[WHO] P-Noy Cabinet Members: Richest and Poorest

Only one out of 34 members of President Aquino's Cabinet is not a millionaire, as shown by their statements of assests, liabilities and net worth (SALN) for 2013. Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro, with a net worth of P433,392.17, experienced a substantial drop from P739,006.14 (2011) and P550,651 (2012).

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert del Rosario, on the other handt, remained the richest Cabinet member (net worth of P765 million) with an increase of almost P60 million from 2012.

Below is the list of secretaries and their net worth in descending order. Cabinet 2013 

1. Albert del Rosario (DFA) P765, 379,281.02 

2. Secretary Ramon Jimenez (DOT) P282,466,800 

3. Cesar Purisima (DOF) P278, 947,249 

4. Manuel Roxas II (DILG) P211,027,479.88 

5. Gregory Domingo (DTI) P150,641,395 

6. Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa P120,378,000 (Presidentiall chief legal counsel) 

7. Jose Rene Almendras P119,841,097.67 (Cabinet secretary) 

8. Jericho Petilla (DOE) P117,095,110 

9. Jose Emilio Abaya (DOTC) P112,080,897.55 

10. Enrique Ona (DOH) P93,692,345.56 

11. Proceso Alcala (DA) P90,772,754.10 

12. Rogelio Singson (DPWH) P83,844,373.25 

13. Mario Montejo (DOST) P59,968,806.39 

14. Joel Villanueva (TESDA) P49,772,955 

15. Patricia Licuanan (CHED) P45,477,803 

16. Francis Tolentino (MMDA) P40,722,000 

17. Butch Abad (DBM) P32,772,279.13 

18. Ramon Paje (DENR) P30,350,000 

19. Voltaire Gazmin (DND) P24,639,939 

20. Julia Abad (PMS) P22,360,000 

21. Arsenio Balisacan (NEDA) P21,615,100 

22. Paquito Ochoa P18,149,756.34 (Executive Secretary) 

23. Cesar Garcia Jr. P16,400,000 (National Security Adviser) 

24. Herminio Coloma (PCOO) P16,390,000 

25. Virgilio Delos Reyes (DAR) P14,589,967 

26. Edwin Lacierda P12,409,443.57 

27. Manuel Mamba P10,857,217.20 (Presidential Legislative Liaison Office) 

28. Mehol Sadain (NCMF) P10,422,270.12 

29. Ronald Llamas P5,693,378 (Political Adviser) 

30. Teresita Deles P4,712,506.86 (Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process) 

31. Leila De Lima (DOJ) P4,586,742.20 

32. Rosalinda Baldoz (DOLE) P4,345,406 

33. Corazon “Dinky” Soliman (DSWD) P3,680,000 

34. Armin Luistro (DepEd) P433,392.17

Source: Inquirer

Imelda Marcos now second richest politician in the Philippines

A report from AFP News reveals that Imelda Marcos has declared her net worth at $22 million, with parliament records backing up. As of the moment, the lavish wife of late President Ferdinand Marcos is struggling against the government with the control over her assets more than 20 years after the end of her dictator husband's reign.

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According to records released late Thursday, the widow of the overthrown dictator declared her wealth at 932.8 million pesos in 2011. This puts her second behind boxing champ and congressman Manny Pacquiao in the list of the Philippines' richest politicians in 2012.

Elected officials in the Philippines are compelled to declare their wealth (SALNS) each year. The amount declared by Marcos was almost 50 percent higher than that of 2010, some which were attributed to new assets surrendered to the government by the dictator's cronies, but counted as "overlooked".

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How on Earth did Imelda amass and keep such large fortune?

I thought that she's now living a simple, penniless life, but it seems to me that she's hiding something somewhere. It's possible that she might have been successful in hiding large dollar accounts offshore and opened it soon as her cases have been absolved. Not that I'm being rude to her, nor pointing fingers, but I suggest that these be placed under investigation.

In fact it won't damage her reputation. If all she says is true, it would even save and vindicate her of all criticisms and unfair judgment thrown at her my her bitter political rivals and of course, a big portion of the Filipino populace.

Source: Yahoo! Philippines News