to October 2022.

In the 2022 elections, Teves initially won but was later removed from office after a recount ordered by Comelec, which resulted in Roel Degamo being proclaimed governor; this decision was upheld by the Supreme Court in February 2023.

Roel Degamo, who had been seeking re-election, was assassinated on March 4, 2023, along with nine others in Pamplona, and Ousted Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., Pryde's brother, is currently detained in East Timor for his alleged involvement in the attack.