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The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
Senators of the 19th Congress, July 25, 2022 Senators of the 19th Congress, July 22, 2024. The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election: For senators elected on May 13, 2019: June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2025; For senators elected on May 9, 2022: June 30, 2022 – June 30, 2028
The Senate ratified the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), a treaty between the Defense forces of the Philippines and Japan on December 16, 2024. The Senate was modeled upon the United States Senate; the two chambers of Congress have roughly equal powers, and every bill or resolution that has to go through both houses needs the consent of both ...
Padilla is the current Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes and the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs. Padilla took his oath as president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) party, according to a press release from his office dated July 24, 2024.
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (2022–2024) 2 Jerome Adonis: Makabayan: Oposisyon ng Bayan Secretary general of Kilusang Mayo Uno: 3 Wilson Amad Independent — 4 Jocelyn Andamo: Makabayan: Oposisyon ng Bayan Secretary general of Filipino Nurses United 5 Bam Aquino: KANP — Senator (2013–2019) 6 Ronnel Arambulo: Makabayan ...
Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero was born on October 10, 1969, in Manila, Philippines, the second of the three children of the late Salvador "Sonny" Escudero III, who was then the director of UP Veterinary Hospital at the time of his birth and later served as the Agriculture Minister, representative of the first district of Sorsogon during the Marcos era, and Sorsogon representative until his ...
The Senate, when it existed, met at the Old Legislative Building from 1918 to 1941, from 1949 to 1973, and from 1987 to 1997.. Elections to the Senate of the Philippines are done via plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.
He was the 24th Senate President of the Philippines from July 25, 2022 to May 20, 2024. He is currently on his third term in the Senate , first serving from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2016 to 2022. He previously served as the Senate Majority Leader from 2008 to 2010 and 2018 to 2022, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was the representative of Bukidnon 's 3rd ...