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The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of Congress. The House of Representatives has existed from 1945 to 1972, and since 1987. Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934.
Philippine congressional districts are contiguous and compact territories composed of adjacent local government units where practicable. They are single-member districts which return one member each to the lower chamber, elected to serve a maximum of three consecutive three-year terms through a first-past-the-post voting system. [1]
Rep. Mikee Romero (1-Pacman Party-list), with a net worth of ₱6.50 billion, is the wealthiest member of Congress and of the House of Representatives as of September 18, 2020. Sen. Cynthia Villar ( Nacionalista ), with a net worth of ₱ 3.8 billion , is the wealthiest member of the Senate as of December 31, 2019.
Member of the Board of Directors of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (2021–2022) 11 Bong Revilla: Lakas: Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas: Incumbent senator (since 2019) 12 Bonifacio Bosita: Independent Riding-in-tandem Team Incumbent House representative for 1-Rider Partylist (2022–present) 13 Arlene Brosas: Makabayan: Oposisyon ...
Pampanga's 3rd congressional district is one of the four congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Pampanga. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. [3] The district consists of the provincial capital city of San Fernando and adjacent municipalities of Arayat, Bacolor, Mexico and Santa Ana. [4]
This is a complete list of past and present members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines whose last names begin with the letter C.. This list also includes members of the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Commonwealth National Assembly (1935–1941), the Second Republic National Assembly (1943–1944) and the Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986).
There are three types of parties in the Philippines. These are: (a) major parties, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which typically correspond to traditional political parties; (b) minor parties or party-list organizations, which rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats; and (c) regional or provincial parties, which correspond to region-wide or ...
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.