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