Did Tony Boy Cojuangco contribute P100m to Noynoy's campaign?

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According to this, Tony Boy Cojuangco donated P100 million to Noynoy's campaign.

Note that T.B. Cojuangco is Chairman of Pulse Asia, one of the survey firms that provided extensive "analysis" of how each candidate fared in popularity during the 2010 Presidential Election campaign. This is a piece of information seemingly ommitted from his published biodata.

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