Lapid buys Angeles mansion for P16 M



ANGELES CITY, Philippines – Sen. Lito Lapid has reportedly bought a mansion worth P16 million in Barangay Pampang in this city, apparently in preparation for his plan to run for mayor here in 2016.

Former Pampanga first district congressman Carmelo Lazatin confirmed to The STAR Lapid’s plan to run for mayor of this city, noting the senator personally sought his support during the house’s blessing ceremony on Saturday.

“I told him I would support him,” said Lazatin, who lost his mayoral bid against a former ally, incumbent Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, in the 2010 mayoral polls.

Lazatin described Lapid’s new house as “like a castle” with a small swimming pool. “He bought it from a Korean,” he said.

Lazatin’s chief of staff, Irish Calaguas, said Lapid bought the three-story house located at Friendship Plaza Subdivision for P16 million.

“The property could be no less than 1,000 square meters,” Calaguas said.

Source: Lapid buys Angeles mansion for P16 M | Nation, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
Lapid buys Angeles mansion for P16 M | Nation, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com