Villar, Pacquiao lead Senate’s richest

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Senator Cynthia Villar (Photo courtesy wikipedia)
Senator Cynthia Villar (Photo courtesy Wikipedia)

 

(Eagle News)– Senator Cynthia Villar is still the Senate’s richest member but she is no longer the only billionaire as she now shares the spot with Senator Manny Pacquiao.

From P3.5 billion last year, Villar’s wealth slightly increased to P3.606 billion as of December 31, 2016, based on her 2016 statements of assets, liabilities and networth (SALN).

 

WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan prior to his press conference in Tokyo on November 26, 2016. Pacquiao is in Japan to launch his first fitness gym "PACQUIAO GYM TOKYO JAPAN" in Harajuku, Tokyo. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI
(File photo) — WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prior to his press conference in Tokyo on November 26, 2016.  / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

 

Pacquiao declared a net worth of P3.072 billion, making him the second richest senator.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV replaced Senator Francis Escudero as the poorest member with P6,506,672.13.

Escudero was the second poorest with P6.602 million net worth last year, still higher than his P5.8 million net worth in 2015.

 The third poorest senator was Senator Leila de Lima with P6.617 million.
Below is the list of senators’ net worth in 2016.

1. Cynthia Villar: P3,606,034,556

2. Manny Pacquiao: P3,072,315,030

3. Ralph Recto: P 522,610,452.59

4. Sonny Angara: P123,949,722

5. Juan Miguel Zubiri: P121,768,713.77

6. Sherwin Gatchalian: P 92,141,701.14

7. Grace Poe: P88,480,811.91

8. Franklin Drilon: P82,482,955

9. JV Ejercito: P 79,130,483.36

10. Richard Gordon: P66,928,851.46

11. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III: P63,800,450

12. Nancy Binay: P 60,483,437

13. Loren Legarda: P40,911,192.90

14. Panfilo Lacson: P38,703,615

15. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV: P33,860,702

16. Alan Peter Cayetano: P24,132,490

17. Joel Villanueva: P21,519,770

18. Gringo Honasan: P21,279,749.74

19. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III: P17,734,400

20. Risa Hontiveros: P16,332,952.70

21. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan: P9,288,108.84

22. Leila de Lima: P6,617,635.62

23. Francis “Chiz” Escudero: P6,602,082.09

24. Antonio Trillanes IV: P6,506,672.13

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