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The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas) is the upper house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country forms one district in senatorial elections) under a plurality-at-large ...
The New Senate (Filipino: Bagong Senado), [3] also known as the New Senate Building, is a government building under construction in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. It is set to be the new building of the Senate of the Philippines starting as early as 2025.
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.
There are 41 standing committees in the Philippine Senate for the 19th Congress as of May 22, 2024. [2] [3] [4]According to the Rules of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members of all standing committees.
The Senate, which meets in a separate place from the House of Representatives which is in the Batasang Pambansa Complex, rents usage of the building from the GSIS.In 2009, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago urged the Senate to build its own building, as they are paying 7.8 million pesos for the building and 500,000 pesos for the parking lot, every month.
Senator (2010–2022; Senate president (2016–2022)) 60 Michael Tapado PM — 61 Francis Tolentino: PFP: Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas: Incumbent senator (since 2019) 62 Ben Tulfo: Independent — 63 Erwin Tulfo: Lakas: Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas: Incumbent House representative for ACT-CIS Partylist (since 2023) 64 Mar Valbuena ...
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
The president of the Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas or Pangulo ng Senado ng Pilipinas), commonly referred to as the Senate president, is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines, and third highest and most powerful official in the government of the Philippines.