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All 24 Senators of 20th Congress release SALNs

RG Cruz

Agatha Gregorio

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MANILA (UPDATED) — Amid calls for transparency, all 24 senators of the 20th Congress have bared their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) to the public.Senator Mark Villar is the richest senator of the 20th Congress with a declared net worth of over P1.2 billion, followed by Senator Raffy Tulfo who has at least P1 billion in declared net worth. Senator Francis Escudero meanwhile is the &quot;poorest&quot; senator with a net worth of a little less than P19 million.<div> </div><div>LATEST BATCH</div>Senators Alan Peter Cayetano, Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa and Imee Marcos were the latest batch who consented to the Office of the Senate Secretary to release their SALN.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/28/10-more-senators-give-media-access-to-their-salns-1136">21 of 24 senators release SALNs</a></div>Cayetano has assets of P110, 662,791 and liabilities of P1,532,034 for a net worth of P109, 130,757. He declared a business interest in Philippine Art Nation, Inc., while his wife Lani is Taguig City mayor, sister Pia is a senator, and a cousin by affinity Jessa Coronel is a director in Pia&#x27;s office.Dela Rosa has assets of P61,314,073.99, liabilities of P29,021,055.94 for a net worth of P32, 293,018.05. He declared interests in the Public Safety Savings and Loan Association, Inc., Armed Forces of the Philippines Savings and Loan Association, Inc., and Johnson Farms, Corp. He listed 10 relatives working in the Senate in addition to one in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), one in the Air Force and one barangay captain.Marcos has zero liabilities so her assets of P164,995,467.00 is her net worth. She declared 6 properties as inheritance with no acquisition cost, excluding  shares in the settlement of the estate of her father. She declared interests in the Marcos Presidential Center, Inc. the Imelda R. Marcos Collection, Inc., IPROD Inc, Creative Media and Film Society of the Philippines, Inc., and Amigos Familiares Y Socios Inc. She declared 10 relatives in government, including brother President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, nephew Sandro Marcos, cousin Angelo Barba, sons Matthew Josepj and Fernando Martin Manotoc, cousin by affinity Cecille Carmen N. Marcos, cousins Michael Keon, Martin Romualdez, cousin by affinity Yedda Romualdez and cousin Alfred Romualdez.Dela Rosa has the most number of relatives in government, while Camille Villar has the most number of business interests.On Tuesday, 16 senators allowed the release of their SALNs to the media, the largest single day release.The batch included Escudero, who declared 5 real estate properties with no acquisition costs as these were all inherited. Under Civil Service rules, inherited real property of the declarant shall be declared although not yet registered under one&#x27;s name. If the declarant inherited such real property with other co-heirs, one shall declare his or her proportionate share under the description of the property.In the case of a property received gratuitously, such as a donation or inheritance, no acquisition cost shall be declared. However, the fair market value and the assessed value of donated or inherited real properties, as found in the latest available tax declaration thereof, must be declared.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/focus/10/12/18/the-perks-of-being-a-philippine-senator">The perks of being a Philippine senator</a></div><div> </div><div>SENATORS AND SPOUSES&#x27; JOINT SALN</div>Of the 24, only 5 senators filed jointly with their spouses:- Mark with wife DSWD Undersecretary Emmeline Villar- Raffy with Congresswoman Jocelyn Tulfo- Alan Peter with wife Lani  - Camille Villar with husband Erwin Genuino- Senator Miguel Zubiri with wife AudreyWhile their celebrity wives Helen Gamboa, Sharon Cuneta and Heart Evangelista were mentioned in the SALN as spouses — Senators Vicente &quot;Tito&quot; Sotto, Kiko Pangilinan and Escudero did not file jointly with them. Escudero and Pangilinan each have a pre-nuptial agreement with their spouses.The Civil Service Commission Omnibus Rules on SALN states: &quot;When spouses are covered by the regime of complete separation of property by law or as agreed prior to the marriage, the separate property of the spouse is not required to be declared by the declarant.&quot; Most of the senators filed separately from their spouses.Under the latest SALN rules of the Civil Service Commission, if the spouse of the declarant is not a public official or employee, the spouse’s paraphernal or capital property shall not be declared in the SALN and shall not be included in the computation of the declarant’s net worth.In case of separate filing, the paraphernal or capital property of the declarant’s spouse shall not be declared and shall not be included in the computation of the declarant’s net worth.Paraphernal property refers to the property exclusively owned by the wife while capital property refers to the property exclusively owned by the husband.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/15/are-senators-open-to-disclosing-their-salns-1614">Are senators open to disclosing their SALNs?</a></div>In the absence of any marriage settlement, the property relations of the spouses shall be governed by the rules on the absolute community of property under Family Code of the Philippines or FCP.When marriage was contracted before the effectivity date of the FCP on 3 August 1988, and there is no marriage settlement between the spouses, their property relations shall be covered by the rules on the conjugal partnership of gains.Community property refers to all the properties owned by the spouses at the time of the celebration of the marriage or acquired thereafter, subject to the exceptions provided for by law.By means of the conjugal partnership of gains, the husband and wife place in a common fund the proceeds, products, fruits, and income from their separate properties and those acquired by either or both spouses from their efforts or by chance, and upon dissolution of the marriage or of the partnership, the net gains or benefits obtained by either or both spouses shall be divided equally between them, unless otherwise agreed in the marriage settlements.Spouses, who are both public officials and employees, shall have the option to file their SALN either jointly or separately, except as otherwise provided in the rules. The choice shall be indicated in their respective SALNs. Spouses who are public officials or employees but separated in fact or legally separated are still considered to have marriage bonds. They shall have the option to file their SALN jointly or separately. In case the declarant is single, married but whose spouse is not in the government service, widowed, divorced under the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines, and those whose marriages were legally annulled or declared a nullity under the FCP, the declarant shall mark the box labeled “Not Applicable.&quot;<div> </div><div>CORRECTIONS, AMENDMENTS<img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1761736796561SALN Template – 3.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/> </div>Minor and substantial correction to the SALN is allowed after filing with the department, agency, or office concerned and during the implementation of its SALN review and compliance procedure. Minor correction pertains to corrective action at the initiative of the declarant on a typographical error, mathematical rectification, and explanation of disclosed entries. Substantial correction pertains to corrective actions at the initiative of the declarant on hidden, undisclosed, or undeclared assets, liabilities, business interests, and financial connections of the declarant.Senator Bong Go amended his SALN to reflect the election of his son as vice mayor of Lupon, Davao Oriental.<div> </div><div>RELEASE PAST SALNs</div>A professor from the University of the Philippines (UP) called on all officials to release their past SALNs as well, starting from their first year in government, to be able to identify any inconsistencies. &quot;&#x27;Yun &#x27;yung kagandahan ng tinatawag nating benchmarking sa research. Babalikan natin &#x27;yung mga nakaraan pang datos. Kaya nga &#x27;yung challenge sa lahat ng opisyal – hindi lang elected, kundi &#x27;yung mga appointed rin… Dapat mag-backtrace natin lahat ng datos para makita &#x27;yung pinupunto po na inconsistency,&quot; UP College of Media &amp; Communication Professor Danilo Arao said during a press conference on Wednesday about the November 30 rallies against corruption.&quot;Kasi may mga particularity rin. Halimbawa may senador na may prenuptial agreement doon sa kanyang napakayamang asawa. Medyo maiintindihan mo nang kaunti &#x27;yun. Pero doon sa iba pang mga hindi malinaw yung konteksto tapos sasabihin nila na ganito lang kaliit yung kanilang assets, liabilities at net worth, talagang matataka ka bakit ganoon,&quot; Arao added.Regarding the aforementioned concerns on &quot;questionable&quot; SALN content, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan&#x27;s (BAYAN) Teddy Casiño said these comments are exactly why SALNs should be released.Casiño added, the point of SALN release is for the documents to be open to public scrutiny, making hiding ill-gotten wealth more difficult.&quot;I think that is precisely the point bakit mahalagang ilabas ang SALN– para ma-scrutinize ng taong bayan. And so itong mga comments na parang kulang, bakit ang liit lang– that&#x27;s the point. Kaya titingnan ng tao ngayon– sabi ni ganito, ito lang ang bahay niya, pero alam naman doon sa village nila, hindi. May dalawa pang bahay dito &#x27;yan. So there will now be that process of checking, at mas mahirap magtago ng ill-gotten wealth,&quot; Casiño said.For Arao, the document should be uploaded online.Some lawmakers have already shown support towards uploading officials&#x27; SALNs on government websites, while some expressed reservations due to privacy concerns.

Amid calls for transparency, all 24 senators of the 20th Congress have bared their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) to the public.

Amid calls for transparency, all 24 senators of the 20th Congress have bared their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) to the public.

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All 24 senators release SALNs: Mark Villar, Raffy Tulfo billionaires; Escudero poorest

RG Cruz,

Agatha Gregorio,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 29, 2025 01:43 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 29, 2025 07:21 PM PHT

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