Philippine Congress bombing Congressman Teves was one of the three Philippine representatives, others were
Luzviminda Ilagan of
GABRIELA partylist and
Wahab Akbar of the lone district of Basilan, that were victimized by the explosion. Representative Akbar was killed in the incident while both Teves and Congresswoman Luzviminda Ilagan suffered severe injuries. About 62% of his body sustained second and third degree burns, and his left foot was badly fractured. In earlier reports, doctors announced that Teves' legs would be amputated, but later decided this would not be necessary. Vercita Garcia, staff member of Rep. Pryde Henry Teves, died at 6:30 p.m. due to cardiac arrest at
St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City, on December 17, 2007. On December 18, 2007, after 35 days, Teves was moved out of the
intensive care unit of St. Luke's Medical Center to a private room, and recuperated from destroyed
eardrum, fractured leg and sustained deep burns in his arms from the
Batasang Pambansa bombing. On January 31, 2008, Teves, 35, reported for work at the House of Representatives, against doctors' advice. Teves, still in a wheelchair, wore black cotton gloves to protect his burned hands, and he could not shake hands or use his cellular phone. He stated:
As provincial governor In 2022, Teves, ran under
Nationalist People's Coalition,
defeated incumbent
Negros Oriental Governor
Roel Degamo with a winning margin of almost twenty thousand votes. On June 30, 2022, Teves took his oath of office replacing Degamo who had stepped down following a brief standoff as the latter refused to vacate the office. had filed a petition before the COMELEC to declare another gubernatorial candidate, a certain
Ruel Degamo, whose real name is Grego Gaudia, a
nuisance and to cancel the latter's candidacy, which had later decided. He appealed that the votes for Gaudia should be credited to him. Prior to the proclamation of Degamo on October 3, Teves said in his weekend radio program that while respecting whatever decision by either the COMELEC,
Supreme Court (SC), or the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on his election victory, he would not stay further if the ruling in favor of Degamo is enforced. However, Teves had been refusing to step down despite Degamo's inauguration on October 5 and a DILG order on the same day asking him to vacate the office, saying that the COMELEC decision is final and executory. Teves had filed a
quo warranto petition before the SC contesting the said COMELEC ruling, which was expected to be decided by October 11. Later, on that day, Teves voluntarily relinquished the governorship as the SC, in a media statement, said that they had not act yet on the appeal. On February 14, 2023, the SC
en banc dismissed Teves' petition, thus, affirming the COMELEC's declaration of Degamo's victory.
Aftermath Teves ran again in the
2025 Philippine general election as governor of Negros Oriental, but lost to incumbent
Chaco Sagarbarria. ==Accusations of terrorism==