By EUGENE ADIONG
BACOLOD City — Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Renato Malabor of the 5th District is the “richest” among Board members, with a net worth of P28,747,660.91, his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) showed.
Renato Gustilo of the 1st District, on the other hand, is the “poorest,” with a net worth of only P700,000, according to copies of SALNs made available to the media by SP secretary Maki Angel Ascalon.
Malabor has real properties worth P13,118,000 and personal properties, P16,629,660.91; his liabilities amounted to P1,100,000.
Gustilo identified as personal property only a Hyundai vehicle, acquired in 2012, worth P700,000, and did not declare any real property and liability.
Following Malabor was Pedro Zayco Jr. of the 6th District, with a net worth of P25,552,916.99. His real properties were worth P18,710,721.60; personal properties, P7,345,000; and liabilities, P502,804.61.
Vice Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has a net worth of P1,878,247.34; personal properties, P2,302,407.34; real properties, none; and liabilities, P424,160.
Other SP members and the major amounts stated in their respective SALNs are as follows:
- Miller Serondo (2nd District): net worth, P8,394,673.68; real properties, P9,976,927.80; personal properties, P4,601,734.18; liabilities, P6,183,988.30
- Salvador Escalante Jr. (2nd Distirct): net worth, P8,127,106; real properties, P1,770,000; personal properties, P27,100,209; liabilities, P18,973,103
- Johnna Ko (3rd District): net worth, P6,718,400; real properties, P480,000; personal properties, P6,200,000; liabilities, none
- Jose Benito Alonzo (4th District): net worth, P2,900,000; real properties, P2,200,000; personal properties, P3,850,000; liabilities, P3,150,000
- Helen Zafra (6th District): net worth, P2,805,000; real properties, P1,590,000 ; personal properties, P1,350,000; liabilities, P135,000
- Raul Rivera (Philippine Councilors League): net worth, P2,794,863.07; real properties, P2,255,963.07; personal properties, P3,127,863.07; liabilities, P333,000
- Alain Gatuslao (5th District): net worth, P2,650,000; personal properties, P2,650,000; and real properties, none; liabilities, none
- Mark Cui (Association of Barangay Councils): net worth, P2,265,500; real properties, P150,000; personal properties, P2,150,500; liabilities, P35,000
- Victor Javellana (4th District): net worth, P1,185,329.75; real properties, P1,175,329.75; personal properties, P260,000; liabilities, P250,000; and
- Patrick Leonard Lacson (3rd District): net worth, P1,900,000; real properties, P1,900,000 (a house in Bethany Subdivision, Bacolod City); personal properties, none; liabilities, none.
Rolando Ponsica of the 1st District, who is on leave, was unable to file his SALN.
Meanwhile, two Negrense congressmen are among Top 10 richest House of Representatives members — Alfredo Benitez of the 3rd District (fourth) and Julio Ledesma IV of the 1st District (fifth).
Benitez has a net worth of P713,875,030; real properties, P459,419,415; personal properties, P361,500,241; liabilities, P107,044,626. Ledesma has a net worth of P617,325,558; real properties, P28,000,000; personal properties, P714,975,558.46; liabilities, P125,650,000.
Another Negrense representative, Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna party-list, ranked 10th in the Top 10 poorest Lower House member, with a net worth of P2,251,574.92, real properties of P2,110,600, personal properties of P1,628,990.04 and liabilities of P1,488,015.12.
Boxing champion and Sarangani representative Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao is the richest congressman with a net worth of P1,345,499,575./PN
