The 50 richest people in the Philippines in 2013

MANILA, Philippines - Who is the richest man in the Philippines? Forbes magazine has released its list of top 50 richest people in the Philippines. On top for the sixth straight year is mall tycoon Henry Sy, with a $12 billion net worth - a $2.9 billion increase from a year ago.

Here's the Forbes list of the richest people with their estimated net worth:

1. Henry Sy (SM group) - $12 billion

Henry Sy

2. Lucio Tan (LT group) - $7.5 billion
3. Andrew Tan (Megaworld) - $4.6 billion
4. Enrique Razon (ICTSI) - $4.5 billion
5. John Gokongwei Jr. (JG Summit) - $3.4 billion
6. Jaime Zobel de Ayala (Ayala Corp.) - $3.1 billion
7. Aboitiz family (AEV) - $3 billion
8. David Consunji (DMCI) - $2.7 billion
9. George Ty (Metrobank) - $2.6 billion
10. Lucio & Susan Co (Puregold) - $1.9 billion
11. Tony Tan Caktiong (Jollibee) - $1.7 billion
12. Robert Coyiuto Jr. - $1.5 billion
13. Emilio Yap (Philtrust Bank) - $1.35 billion
14. Roberto Ongpin - $1.3 billion
15. Inigo & Mercedes Zobel - $1.2 billion
16. Manuel Villar (Vista Land) $1.05 billion
17. Andrew Gotianun (Filinvest) $1 billion
18. Beatrice Campos (Unilab) $900 million
19. Vivian Que Azcona (Mercury Drug) $840 million
20. Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. (San Miguel) $825 million
21. Alfonso Yuchengco - (Yuchengco group) $705 million
22. Oscar Lopez (Lopez Holdings) $675 million
23. Betty Ang (Monde Nissin) $600 million
24. Jorge Araneta (Araneta group) $505 million
25. Carlos Chan (Liwayway) $500 million
26. Michael Romero (Global Port 900) $490 million
27. Eric Recto $485 million
28. Mariano Tan Jr. (Unilab) $435 million
29. Frederick Dy (Security Bank) $290 million
30. Walter Brown (Atok-Big Wedge) $270 million
31. Ramon Ang (San Miguel) $260 million
32. Jose Antonio (Century Properties) $255 million
33. Wilfred Uytengsu Jr. $250 million
34. Manuel Zamora Jr. (Nickel Asia) $240 million
35. Jacinto Ng Sr. (Asia United Bank) $230 million
36. Alfredo Ramos (National Book Store) $225 million
37. Gilberto Duavit (GMA Network) $224 million
38. Menardo Jimenez (GMA Network) $223 million
39. Edgar Sia II (Mang Inasal founder) $210 million
40. Bienvenido Tantoco Sr. (Rustan's) $205 million
41. Felipe Gozon (GMA) $200 million
42. Alfredo Yao (Zest-O) $180 million
43. Michael Cosiquien (Megawide Construction) $175 million
44. Edgar Saavedra (Megawide Construction) $170 million
45. Juliette Romualdez (Benguet Mining) $165 million
46. Tomas Alcantara (Alsons Consolidated) $160 million
47. Lourdes Montinola (FEU) $155 million
48. Luis Virata (Nickel Asia) $120 million
49. Philip Ang (Nickel Asia) $115 million
50. Manuel Pangilinan (PLDT, First Pacific) $105 million

 This is taken from ABS-CBN.com

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Donald Trump: 'I have very thick skin'

Donald Trump says he has "very thick skin" and doesn't "mind being criticized," but that the pundits who are wrong about him need to be corrected.

 In back-to-back interviews Thursday morning, Trump continued to accuse Fox News of treating him unfairly and singled out one Fox commentator in particular, Rich Lowry, for being a "bad guy.

 Lowry "looked like he was having a nervous breakdown on television" Wednesday night, Trump said on CNN's "New Day."

 Trump was reacting to Lowry's off-color remark that Carly Fiorina had castrated Trump during the CNN debate last week.

On Fox's "The Kelly File," Lowry referred to Trump's private parts and said Fiorina had the "precision of a surgeon.

 Trump immediately took to Twitter to condemn Lowry and say "he should not be allowed on TV and the FCC should fine him!

 A long-running cold war between Trump and Fox has heated up this week, with Trump assailing what he hears on shows like "The Kelly File" and "The O'Reilly Factor" via his popular Twitter account.

Donald Trump

 Fox said Wednesday that it canceled Trump's Thursday appearance on the "Factor," which led Trump to claim that he'd decided to boycott the channel altogether.

 "Fox News has not treated me fairly," Trump reiterated on Thursday morning in an interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota.

 He called into both CNN and MSNBC's morning shows, but not Fox's. On MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough said to him, "Right now you're at odds with Fox News.

We know how powerful they are in the Republican Party.

And you're at war with Rich Lowry, who is the editor of National Review, which is really sort of the gold standard of conservative magazines.

 Trump interjected: "I don't think anybody reads it, Joe. I think it has no power whatsoever, I'll be honest.

I think it has no power whatsoever. And he's not a respected guy. Scarborough said "I read it" and Trump said "You're the only one.

 Lowry is, indeed, well-read and well-known in conservative circles.

He is also a paid contributor to Fox, appearing regularly on shows like Kelly's.

 But Trump said on CNN's "New Day" that he had "never even heard of" Lowry before.

 Referring to the castration comment, Trump said, "he used words that are unbelievable -- maybe he'll be fined or censured or thrown off --he's a total fool.

 Lowry won't be fined. The Federal Communications Commission occasionally fines broadcast networks for indecency, but has no power to sanction cable channels like Fox News or individual speakers.

 The exchanges are the latest example of the immediate, and sometimes distracting, feedback loop between Trump and the people who talk about him on cable news.

 "I have this thing called Twitter and Facebook, which is amazing actually," he said on MSNBC.

"It's like owning The New York Times without the losses.

 With Twitter, "with one tweet, 140 characters, you can knock somebody out," he commented.

"Pretty cool".

 Trump has repeatedly used the social networking service to sound off about perceived slights.

 When he condemned Lowry on Wednesday night, Lowry gleefully replied with his own tweets: "Man, you can dish it out but you REALLY, REALLY can't take it".

 Speaking with Camerota on Thursday morning, Trump said he can take it.

 "Do you not want to hear other voices who criticize you?" she asked.

 "I do. I do. I don't mind being criticized. And I don't mind it at all... If I do something wrong,I have very thick skin. I don't mind being criticized. I'll never ever complain, 'cuz I know when I do something wrong, I'm a smart person."

 He continued: "I do things wrong, and when I do, I don't mind, they can come at me 15 different ways. But when I'm right or when I don't deserve something, I think it's very, very unfair to speak incorrectly."

 Camerota asked, "When you say you have done a lot of things wrong, what's the last thing you've done wrong in this campaign? "Um," Trump said, and paused.

 "Well, I don't know. I'd rather not get into that. I'm sure I've made mistakes."


Taken from CNN.com

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Poe still on top, Roxas ties Binay - SWS

MANILA (third UPDATE) - Senator Grace Poe remains the top decision of numerous Filipinos to wind up the following president, while Liberal Party standard-carrier Mar Roxas is in a measurable tie with Vice President Jejomar Binay in second position, the most recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) said. 

A September 2-5 study, distributed first by BusinessWorld, said Poe kept up her hold at the top with 47%, up by 5 % focuses from the past study. 

Roxas, who proclaimed his aim to keep running for president last July 31, saw his rating hop by 18 % focuses to 39%. Given the overview's in addition to/less 3% room for mistakes, this places him in a measurable tie with Binay in second place. 

Binay's numbers scarcely moved, expanding by one rate point to 35%. 

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte stayed at fourth spot with 16%, which is four percent focuses lower than the past study. The extreme talking chairman has officially precluded running for president. 

SWS noticed that the overview was directed in front of Poe and Sen. Francis Escudero's declarations a week ago to run for president and VP, individually. 

In the interim, Poe likewise bested the pre-decision review for the bad habit administration, getting 25%. Escudero landed second with 18%, 11 focuses higher than the past overview. 

The overview included 1,200 respondents across the country and had testing lapse edges of ±3 rate focuses for national rates and ±6 focuses each for Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. 

The respondents were requested that name three individuals they see as could reasonably be expected successors of President Benigno Aquino III. 

POE: WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK 

Straight from the revelation of her of offer to run for president a week ago, Poe expressed gratitude toward the individuals who keep on supporting her. 

''In all seriousness Filipino individuals for their bolster and trust. I am again humbled that our kababayans keep on valuing our diligent work and the brand of administration that we are maintaining and pushing,'' she said. 

She included that the review result is an assertion of her standards. 

''Our developing backing from the general population, as reflected in this review, is an assertion that what we have begun is in good shape. It's an acceptance that our plan for straightforwardness, productivity and trustworthiness reverberate well with our kin,'' she said. 

''As an open hireling, I will keep on completing our order and serve the general population. Our kin's enduring bolster remains a motivation." 

Mar

: PEOPLE WANT DAANG MATUWID TO CONTINUE 

Roxas was likewise elated with his change in the study, saying this just demonstrates that the general population need the changes increased under the Daang Matuwid administration of President Benigno Aquino III to proceed. 

"Para sa associated ay patunay ito na habang tumatagal, lumilinaw sa sambayanan ang mga napakagandang nasimulan, at ng pagnanais na manatili sa Daang Matuwid,'' he said. 

''Gayunpaman, naniniwala po tayo na simula dad lang ito. Sa paglipas ng panahon, dadami ang mga isyung ihaharap sa bawat kandidato and we are sure that more of our kin will have the capacity to recognize genuine decision issues from insignificant mudslinging." 

Supporters had said Roxas' numbers ought to enhance in the wake of accepting the underwriting of President Aquino, even as some question the power of a president's anointment. 

BINAY UNFAZED, QUESTIONS SURVEY 

Binay, in the mean time, noticed that what's critical is that he looks after his ''center supporters" or the individuals who as far as anyone knows voted in favor of him in the 2010 races and his little girl Nancy in the 2013 decisions. 

''Unang una, titingnan mo kung 'yung center gathering mo nandoon dad. Might ibang kandidato, bigla-bigla ang taas, bigla-bigla rin ang pagbagsak,'' he said in a meeting on Umagang Kay Ganda. 

Rico Quicho, the VP's representative for political undertakings, in the mean time, noticed the question's confining by the SWS in its most recent review. SWS requested that its 1,200 respondents name three pioneers who could succeed President Benigno Aquino III. 

''The SWS study is a decision of three names that the respondents believe are best to succeed President Aquino and not a particular inquiry of who will they vote in favor of if races are led now,'' he said. 

Quicho additionally ascribed the support in Roxas' figures to the recent's charged utilization of government assets to bankroll his battle. 

''Overwhelming promoting, sketchy utilization of government assets particularly with respect to Secretary Roxas, added to the knock in his numbers to tie the Vice President, if the room for give and take is considered,'' he said. 

''The Vice President's center supporters stay developing and strong. There will be no adjustments in the battle course and the Vice President will keep on setting off to the regions, invest energy and talk specifically with the general population.

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