Ricky Silverio Explained

Ricky Silverio
Birth Name:Ricardo Sison Silverio, Jr.
Birth Place:Philippines
Nationality:Filipino

Ricardo "Ricky" Sison Silverio Jr. is a Filipino politician from Bulacan. He is the son of former Marcos crony Ricardo Silverio,[1] [2] and Beatriz Sison.[3]

Political career

In 2010, Silverio ran as congressman for Bulacan's 3rd district, facing his father who formerly occupied the seat for the said district. But both of them lost to Joselito Mendoza.[4]

In 2019, he ran again for congressman of the same district but lost to incumbent and his stepmother Lorna Silverio.[5] [6]

Personal life

In 2006, he claimed that he was allegedly beaten up and forcibly dragged out of the Silverio's’ Urdaneta Village house in Makati by his father's bodyguards. In 2008, Ricky Silverio filed a grave coercion case against his father. He is fighting for the ownership rights of the said house.[7] The said house was sold to Chemphil chairman Antonio “Tony” Garcia and Iñigo Zobel in 2011.[8]

After the death of his father, he once contested his rights to estate of his father, but Court of Appeals (CA) denied his petition, and lost it to his stepmother, his opponent in 2019 election.[9]

Electoral Performance

2010

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-07-19 . Despite letters, Imelda ‘admission’, gov't loses another Marcos case . 2024-09-26 . RAPPLER . en-US.
  2. Web site: Maguire . S. A. . February 7, 2006 . The Silverio saga . 2024-11-07 . Philstar.com.
  3. Web site: October 27, 2011 . A 'Sharp' price to pay . 2024-11-07 . Philstar.com.
  4. News: Manny Galvez . RudY A. Fernandez . December 7, 2009 . Aurora, Ecija voters tired of relatives running in tandem . dead . https://archive.today/20120910220352/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=530069&publicationSubCategoryId=67 . September 10, 2012 . January 30, 2010 . Philippine Star.
  5. Web site: Padilla . Omar . December 23, 2021 . Congresswoman Silverio ‘panalo’ na sa Bulacan . 2024-11-07 . Philstar.com.
  6. Web site: Silverio family feud: Bulacan solon remains administrator of hubby's estate as stepson loses appeal Abogado . 2023-11-14 . en-US.
  7. Web site: October 5, 2010 . Warrant of arrest for Carding Silverio . 2024-11-07 . Philstar.com.
  8. Web site: October 25, 2011 . Silver(io) houses for the price of gold . 2024-11-07 . Philstar.com.
  9. Web site: Garcia . Myles A. . 2018-01-09 . Tales of the Late, Last Toyota King of the Philippines . 2023-11-14 . Positively Filipino Online Magazine for Filipinos in the Diaspora . en-US.