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2009 Lists of Richest and Poorest Congressmen of the Philippines

Here are the lists of the Top 10 richest and poorest representatives (congressmen) for 2009 based on networth:

Top 10 Richest Congressmen:

1. Rep. Cynthia Villar (Lone District of Las Piñas City) - P1.05-B
2. Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (1st District of Leyte) - P477-M
3. Rep. Julio Ledesma IV (1st District of Negros Occidental) - P447-M
4. Rep. Arturo Robes (Lone District of San Jose del Monte) - P441-M
5. Rep. Judy Syjuco (2nd District of Iloilo) - P265-M
6. Rep. Monica Prieto Teodoro (1st District of Tarlac) - P232-M
7. Rep. Ferjenel Biron (4th District of Iloilo) - P191-M
8. Rep. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd District of Ilocos Norte) - P180-M
9. Rep. Edgar San Luis (4th District of Laguna) - P165-M
10. Rep. Aurelio Gonzalez Jr. (3rd District of Pampanga) - P153-M

Top 10 Poorest Congressmen:

1. Rep. Rafael Mariano (ANAKPAWIS Party List) - P55-T
2. Rep. Teodoro Casiño (BAYAN MUNA Party List) - P118-T
3. Rep. Adam Relson Jala (3rd District of Bohol) - P782-T
4. Rep. Satur Ocampo (BAYAN MUNA Party List) - P895-T
5. Rep. Mujiv Hataman (AMIN Party List) - P1.5-M
6. Rep. Liza Maza (GABRIELA Party List) - P1.5-M
7. Rep. Benjamin Asilo (1st District of Manila) - P1.9-M
8. Rep. Pedro Pancho (2nd District of Bulacan) - P2-M
9. Rep. Sharee Ann Tan (2nd District of Western Samar) - P2.1-M
10. Rep. Narciso Santiago III (ARC Party List) - P2.9-M

2009 List of 24 Senators of the Philippines Based on Net Worth

Here is a list of the 24 senators of the Philippines (2009), arranged based on their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN):

1. Villar, Manuel 1.046 Billion pesos
2. Madrigal, Jamby 145.617 Million pesos
3. Ponce Enriile, Juan 120.367 Million pesos
4. Revilla, Bong 118 Million pesos (2007)
5. Roxas, Mar 110.7 Million pesos (2007)
6. Estrada, Jinggoy 83.511 Million pesos
7. Cayetano, Pia P75.593 Million pesos (2008)
8. Santiago, Miriam 75.755 Million pesos
9. Legarda, Loren 45.59 Million pesos
10. Angara, Edgardo 44.1 Million pesos (2007)
11. Zubiri, Juan Miguel 30.733 Million pesos
12. Biazon, Rodolfo 29.456 Million pesos
13. Lacson, Panfilo 27.806 Million pesos
14. Gordon, Richard 27 Million pesos (2007)
15. Cayetano, Alan Peter 16.266 Million pesos
16. Honasan, Gregorio 15.904 Million pesos
17. Lapid, Lito 14.6 Million pesos
18. Aquino, Benigno Iii 14 Million pesos (2007)
19. Pimentel, Aquilino Jr. 12.313 Million pesos
20. Pangilinan, Francis 11.684 Million pesos
21. Arroyo, Joker 11.05 Million pesos
22. Escudero, Chiz 7.683 Million pesos
23. Trillanes, Antonio IV 2.966 Million pesos

10 Ways to Get Fit While You’re Glued to the Computer

Addicted to Twitter? Hooked on FaceBook? Can’t get enough of your favorite blogs and websites? It seems there are so many more reasons to stay online these days… which means endless hours of sitting. But since that is just so unhealthy, I’ve come up with some ideas to help you get fit while you're online - exercises to get your heart rate up, help you tone up, and de-stress. All at the comfort of that computer desk you're glued to ... or close by.

1.Cyber Squats - Who says you have to sit when you're online? Set your chair aside for a few minutes and instead do squats as you cruise around the Web.

2. RSS Raises – As you're sitting at your desk, straighten your knees and lift your legs out in front of you. Do this as you catch up on your favorite blogs on your RSS reader. What the heck is RSS?

3. 10 Minute Move it! Break #1 – Alternate jogging in place with jumping jacks – do a minute of each and repeat 5 times.

4. Twitter Tummy Tone - Tighten your abs for 30 seconds and then release. Do this as you tweet. Tweet me here

5. Social Squeezes – Tighten your glutes for 30 seconds and then release. (Good thing noone can see you at this social, right?) Repeat as you Stumble, Digg, or Friend on Facebook.

6. 10 Minute Move it! Break #2 – Grab a step stool and climb up and down – get creative if you like and alternate knee lifts at the top of the step. Or how 'bout a creative housecleaning workout break?

7. Inbox Incline - While you're sitting with your feet on the floor, raise your heels so you are on the balls of your feet and lower them. Make sure you can feel it in your calves. Do this as you read and reply to your emails.

8. 10 Minute Move it! Break #3 – Do walking lunges around the house or office. Want to make it more challenging? Add some weights and do bicep curls at the same time. Or try some of Jamie Eason's plyometrics moves

9. Blogger Breather - Grab a quick minute to just close your eyes and focus on your breath. Count to 10 as you slowly inhale through your nose, thinking positive thoughts. Exhale through your mouth, again counting to 10. This time release all the tension and stress out of your body. Repeat if you have a few more seconds.

10. Sign Off Stretches - Your neck and shoulders can get pretty tense when you sit at a computer too long. So loosen them up throughout the day with:
a) Shoulder shrugs - with your head at your chest, shrug your shoulders up and down.
b) Neck Rolls - relax your shoulders and let your head roll forward. Slowly rotate your head in a circle. Repeat five times.

Do these exercises throughout the day to avoid becoming a computer potato!

Source: FatFighterTV

Happy Mother's Day...

...Mrs. Felisa Alcantara Bauto.

Mahal na Mahal Kita, Nanay!


10 Reasons Why There is Genuine Hope for the Philippines

1. We are strategically located at the heart of East Asia.

Northeast Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) and Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos) combined makes East Asia. We are only at most four hours away from every major city in East Asia. If the Philippines were a real estate venture in a commercial area, ours is a location to die for. We can be the shipping and air transport hub of East Asia. We can be the top tourist destination of the region. We can be the cultural center of the region for performing arts.

2. We are No. 1 in aquamarine resources worldwide.

“We have the most diverse aquamarine ecosystem in the entire world which, if managed properly, will feed not only our hungry people but will be a source of huge revenue coming from a world in dire need of aquamarine resources such as fish, seaweed, and other similar products. We can be the seafood basket and aquamarine resource center of the world, the aquamarine resource powerhouse of the world.

3. We have a huge tourism industry potential.

Our people are by nature extremely friendly and hospitable. We only have some 3 million tourist visits every year, while our neighbors are doing 4 or 5 times more with 12 to 15 million tourist visits annually. It has been said that other countries in the ASEAN are doing so much more with so little in terms of natural wonders and beautiful sites while we are doing so little with so much. With the right infrastructure such as highways and airports and seaports in place, we can be the number one tourist destination in ASEAN if not Asia.

4. We are now No. 2 in the BPO industry worldwide and can become No. 1.

We are, I am told, currently second to India in the business process outsourcing industry. I am told as well that this industry expects 30 percent growth this year despite the worldwide recession as foreign companies look aggressively to lowering costs of doing business and therefore look to business outsourcing.

5. We are extremely creative and artistic people.

We have been called the songbirds of Asia. Our reputation as performers is legendary throughout the world (although we have never been boastful about it). We can be the center of performing arts in Asia wherein millions would visit the country annually to marvel at our cultural performances and our artistic productions.

6. We have the emergence of a new generation of progressive and results-oriented public sector leaders.

Since the restoration of democracy in 1986 and the passage of the Local Government Code in 1991 (or some 20 years now), public officials have began to work with new resources (40 percent of national taxes are now plowed back to local government units compared to less than 10 percent in 1986) made available by decentralization. Today a new generation of public sector leaders is emerging, one that is empowered, that is vision driven and results-oriented. This explains why we have successful local government initiatives in Marikina, Makati, Naga City, Davao City, Iloilo City, Cebu City, Calbayog City, and General Santos City, among others. Hence from a generation of public sector leaders that by and large was corrupt, lacking in vision, creativity, and innovation, we now have the emergence of a new generation of public sector leaders with integrity, with proactive leadership, and with a commitment to reform and genuine change. New governance models and templates that are solving age-old problems in the field are being forged, being tempered as we speak. A new brand of political leadership is emerging focused on solving age old problems in governance. The old, failed methods utilized by the trapos will soon be crushed and defeated.

7. Information and communication technology advancement is enhancing our sense of nationhood.

Rather than a country of many languages and many islands, we are fast becoming one nation, connected by information and communication technology. The ethno-linguistic barriers that used to keep us divided are being shattered by the interconnectivity of information technology. Today an entire generation of Filipinos fully understands, and can connect with, the Filipino language because of two decades of television news in Filipino (all TV news used to be English until 1986). The three elements of nationhood are: common language, common territory and common economy. We are now becoming a nation because information technology is breaking the barriers that have prevented us from becoming united as a people. It is also now reconnecting some 10 million Filipinos overseas to the motherland. We are becoming one nation and one people.

8. We have a re-emerging middle class mindset.

After over three decades of the OFW boom, we now have a new generation of citizens steeped with modern ideas coming from the highly successful host nations like Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United Sates. Europe too has become host to hundreds of thousands of OFWs. The OFWs who have experienced life in these highly developed nations can now compare and contrast these experiences with the experiences in the motherland. In highly developed nations there is, to a greater extent, a greater sense of accountability and a greater sense of justice and fair play. Our OFWs bring all that back home and having been enlightened by the experience will demand greater of their leaders back home. People are beginning to say enough is enough and are actually doing something about it.

9. We are a young nation.

Close to 30 million of our 45 million voters are 18 to 35 years old. Very young. If harnessed effectively, these young voters can usher in the political and electoral change that we need to happen for genuine political and economic reforms to take place.

10. We are a people who love to laugh, who love our families.

We are a resilient people. We can draw unimaginable strength and fortitude in times of difficulty in order to move ahead. We know how to survive despite so much pain and suffering. We know how to cope. We are willing to sacrifice so much of ourselves in order to provide for our family, our loved ones. This strength will not only bring us out of the mess we are in but will ensure that we are able to reach greater heights in our collective desire as a people to have a better life for those we truly care for, for those who mean the world to us. Our resilience in the long run will not only make us survive but will also ensure that we will triumph in the end.

We have enough reason to hope. We have, as a people, enough reason to act on these hopes and when we do, the genuine change we all seek will finally see the light of day and yes, by all means, in our lifetime.

Source: Being Filipino