SALN of Duterte Cabinet released; Mark Villar is lone billionaire

Public Works and Highway Secretary Mark Villar. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar is the lone billionaire in the Duterte Cabinet with a P1.409 billion net worth, his latest Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (SALN) showed.

Malacañang released Thursday SALNs of the Cabinet members of the Duterte administration.

Villar had a net worth of P1.42 billion in assets and P14.5 million in liabilities as of December 2016.

The secretary’s assets include at least four condominiums and three lots with houses amounting to a total of P135 million. The remaining P1.29 billion in “other real and personal properties” were not specified.

Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano is the poorest Cabinet official with a net worth of P273,692.58. Mariano did not declare any real property.

His assets include his clothing of around P35,000 and cash in bank of P238,629.58.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III is the second richest Cabinet official with a net worth of P351,859,283.

The net worth of the other Cabinet members are:

• Information and Technology Secretary Rodolfo Salalima — P304,961,439.91
• Secretary Arthur Tugade — P302 million
• Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi — P163 million
• Communications Secretary Martin Andanar — P152 million
• Economic Secretary Ernesto Pernia — 105 million
• Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano — P55 million
• Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez — P50.5 million
• Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo — P44.9 million
• Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza — P40 million
• Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II — P37.6 million
• Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol — P25.6 million
• National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon — P22.3 million
• Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno — P19.8 million
• National Intelligence Coordinating Agency chief Alex Monteagudo — P16.5 million
• Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III — P15.5 million
• Local Government officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy — P14.7 million
• National Commission on Muslim Filipinos head Yasmin Lao — P13.9 million
• Acting head of Presidential Management Staff Ferdinand Cui Jr. — P7.98 million
• Science Secretary Fortunato de la Peña — P75 million
• Education Secretary Leonor Briones — P4.39 million
• Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana — P3.7 million
• Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo — P1.97 million
• Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial — P1.2 million
• National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary Liza Maza — P273,629.58

The SALNs of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go, and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu were not available. JE