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Friday, March 18, 2005
Jose Pidal second richest lawmaker in RP
By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan
BACOLOD CITY -- The man who claimed he was the controversial "Jose Pidal," now the representative of the fifth district of Negros Occidental, was declared the second richest congressman of the country.
Representative Ignacio Arroyo Jr., brother-in-law of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, was among the 227 millionaires at the House of Representatives.
Iggy placed second to Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar, wife of Senator Manuel Villar.
Also making it to the top five richest lawmakers are Judy Syjuco and Ferj Biron, both of Iloilo province.
Based on his declared Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SAL) for 2004, the youngest brother of First Gentleman Juan Miguel Arroyo obtained an asset worth more than P300 million, with liabilities of P15.5 million or a net worth of P291.6 million.
Villar, on the other hand, has a liability-free asset worth of P531.2 million.
Syjuco, wife of known Makati businessman and former Iloilo second district Representative Buboy Syjuco, ranked No. 3 with an asset of P270.1 million with liabilities of P18.9 million for a total net worth of P251.2 million.
Biron, a neophyte lawmaker from the fourth district of Iloilo, was in the fourth spot with a total valued asset of P276 million, total asset of P276.8 million, liabilities of P45.5 million, or a net worth of P231.4 million.
The son of Senator Edgardo Angara, Representative Juan Edgardo Angara of Aurora Province, ranked No. 5 with valued asset of P112.8 million, with liabilities of P530,000, or a net worth of P112.3 million.
The two sons of former ambassador Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco - Representatives Mark and Charlie Cojuangco of Pangasinan and fourth district of Negros Occidental - are in the 19th and 20th spots, respectively.
Mark declared a total asset of P50.1 million while his younger brother, Charlie, has P5.9 million.
The other congressmen in the top 20 are: Representatives Rafael Nantes, Quezon; Mary Ann Susano, Quezon City; Juan Ponce Enrile Jr., Cagayan; Antonio Floirendo Jr., Davao; Ronaldo Puno, Antipolo City; Glenda Ecleo, Surigao del Norte; Francis Nepomuceno, Pampanga; Amelita Villarosa, Mindoro Occidental; Rodolfo Plaza, Agusan del Sur; Gilberto Teodoro, Tarlac; Rodolfo Valencia, Mindoro Oriental; Pendro Pancho, Bulacan; Ronaldo Zamora, San Juan; Teodoro Locsin Jr., Makati City; and Florencio Vargas, Cagayan.
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mcalvo - My graduation was unforgettable to me and to my classmates. I was so drunk the night before graduation. During the ceremony i dozed to the point of snooring even when i was already standing i was half sleeping. Our dean has to call my name twice and the person behind me has to push me just to wake me up... graduations are memorable...enjoy and congratulations to all graduates!
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