Ben Tulfo

Bienvenido "Ben" Teshiba Tulfo (Tagalog: [bɪɛnbɛˈnidɔ ˈtulfo]; born March 15, 1955) is a Filipino television and radio personality, entrepreneur and former government official. He is primarily known for producing and hosting Bitag, a reality public service television program that first aired on ABC (now TV5) from 2002 to 2003 and later on IBC from 2003 to 2011. He has also produced shows such as Pinoy US Cops, Bitag Live, and Kilos Pronto.

Bienvenido Teshiba Tulfo was born on March 15, 1955 in Dansalan (later renamed Marawi), Lanao to Ramon Tulfo Sr., a colonel in the Philippine Constabulary, and Caridad (née Teshiba), a housewife, who died in 2024, at the age of 97. His siblings include Tuchi, Bong, Joseph, Edelle, Ramon, Raffy and Erwin, the latter three of whom are all his fellow journalists, as well as Wanda Tulfo Teo.

In 1994, Ben conceptualized the television program Isumbong Mo Kay Tulfo and was aired on RPN-9.^{[citation needed]} His brother Ramon hosted the program but after its successful launch, Ben left the show. By 1997, he launched Philippines Most Wanted (patterned closely to America's Most Wanted) on PTV-4 but later expanded from TV to radio (through DZXL (defunct)). The program was hosted together with his brother, Raffy. However, after a year of hosting Philippines Most Wanted, he left the program which in turn, leaving Raffy to go solo.

Ben later returned to the field of broadcast media in 2001. His program, Bahala si Tulfo (Now BITAG Live) was later offered a mid-morning time slot by DZME. He was later offered to be the editor-in-chief for the Manila Standard, then he wrote his column for Saksi Ngayon, a sister publication of the Manila Standard.

While BST Tri-Media was conceived in 2002, he became a columnist for Philippine Star's Tagalog counterparts: Pilipino Star Ngayon and Pang Masa. As of 2017, he is still writing for these columns.

On July 4, 2005, UNTV Channel 37's Daniel Razon offered him to join UNTV and be one of their anchors. He became one of the hosts of Pilipinas, Gising Ka Na Ba? which was immediately followed by Bahala si Tulfo from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. after What's Up Doc?. It was also simulcast at DZME.

Erwin later joined Ben at UNTV in 2006. Bahala si Tulfo was later renamed to Tulfo Brothers: Bahala si Ben at Erwin. However, in June of the same year, Erwin left to host Isumbong Mo – Tulfo Brothers at RPN-9. Ben went solo again and renamed the show back to its original title.

In 2011, TV5 offered Ben to co-anchor with his two other brothers for T3. In addition, Ben offered TV5 his Pinoy US Cops to be shown at TV5's sister television station AksyonTV.