THE CURRENT PHILIPPINE SENATORS
(16TH CONGRESS)
Below are the current Senators of the Philippines.
The following senators are elected on May 2010 and will serve until June 30, 2016.
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Pilar Juliana S. Cayetano
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Franklin M. Drilon (Senate President)
Juan Ponce Enrile (Minority Floor Leader)
Jinggoy E. Estrada
Teofisto Guingona III
Manuel M. Lapid
Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
Sergio R. Osmena III
Ralph G. Recto (President Pro-Tempore)
Ramon B. Revilla Jr.
Vicente C. Sotto III
The following senators are elected on May 2013 and will serve until June 30, 2019.
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Juan Edgardo M. Angara
Paolo Benigno Aquino IV
Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay
Allan Peter S. Cayetano (Majority Floor Leader)
Joseph Victor G. Ejercito
Francis G. Escudero
Gregorio B. Honasan II
Loren B. Legarda
Aquilino Pimentel III
Grace L. Poe
Antonio F. Trillanes IV
Cynthia A. Villar
Majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines: Alan Peter Cayetano
Minority leader of the Senate of the Philippines: Vicente Sotto III
List of Committees
Senate President:
Senate President ProTempore:
Majority Leader:
Minority Leader:
Sen. Franklin M. Drilon
Sen. Ralph G. Recto
Sen. Alan Peter Compaero S. Cayetano
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile/Sen. Vicente C. Sotto
III (Acting)
Permanent Committees
(as of August 3, 2015)
Committee (39)
Chairperson
Accountability of Public Officers &
Investigations
(Blue Ribbon)
Sen. Teofisto L. Guingona III
Accounts
Sen.
Agrarian Reform
Sen. Gregorio B. Honasan II
Agriculture and Food
Sen. Cynthia Villar
Banks, Financial Institutions & Currencies
Sen. Sergio R. Osmea III
Civil Service, Government Reorganization
and Professional Regulation
Sen. Antonio Sonny F.
Trillanes IV
Climate Change
Sen. Loren B. Legarda
Constitutional Amendments and Revision of
Codes
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
Cooperatives
Sen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid
Cultural Communities
Sen. Loren B. Legarda
Economic Affairs
Sen. Joseph Victor G. Ejercito
Education, Arts and Culture
Sen. Pia S. Cayetano
Electoral Reforms and Peoples Participation
Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III
Energy
Sen. Sergio R. Osmea III
Environment and Natural Resources
Sen. Francis "Chiz" G. Escudero
Ethics and Privileges
Sen.
Finance
Sen. Loren B. Legarda
Foreign Relations
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
Games, Amusement and Sports
Sen. Sonny Angara
Government Corporations & Public
Enterprises
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar
Health and Demography
Sen. Teofisto L. Guingona III
Justice and Human Rights
Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III
Labor, Employment & Human Resources
Development
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada
Sen. Sonny Angara (Acting)
Local Government
Sen. Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
National Defense and Security
Sen. Antonio Sonny F.
Trillanes IV
Committee (39)
Chairperson
Peace, Unification and Reconciliation
Sen. Teofisto L. Guingona III
Public Information and Mass Media
Sen. Grace Poe
Public Order and Dangerous Drugs
Sen. Grace Poe
Public Services
Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr.
Sen. Sergio R. Osmea III
(Acting)
Public Works
Sen. Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
Rules
Sen. Alan Peter "Compaero" S.
Cayetano
Science and Technology
Sen. Ralph G. Recto
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural
Development
Sen. Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Binay
Tourism
Sen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid
Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship
Sen. Paolo Benigno Bam
Aquino IV
Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement
Sen. Joseph Victor G. Ejercito
Ways and Means
Sen. Sonny Angara
Women, Children, Family Relations and
Gender Equality
Sen. Pia S. Cayetano
Youth
Sen. Paolo Benigno Bam
Aquino IV
Congressional Ad hoc/Oversight Committees
(as of August 10, 2015)
Oversight Committee (33)
Chairperson
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Clean
Water Act
Sen. Francis "Chiz" G.
Escudero
Joint Congressional Power Commission
Sen. Sergio R. Osmea
III
Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural
and Fisheries Modernization
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar
Congressional Oversight Committee on Dangerous
Drugs
Sen. Grace Poe
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Proper
Implementation of the National Internal Revenue Code
Sen. Sonny Angara
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Official
Development Assistance (ODA) Law
Sen. Sonny Angara
Oversight Committee on ARMM Organic Act
Sen. Ferdinand R.
Marcos Jr.
(Representative from
the Senate)
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Overseas
Voting Act of 2003
Sen. Miriam Defensor
Santiago
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Chain
Saw Act
Sen. Francis "Chiz" G.
Escudero
Congressional Oversight Committee on Civil Aviation
Authority of the Philippines
Sen. Ramon Bong
Revilla, Jr.
Congressional Oversight Committee on Quality
Affordable Medicines
Sen. Paolo Benigno
Bam Aquino IV
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on
Cooperatives
Sen. Manuel "Lito" M.
Lapid
Joint Oversight Committee on the Human Security Act
Sen. Grace Poe
Congressional Oversight Committee on Biofuels
Sen. Sergio R. Osmea
III
Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian
Reform
Sen. Gregorio B.
Honasan II
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Tourism
Sen. Manuel "Lito" M.
Lapid
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Overseas
Workers' Affairs
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito
Estrada
Congressional Oversight Committee on The Philippine
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
Sen. Antonio Sonny F.
Trillanes IV
Congressional Oversight Committee on Labor And
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito
Oversight Committee (33)
Chairperson
Employment
Estrada
Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces
Agreement
Sen. Miriam Defensor
Santiago
Sen. Antonio Sonny F.
Trillanes IV - Co-Chair
Special Oversight Committee on Economic Affairs
Sen. Joseph Victor G.
Ejercito
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public
Expenditures
Sen. Loren B. Legarda
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
Sen. Loren B. Legarda
Select Oversight Committee on the Local Government
Code of 1991
Sen. Aquilino Koko
Pimentel III
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Special
Purpose Vehicle Act
Sen. Ferdinand R.
Marcos Jr.
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Anti-Money
Laundering Law
Sen. Teofisto L.
Guingona III
Oversight Committee on Climate Change
Sen. Pia S. Cayetano
Oversight Committee on Bases Conversion
Sen. Pia S. Cayetano
Congressional Oversight Committee on the AFP
Modernization Act
Sen. Antonio Sonny F.
Trillanes IV
Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and
Confidential Funds
Sen. Antonio Sonny F.
Trillanes IV
Select Oversight Committee on Barangay Affairs
Sen. Ferdinand R.
Marcos Jr.
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the
Automated Election System
Sen. Aquilino Koko
Pimentel III
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Clean
Air Act
Sen. Loren B. Legarda
