Senate of the Philippines
Senado ng Pilipinas |
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Term limits | 2 consecutive terms (12 years) |
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| Founded | October 16, 1916 (1916-10-16) |
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| Preceded by | Second Philippine Commission |
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President of the Senate of the Philippines | Francis Escudero, NPC
since May 20, 2024 |
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President pro tempore | Jinggoy Estrada, PMP
since May 20, 2024 |
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Majority Leader | Francis Tolentino, PFP
since May 20, 2024 |
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Minority Leader | Koko Pimentel, NP
since July 25, 2022 |
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| Seats | 24 senators |
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Political groups | Majority bloc (15) Minority bloc (2) Independent bloc (6) Vacant (1) |
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| Committees | 41 standing committees |
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Length of term | 6 years, renewable once |
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| Authority | Article oss, Constitution of the Philippines |
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Voting system | Plurality-at • List of political families in the Philippines The following is a list of notable political families of the Philippines and their areas of influence. Names in bold indicate the individual was/is a president of the Philippines. The Philippine political arena is mainly arranged and operated by families or alliances of families, rather than being organized around political parties. A[edit] Abad family — Batanes[edit] Abad Santos family — San Fernando and Angeles, Pampanga[edit] - José Abad Santos – acting president of the Philippines (1942); chief justice (1941–1942); associate justice (1936–1941); secretary of justice (1922–1923, 1928–1932, 1938–1941), acting secretary of finance (1941–1942)
- Pedro Abad Santos – member of the San Fernando municipal council (1910–1912); member of the House of Representatives for Pampanga (1916–1922)
- Vicente Abad Santos, nephew of José and Pedro – associate justice (1979–1986); member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from Region II
• Senator Jinggoy Estrada PDF
0 ratings0% found this document useful (0 votes) 53 views Senator Jinggoy Estrada has had a career in politics, beginning as vice mayor then mayor of San Juan from 1988-2001. He has been a senator from 2004-2016 and again since 2022. He has been detained twice on corruption charges, being acquitted of one but currently facing charges related to the pork barrel scam. He is also an actor and authored the Kasambahay Law protecting domestic workers. Copyright:Available FormatsDownload as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd 0 ratings0% found this document useful (0 votes) 53 views10 pages Senator Jinggoy Estrada has had a career in politics, beginning as vice mayor then mayor of San Juan from 1988-2001. He has been a senator from 2004-2016 and again since 2022. He has been detained twice on corruption charges, being acquitted of one but currently facing charges related to the pork barrel scam. He is also an actor and autho 
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