Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Robin Padilla have publicized their latest statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).
Sotto declared a net worth of P188.8 million as of June 30, 2025, in his SALN.
According to his SALN, Sotto’s assets are valued at P465,604,461.
This amount includes real properties worth P335,171,748; and personal properties, including cash and vehicles, amounting to P130,432,713.
The Senate leader also declared bank loans, personal loans, and other payables amounting to P276,736,338 under his liabilities.
He has business interests in VST Production Specialists, Inc., and TVJ Productions, Inc.
Sotto disclosed that four of his relatives – including daughter Romina Frances Sotto, niece Beverly Anne Sotto, niece-in-law Katherine Anne Roxas, and grandnephew lawyer Valentin Jose Dominic Fregil – work as employees in his Senate office.
Other relatives in the government include son Gian Carlo Sotto (Quezon City vice mayor), daughter Diorella Maria Sotto-Antonio (Movie Television Review and Classification Board chair), nephew Victor Eriko Sotto (Paranaque City councilor), and nephew Victor Maria Regis Sotto (Pasig City mayor).
Padilla, meanwhile, divulged that he has a net worth of 244,042,908 as of December 31, 2024. This figure includes real properties amounting to P100,504,880 and personal properties worth 143,538,028.
Padilla listed no liabilities.
He declared business interests in motion picture, video production, and distribution; buying, selling, renting, leasing, and operation of dwellings; and in the retail business of his wife, actress Mariel Padilla.
His niece, Bettina Padilla, works as a legislative staff officer IV in his Senate office.
Other relatives in the government include his half brother, Ricarte Padilla (Camarines Norte governor); half brother Casimero Padilla IV (vice mayor in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte); half sister Rebecca Padilla (National Liga Board Member in Camarines Norte); nephew, Don Eduardo Padilla (Camarines Norte provincial administrator); and nephew Jeroy Agustin Padilla (Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte municipal councilor).
Before Sotto and Padilla, Sen. Risa Hontiveros also earlier released a copy of her official SALN for 2024.
Based on her SALN as of Dec. 31, 2024, the senator declared total assets of P19.8 million, liabilities of P897,840, and a net worth of P18.9 million.
She listed a car loan amounting to P897,890,000 under her liabilities.
She also disclosed that she has been a stockholder of dive resort Planet Dive Inc., a member of Nueva Ecija-based New Rural Bank of San Leonardo Inc., and a director of La Lina Corp.
Hontiveros earlier said that she strongly supports and welcomes the removal of the ‘unjust, unconstitutional, and anti-people restrictions’ on access to public officials’ SALNs.
The senator was referring to restrictions on the disclosure of SALNs imposed by Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla’s predecessor, Samuel Martires.
These restrictions include requirements such as a notarized consent from the officials concerned, a court order for a SALN’s release in relation to a pending case, and, if the statements are also needed by the ombudsman’s field investigators for a fact-finding probe.
Hontiveros believes disclosing SALNs is a good step to strengthen transparency and accountability in government.
‘The new rules should be applied equally on all public officials – from the highest to the lowest, past or present even with reasonable limitations related to personal or sensitive information and security,” she said.