Tag: SALN

Villar still richest senator

(Eagle News)–Senator Cynthia Villar remains the richest lawmaker in the Upper House, based on her recently filed Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Villar’s  P3,534, 412,797 trumps the  P3,005, 808,000 of legendary boxer Senator Manny Pacquiao, who came in second place. Senator Ralph Recto was in third place, with P555,324,479.82, while Senator Juan Miguel  Zubiri was in fourth, with P182,851,570.34. Senator Bong Revilla  landed on fifth place, with P164,203,379.38. Below are the other senators’ […]

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Senate joint panel orders former, current BuCor officials to submit SALNs from 2013 to present

(Eagle News)–The Senate joint panel conducting an inquiry into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law has ordered some Bureau of Corrections current and former officials to submit their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. The panel ordered the former and current officials to submit their SALNs since 2013 up to this year, following Senator Risa Hontiveros’ request they be subjected to a lifestyle check. The request came following allegations there was corruption in the […]

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Sen. Poe: Mga mambabatas na tatangging isapubliko ang kanilang SALN, maaaring kasuhan

(Eagle News) — Maaaring makasuhan ng paglabag sa batas ang mga kongresista kung sila ay tumanggi na isapubliko ang kanilang Statement of Assets Liabilities and Net worth (SALN). Ayon kay Senador Grace Poe, nakasaad sa Article 11 Section 17 ng Saligang Batas na dapat ideklara ng bawat opisyal at empleyado ng gobyerno ang kanilang SALN. Sakop nito ang Presidente, Bise Presidente, mga miyembro ng gabinete, kongreso hanggang sa mga opisyal ng Armed Forces of the […]

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House Majority Leader Castro: It is easier to access congressmen’s SALNs under HR 2467

(Eagle News)–House Majority Leader  Fredenil Castro on Friday, Feb. 1, defended the House of Representatives’ adoption of House Resolution 2467, saying access to the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of the congressmen will actually be made easier thanks to the resolution soon. In a statement, Castro said in the first place, “requesting parties no longer have to ask the courts to issue a subpoena duces tecum, they merely have to ask and follow […]

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Former senator, nun to SC: Make justices’ SALNs public

(Eagle News) — A former senator and a nun have asked the Supreme Court to make the Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of the justices available to the public. Former lawmaker Rene Saguisag and Mary John Mananzan  said such was, after all, a “justified and a necessary consequence of the Supreme Court’s majority decision on the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.” “Since the majority of the Court has ruled […]

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SALNs of Cabinet officials bared; Villar richest

 (Eagle News)—–The Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet were bared on Friday, May 25, with Public Works Secretary Mark Villar topping the list. Villar said he had a net worth of P1.4 billion, more than the P1.3 million declared by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi who was in second place. Finance Secretary  Carlos Dominguez  was in third place, with P338,123,873; followed by Transportation  Secretary  Arthur Tugade with P303,233,620. […]

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Cynthia Villar still the richest senator

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Cynthia Villar is still the richest member of the Senate. Based on a copy of her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, as of December 31, 2017, the assets of Villar, whose family is engaged in real estate and other businesses, amount to P3,611,260,766. This was P5.2 million more than her previous assets of P3,606,033,556. Following Villar was Senator-boxer Manny Pacquiao, who listed assets amounting to P2,946, […]

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Sereno supporters urge SolGen Calida to resign

(Eagle News) — The Coalition for Justice on Monday, April 30, urged Solicitor General Jose Calida to resign after he denied a request for him to file a quo warranto petition against Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on the basis she supposedly did not file her complete Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. CFJ, which supports Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who faces a quo warranto case filed by Calida for her alleged failure […]

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Associate Justice Leonen: SALN a mere “tool,” not a “measure of integrity”

(Eagle News) — Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno may have found an ally in Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. On  Wednesday, April 10, Leonen said that Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth were mere “tools” and “not a measure of integrity,” a conclusion he made after establishing that Sereno did not have the opportunity to “steal” from government coffers when she was on leave as a University of the Philippines professor from 2000 to  2006. […]

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JBC says SC acting chief justice Carpio submitted complete SALNs, disproving Sereno’s claim

  (Eagle News) – The Judicial and Bar Council issued a certification that Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio had submitted all the required Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) contrary to the claim of on-leave Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sereno, in her comment to the quo warranto petition filed against her before the tribunal, claimed that Carpio was among the associate justices and other lawyers who were listed as applicants […]

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Sereno camp: 13 others aspiring for Chief Justice post failed to submit required number of SALNs

(Eagle News) — Thirteen applicants for the position of Chief Justice failed to submit the required number of Statements of Asset, Liabilities and Net Worth. This is according to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s camp, who appeared to have admitted in a statement on Monday that she herself had failed to submit her SALNs at one point. “The submission of all SALNs for those in government was a requirement which the JBC can waive and […]

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Former PNP Chief Purisima pleads not guilty to perjury

(Eagle News) — Former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima on Friday pled not guilty to perjury charges filed against him over his alleged failure to disclose various possessions in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Purisima made the plea in the Sandiganbayan’s Second Division, where he was indicted for eight counts of perjury over his questioned SALNs for the years 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2014. In the charge sheet, the Ombudsman […]

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