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ABS-CBN: Senators’ Net Worth Rise (2020–2024)
Ten returning senators, led by Imee Marcos and Panfilo Lacson with triple-digit gains, reported increased net worths from 2020 to 2025 due to private ventures, leaving Senators Dela Rosa and Gatchalian as the only ones to declare a decline.
FOI: SALNs of President Marcos Jr. and Cabinet
The Presidential Management Staff (PMS) denied a July 2023 request for President Marcos Jr. and his Cabinet's SALNs due to lack of custody, advising the requester to contact the Ombudsman and Malacañang Records Office instead.
PhilStar Life: PH Richest Senators
Senators Cynthia Villar (P3.87 billion) and Manny Pacquiao (P3.18 billion) maintained their status as the Senate's only billionaires in 2020. They were followed in the top five by Ralph Recto, Juan Miguel Zubiri, and Bong Revilla, while Senator Leila de Lima reported the lowest net worth among the group at P9.5 million.
Senate SALN Table Summary 2020
This document provides a summary of the Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) for all 24 senators as of December 31, 2020.
PhilStar Life: Cynthia Villar Richest Senator (2019)
Senator Cynthia Villar was the richest senator in 2019 with a net worth of P3.81 billion, followed by Manny Pacquiao with P3.17 billion. While these two held net worths in the billions, Senator Leila de Lima reported the lowest wealth at P8.32 million, and Senators Pacquiao and Sotto declared the highest liabilities at over P356 million and P305 million, respectively.
PCIJ: Duterte’s Secret SALN – The Lie of His FOI
President Duterte became the first president in 30 years to keep his SALN secret, contradicting his own transparency order while the Ombudsman and Malacañang blocked requests through bureaucratic finger-pointing.
Bulatlat: Duterte Family Wealth Spikes (2019)
A 2019 PCIJ report reveals that President Duterte, Sara, and Paolo consistently grew wealthier while in office, recording unexplained spikes in assets and cash that did not match their modest government salaries or declared business income.
House of Representatives SALN CY 2018 (Alpha)
The 2018 SALN records reveal a massive wealth gap within the House of Representatives, where the richest members are billionaires while the poorest possess comparatively humble assets. Party-list representative Michael Romero leads the wealthiest group, followed closely by Alfredo Benitez and Imelda Marcos, whereas progressive party-list representatives like Sarah Elago and others from the Makabayan bloc rank as the poorest members of the chamber.
PCIJ: SALNs of Cabinet Members – An Epidemic of Redactions
A 2017 PCIJ report revealed an "epidemic of redactions" where Cabinet members blacked out critical asset details in their SALNs, defying the administration's own Freedom of Information order.
House of Representatives SALN CY 2017 (Amended)
This document is an official public record from the Philippine House of Representatives that lists the financial declarations of its members for the calendar year 2017. It presents a tabular summary organized alphabetically by legislator, detailing their legislative district or party-list, total assets, total liabilities, and overall net worth.
House of Representatives SALN 31 Dec 2016 (Alpha)
This document is the official summary of the 2016 financial declarations (SALN) for members of the Philippine House of Representatives, listing each legislator's total assets, liabilities, and net worth.
House of Representatives SALN Net Worth 31 Dec 2016
This document is the official summary of the 2016 financial declarations for Philippine House of Representatives members, identical in data to the alphabetical list but ranked by net worth from highest to lowest.
MindaNews: PCIJ Wealth Check on Presidential Bets (2016)
This report by the PCIJ analyzes the 2016 financial declarations of the five presidential candidates, criticizing them as "opaque" and noting a suspicious shift from visible real estate to harder-to-verify personal assets to obscure their true wealth.
PCIJ: Wealth Check – Rodrigo Duterte
In his 2015 SALN, Rodrigo Duterte declared a net worth of ₱23.51 million, a slight increase from 2014, with cash assets of ₱14.8 million. However, the report highlights undeclared assets and "gifts" from Pastor Apollo Quiboloy—including three properties and two luxury vehicles—as well as an undeclared San Juan townhouse allegedly owned by his son Sebastian
House of Representatives SALN as of 31 Dec 2015
This document is the official amended summary of the 2015 financial declarations (SALN) for members of the Philippine House of Representatives, filed on or before April 30, 2016. It lists the total assets, liabilities, and net worth for each legislator, notably identifying then-Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao as the wealthiest member with a net worth of over ₱3.2 billion.
PCIJ: Duterte 2015 SALN – P148M Cash, Bank Growth
This article reports on Rodrigo Duterte's 2015 SALN, where he declared a net worth of ₱23.51 million—including ₱14.8 million in cash—and highlights his 2,519% wealth growth over 19 years (averaging 132.6% annually), which was the highest growth rate among the 2016 presidential candidates.
PCIJ: Robredo, Escudero, Trillanes – 2015 SALNs
This report details the 2015 financial declarations of vice-presidential candidates Leni Robredo (₱8.71 million), Antonio Trillanes IV (₱5.98 million), and Francis Escudero (₱5.85 million), noting slight fluctuations in their net worth and specific asset or liability changes.
PCIJ: What Imee Marcos Disclosed and Didn’t (2013)
This PCIJ report highlights that Imee Marcos's declared net worth tripled in 2011 after she became governor, a spike she attributed to a sudden increase in the declared value of her personal assets—specifically jewelry, paintings, and other art—as well as new business interests.
PCIJ: Marcos Daughter Tied to Offshore Trust
This PCIJ report reveals that Imee Marcos is a beneficiary of the secret Sintra Trust in the British Virgin Islands, which she failed to declare in her SALN despite laws requiring full asset disclosure.
PCIJ: Manny Villar, JV Ejercito Linked to Offshore Accounts
This PCIJ report reveals that both Manny Villar and JV Ejercito held secret offshore accounts in the British Virgin Islands—"Awesome Dragon Holdings" and "Ice Bell Properties," respectively—which they failed to declare in their mandatory asset disclosures (SALNs). Villar claimed his company was a dormant shell, while Ejercito dismissed the findings as a politically motivated attack.
PCIJ: Repentant, Reticent, Rude
The PCIJ confronted a senator, a congressman, and two former government executives with questions about secret accounts that each had opened separately in offshore havens. It’s diff’rent strokes for diff’rent folks.
PCIJ: Rising Fortunes, Falling Taxes
The PCIJ article "Rising fortunes, falling taxes" (2011) investigates the significant disparity between the soaring wealth of public officials and their relatively low tax payments, using the case of then-Representative Mikey Arroyo and his wife, Angela, as a primary example.