Rafael Teshiba Tulfo
Senator of the Philippines
National Capital Region
1 convicted
Active Legal Cases
Guy v. Tulfo (Abante Tonite Libel Case)
📋Track Record
★Achievements
Won 2022 Senate Election 3rd Place (23.4 Million Votes)
Placed 3rd in the 2022 Philippine Senate elections with 23,396,954 votes — the highest vote total ever received by a first-time senatorial candidate at that time
2022
Wikipedia — Raffy TulfoRaffy Tulfo in Action — 30 Million YouTube Subscribers
Built Raffy Tulfo in Action into the 3rd most-subscribed Filipino YouTube channel with 30 million subscribers and 18.45 billion views, providing free citizen advocacy and legal assistance to millions
2021
Wikipedia — Raffy Tulfo⚖Legal Records
People v. Tulfo (Carlos So Libel Case)
Libel
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Filed: 1999-01-01
SC acquitted Raffy Tulfo in his 1999 libel case involving BOC lawyer Carlos So, reversing the Court of Appeals conviction, citing protection of press freedom and public interest journalism
Supreme Court of the Philippines — SC Acquits Raffy TulfoGuy v. Tulfo (Abante Tonite Libel Case)
Libel
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Filed: 2003-01-01
SC affirmed conviction for libel published in Abante Tonite; ordered Tulfo to pay PHP 500,000 moral damages, PHP 1 million exemplary damages, and PHP 211,200 attorney's fees to complainant Michael Guy
PhilStar — SC Affirms Raffy Tulfo Libel Conviction★ Community Trust
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👑Political Dynasty
Tulfo
Raffy — 1st Generation (Patriarch/Matriarch)
A political dynasty occurs when multiple members of the same family hold public office. The 1987 Philippine Constitution calls on Congress to prohibit political dynasties, but no law has been passed.
Erwin Teshiba Tulfo
Senator of the Philippines (2025–present)
Ralph Tulfo
Representative, 2nd District of Quezon City (2022–present)
Jocelyn Pua-Tulfo
ACT-CIS Party-list Representative (2019–present)
Wanda Corazon Tulfo-Teo
Secretary of Tourism (2017–2019)
All data sourced from official public records. Scores computed from objective benchmarks.