Talk about the rich getting richer. Nobody did it better than outgoing Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar whose wealth increased by some P600 million last year, largely because of the country’s soaring stock market.
As most justices of the Supreme Court had kept their personal financial reports under lock and key, President Benigno Aquino III just may look elsewhere for a new Chief Justice.
The House of Representatives is in danger of being dubbed the “House of Hypocrites” as its leaders—who have been partying for three straight nights after successfully obtaining a guilty verdict against former Chief Justice Renato Corona—continue to play deaf to mounting calls for them to fully disclose their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) and sign waivers to disclose their bank deposits.
President Benigno Aquino III’s wealth grew by P10 million to P65.13 million by the end of 2011 due mainly to the inheritance he received from his late parents, former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and former President Corazon C. Aquino.
The statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of members of the House of Representatives will not be released just yet, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. told a press briefing Thursday.
ALL government officials and employees in Cebu have until today to submit their respective Statements of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) to the Visayas-Ombudsman.
Chief Justice Renato Corona can’t have a free ride on the job done by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), and should himself secure the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of government officials.
Defense counsel Tranquil Salvador on Monday said that they were not out to “embarrass or put in a bad light” other public officials whose Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) were subject of an investigative article written by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ).
Statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of top government officials will no longer require a subpoena for the public to be informed on bureaucrats’ finances if President Benigno Aquino III’s version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill is passed by Congress.
