NEGROS Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer is the richest member of the Provincial Board (PB), while Board Member Pocholo Yuvienco, Sangguniang Kabataan representative, is the poorest based on their 2019 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).
Based on the documents released by lawyer Maki Ascalaon, PB secretary, Ferrer has a net worth amounting to P106,538,000, while Yuvienco has a net worth of P370,000.
Board Member Rita Gatuslao (5th district), who followed Ferrer as the richest, has a net worth of P35,790,000.
Gatuslao is from the Himamaylan City-based Gatuslao political clan in the province' Fifth District.
She is followed by Board Members Andrew Montelibano (Third District) with a net worth of P24,330,000; Sixto Guanzon (Second District) - P16,386,600; Valetino Miguel Alonzo (Sixth District) - P15,345,596.47; Ryan Gamboa (Philippine Councilors League) - P10,281,877.90; Frederick Ko (Third District) - P9,751,292; Samson Mirhan (Second District) - P8,999,972.38; Jose Benito Alonzo (Fourth District) - P7,430,000; Araceli Somosa (First District) - P6,161,700; Rommel Debulgado (First District) - P5,961,264; Agustin Ernesto Bascon (Fifth District) - P2,226,876; Juvy Pepillo (Association of Barangay Captains) - P1,525,000; and Jeffrey Tubola (Sixth District)- P420,000.