llouse now lus lwo billionqircs

ByJeete P. Manalastas Vilma Santos-Recto P555.3 million; lrWe Reo. yedda

THE House of Repreeentatives now has two billion-
arre3,
-- lasedon the 2018 Statement ofAssets, Liabilites and
Net Worth (SALN) ofHouse members, ai posted on the
ConSress websites, the two richest solofu are lpAC_
MAN Rep. Mikee Romero and Negros Occidental Rep.
Albee Benitez.
Romero has declared a net worth of p7.291 billion
_
wluch has no changes from his 20j Z SALN. He is known
to be a port tycoon as chat of the Board o( Clobaloort
gtxr,lnc,a a company tllat develops and operabs bort
tacilities in the country
Benitie_z, whois an outgoing conglesshan, had
a net
worth of Pl .01 7 billion, slightly higlrer from a 2017 net
worth o1 Pl.004 billion-
Thosewith less thanabillionin assets are Iloco€ Norte
_ Two Makabayan solons,-Cabriela Rep. Emmi de
Rep.Imeida Mar.cos, t923.A mi.uion; euezon Citv ReD.
t exciano ltelrnonte
Jr., P864.8 million; Manila Teichek
5ep. Vqgilio lacson, P793.9 million, Marikina Reo.
tjayani l.emando; P748 milliow Davao del Norte Rei.r
Antonio Floirendo F. p214.6 million; Batangas Rei.
RomLraldez, P,l87.5 miLlion, and House'Spea(er Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, P479.5 million.
The fomrer President's net worth inqeased bv pl4_7
million hom her 2017 net worth of p,l64.8 milliirn.
Meanwhile,-Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago is still the
p.oorest lawmaker with a ne{ worth of jGt p&5,400. a
stght increase ftom her 2077 ro&J of frS,g}},
Majority Leader Frederdl Casho declated a net worth
of P39.9 milliorL while Minority t eader Dani.lo Suarez
had P214.8 rnillion-
Joining Elago in the tst of poorest members are
r\abayab Rep. Paul Hemandez, p310,000; Camarines
Sur Rep. Cabriel Bordado Jr., 515,659; cabriela ReD_
Arlene Brosas, P518,660; DIWA partv-list Reo- periin
li:.: ACT Teachers Rep-. Francd CaJtro,
^!$O,CW;
P91_2,809; and Anat<pawis
Rep. Arieicasila o;p9l31''t'.
, ,areincluded
,esus and BayanMuna Rep. Carlos Zara te,
mthepoorestalthough theirnetworth showed theyeach
have more tha.n Pl million-
-De Je\B dedared pl .895 million while Zarate
- had
P1.719 million.
Fo€e,