FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III took the top spot in the 2020 list of highest-paid officials in the Duterte Cabinet with total earnings of P4.943million, vaulting six places from seventh in 2019.
Despite earning the biggest paycheck among members of the official family, Dominguez was only ranked a lowly 146th among 8,737 public officials listed in the 2020 Report on Salaries and Allowances (ROSA) released by the Commission on Audit (COA) last May 12.
Second place went to Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, whose P4.88 million pay in 2020 was enough to move him past 2019 runner-up Health Secretary Francisco Duque, who wound up at sixth place with P4.754 million.
Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña, 2019’s highest paid, landed in fourth place with P4.854 million in total earnings.
Rounding up the top five is Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who held the same spot in the previous year’s list.
Details of each Cabinet official’s total pay are contained in the 2020 ROSA, including basic pay, allowances, bonuses, and discretionary funds at their disposal. The report is released yearly and is available to the public on COA’s official website at www.coa.gov.ph.
The ROSA lists all officials of national government agencies (departments, bureaus, and constitutional bodies) and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs).
This is the complete list of Cabinet officials: (1) Dominguez – P4.943 million, (2) Cusi — P4.88 million, (3) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III — P4.857 million, (4) Dela Peña — P4.854 million, (5) Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra — P4.832 million, (6) Duque— P4.754 million, (7) Agriculture Secretary William Dar — P4.647 million, (8) Higher Education Secretary Prospero de Vera III — P4.571 million, (9) Interior Secretary Eduardo Año — P4.565 million, (10) Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez — P4.51 million, (11) Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario — P4.509 million, (12) National Security adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. — P4.501 million;
(13) Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade — P4.4639 million, (14) Information and Communications Technology Secretary Gregorio Honasan II — P4.4635 million, (15) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles — P4.427 million, (16) Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. — P4.408 million, (17) Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo — P4.397 million, (18) Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones — P4.374 million, (19) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat — P4.366 million, (20) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea — P4.416 million, (21) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar — P4.35 million;
(22) Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu — P4.314 million, (23) Public Works Secretary Mark Villar — P4.29 million, (24) Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Carlito Galvez — P4.286 million, (25) Social Welfare Secretary Joselito Bautista — P4.277 million, (26) National Anti-Poverty Council Secretary Noel Felongco — P4.248 million, (27) Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado — P4.24 million, (28) Education Secretary Leonor Briones — P4.228 million, (29) Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana — P4.214 million, (30) Technical Education Secretary Isidro Lapeña — P4.186 million, (31) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Danilo Lim (+) – P4.178 million, (32) Economic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua — P4.084 million, and (33) Presidential spokesperson Herminio Roque — P2.876 million.
