12th Congress of the Philippines

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The Twelfth Congress of the Philippines is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives. The convening of the 12th Congress follows the 2001 elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Contents 1 Sessions 2 Legislation 3 Leadership 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Members 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 External links 6 Further reading 7 See also

[edit] Sessions

• First Regular Session:
• Second Regular Session:
• Third Regular Session:

[edit] Legislation

Laws passed by the 12th Congress:

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate

Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban)

Franklin M. Drilon (Liberal Party)

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

• Majority Floor Leader

• Minority Floor Leader

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jose C. De Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-CMD, 4th District Pangasinan)

• Deputy Speakers
  • Luzon:   Emilio R. Espinosa (NPC, 2nd District Masbate)
  • Visayas:   
  • Mindanao:   Gerry Ajul Salapuddin (Lakas-CMD, Lone District Basilan)
• Majority Floor Leader

• Minority Floor Leader

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senator	Party[a]	Term	Term Start	Term End
Edgardo J. Angara	LDP	1	2001	2007
Teresa Aquino-Oreta		1	1998	2004
Joker P. Arroyo	Lakas	1	2001	2007
Robert Z. Barbers	Lakas	1	1998	2004
Rodolfo G. Biazon	Liberal	1	1998	2004
Renato L. Cayetano	Lakas	1	1998	2004
Noli L. De Castro	independent	1	2001	2007
Franklin M. Drilon	independent	2	2001	2007
Luisa P. Ejercito-Estrada	independent	1	2001	2007
Juan M. Flavier	Lakas	2	2001	2007
Gregorio B. Honasan[1]	independent	2	2001	2004
Robert S. Jaworski		1	1998	2004
Panfilo M. Lacson	LDP	1	2001	2007
Loren Legarda-Leviste	Lakas	1	1998	2004
Ramon B. Magsaysay, Jr.	independent	2	2001	2007
Blas F. Ople		2	1998	2004
John H. Osmeña		1	1998	2004
Sergio R. Osmeña III	PDP-Laban	2	2001	2007
Francis N. Pangilinan	Liberal	1	2001	2007
Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban	1	1998	2004
Ralph G. Recto	Lakas	1	2001	2007
Ramon B. Revilla	Lakas	2	1998	2004
Vicente C. Sotto III	Lakas	2	1998	2004
Manuel Villar	independent	1	2001	2007

[edit] House of Representatives

The term of office of the current members of the House of Representatives is from June 30, 2001 to June 30, 2004.

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative	Party	Term	First Elected
Abra	Lone	Luis P. Bersamin, Jr.	PDSP	1	2001
Agusan del Norte	1st	Leovigildo B. Banaag	LDP/NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Edelmiro A. Amante	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Rodolfo G. Plaza	LDP	1	2001
Aklan	Lone	Gabrielle V. Calizo	LDP	1	2001
Albay	1st	Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	1	1998
	3rd	Joey S. Salceda	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Antipolo City	Lone	Victor R. Sumulong	LDP	2	1998
Antique	Lone	Exequiel B. Javier	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Apayao	Lone	Elias C. Bulut, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
Aurora	Lone	Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo	LDP	3	1995
Bacolod City	Lone	Monico O. Puentevella	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Baguio City	Lone	Mauricio G. Domogan	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Basilan	Lone	Gerry A. Salapuddin	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Bataan	1st	Antonino P. Roman	independent	2	1998
	2nd	Enrique T. Garcia, Jr.	LDP	3	1995
Batanes	Lone	Florencio B. Abad	Liberal	3	1995
Batangas	1st	Eileen Ermita-Buhain	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd	Frank Perez	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd	Victoria H. Reyes	REPORMA-LM	1	2001
	4th	Oscar L. Gozos	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Benguet	Lone	Samuel M. Dangwa	REPORMA-LM	1	2001
Biliran	Lone	Gerardo S. Espina	NPC	3	1995
Bohol	1st	Edgar M. Chatto	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd	Roberto C. Cajes	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd	Eladio M. Jala	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Bukidnon	1st	J.R. Nereus O. Acosta	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd	Berthobal R. Ancheta	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd	Juan Miguel F. Zubiri	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Bulacan	1st	Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd	Wilfrido B. Villarama	Aksyon	1	2001
	3rd	Lorna C. Silverio	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	4th	Reylina G. Nicolas	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Cagayan	1st	Juan C. Ponce Enrile, Jr.	independent	2	1998
	2nd	Celia T. Taganas-Layus	NPC	1	2001
	3rd	Manuel N. Mamba	LDP	1	2001
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone	Constantino G. Jaraula	LDP	2	1998
Caloocan City	1st	Enrico R. Echiverri	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd	Edgar R. Erice	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato J. Unico, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando G. Andaya, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd	Cho Roco	Aksyon	1	2001
	3rd	Felix William B. Fuentebella	NPC	1	2001
	4th	Felix R. Alfelor, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camiguin	Lone	Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo	NPC	3	1998
Capiz	1st	Rodriguez D. Dadivas	Liberal	2	2001
	2nd	Fred H. Castro	Liberal	2	2001
Catanduanes	Lone	Joseph A. Santiago	NPC	2	2001
Cavite	1st	Joseph Emilio A. Abaya	Liberal	1	2004
	2nd	Gilbert C. Remulla	Nacionalista	2	2001
	3rd	Jesus Crispin C. Remulla	Nacionalista	1	2004
Cebu	1st	Eduardo R. Gullas	Nacionalista	1	2004
	2nd	Simeon L. Kintanar	NPC	3	1998
	3rd	Antonio P. Yapha, Jr.	NPC/Alayon	3	1998
	4th	Clavel A. Martinez	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
	5th	Ramon "Red" H. Durano VI[1]	Lakas-CMD	1	2005
	6th	Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz	KAMPI	2	2001
Cebu City	1st	Raul V. Del Mar	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
	2nd	Antonio V. Cuenco	Lakas-CMD/PROMDI	2	2001
Compostela Valley	1st	Manuel "Way Kurat" E. Zamora	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Prospero S. Amatong	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Cotabato (North)	1st	Emmylou J. Taliño-Santos	Nacionalista	2	2001
	2nd	Gregorio T. Ipong	NPC	3	1998
Davao City	1st	Prospero C. Nograles	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Vincent J. Garcia	NPC	2	2001
	3rd	Ruy Elias C. Lopez	NPC	3	1998
Davao del Norte	1st	Arrel R. Olaño	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Davao del Sur	1st	Douglas R.A. Cagas	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Claude P. Bautista	NPC	2	2001
Davao Oriental	1st	Corazon N. Malanyaon	KAMPI	2	2001
	2nd	Mayo Z. Almario	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Eastern Samar	Lone	Marcelino C. Libanan	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Guimaras	Lone	Edgar T. Espinosa	independent	2	2001
Ifugao	Lone	Solomon R. Chungalao	Liberal	2	2001
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	Lakas-CMD/KBL	2	2001
	2nd	Imee R. Marcos	KBL	3	1998
Ilocos Sur	1st	Salacnib F. Baterina	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
	2nd	Eric D. Singson	Liberal	2	2001
Iloilo	1st	Janette L. Garin	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	2nd	Judy Syjuco	Liberal	1	2004
	3rd	Arthur D. Defensor	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	4th	Ferjenel G. Biron	KAMPI	1	2004
	5th	Rolex T. Suplico	LDP	3	1998
Iloilo City	Lone	Raul T. Gonzalez, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo T. Albano III	KAMPI	1	2004
	2nd	Edwin C. Uy	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	3rd	Faustino G. Dy III	NPC	2	2001
	4th	Anthony C. Miranda	KAMPI	1	2004
Kalinga	Lone	Laurence B. Wacnang	Liberal	3	1998
La Union	1st	Manuel C. Ortega	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Tomas M. Dumpit	KAMPI	3	1998
Laguna	1st	Uliran T. Joaquin	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Justin S.B. Chipeco	Nacionalista	1	2004
	3rd	Danton Q. Bueser	Liberal	3	1998
	4th	Benjamin C. Agarao, Jr.	LDP	1	2004
Lanao del Norte	1st	Alipio V. Badelles	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Abdullah D. Dimaporo	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Lanao del Sur	1st	Faysah R.P.M. Dumarpa	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Benasing O. Macarambon, Jr.	NPC	3	1998
Las Piñas City	Lone	Cynthia A. Villar	Nacionalista	2	2001
Leyte	1st	Remedios L. Petilla	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	2nd	Trinidad G. Apostol	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	3rd	Eduardo K. Veloso	Lakas-CMD/NPC	3	1998
	4th	Eufrocino M. Codilla, Sr.	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	5th	Carmen L. Cari	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Maguindanao	1st	Baisendig G. Dilangalen	PMP	1	2004
	2nd	Simeon A. Datumanong	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Makati City	1st	Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.	PDP-Laban	2	2001
	2nd	Agapito A. Aquino	LDP	3	1998
Malabon City-Navotas	Lone	Federico S. Sandoval II	Liberal	3	1998
Mandaluyong City	Lone	Benjamin D. Abalos, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Manila	1st	Ernesto A. Nieva	Liberal	3	1998
	2nd	Jaime C. Lopez	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	3rd	Miles M. Roces	Liberal	1	2004
	4th	Rodolfo C. Bacani	Liberal	3	1998
	5th	Joey D. Hizon	Nacionalista	3	1998
	6th	Bienvenido M. Abante, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Marikina City	Lone	Del R. De Guzman	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Marinduque	Lone	Edmundo O. Reyes, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Masbate	1st	Narciso R. Bravo, Jr.	KAMPI	1	2004
	2nd	Emilio R. Espinosa, Jr.	NPC	3	1998
	3rd	Rizalina Seachon-Lanete	NPC	1	2004
Misamis Occidental	1st	Ernie D. Clarete	REPORMA-LM	2	2001
	2nd	Herminia M. Ramiro	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Misamis Oriental	1st	Danilo P. Lagbas	KNP	1	2004
	2nd	Augusto H. Baculio	KAMPI	3	1998
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor S. Dominguez	KAMPI	1	2004
Muntinlupa City	Lone	Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon	Liberal	2	2001
Negros Occidental	1st	Tranquilino B. Carmona	KAMPI	1	2004
	2nd	Alfredo D. Marañon III	KAMPI	1	2004
	3rd	Jose Carlos V. Lacson	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	4th	Carlos O. Cojuangco	NPC	3	1998
	5th	Apolinario Lozada	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	6th	Genaro Rafael K. Alvarez III	KAMPI/NPC	1	2004
Negros Oriental	1st	Jacinto V. Paras	LDP	3	1998
	2nd	Emilio C. Macias II	NPC	3	1998
	3rd	Herminio G. Teves	independent	3	1998
Northern Samar	1st	Harlin C. Abayon	Liberal	3	1998
	2nd	Romualdo T. Vicencio[2]	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Nueva Ecija	1st	Josefina M. Joson	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Eleuterio R. Violago	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	3rd	Oyie Umali	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	4th	Rodolfo W. Antonino	KAMPI	1	2004
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Rodolfo Q. Agbayani	LDP	1	2004
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Ma. Amelita C. Villarosa	KAMPI	1	2004
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Rodolfo G. Valencia	Liberal	1	2004
	2nd	Alfonso V. Umali, Jr.	Liberal	2	2001
Palawan	1st	Antonio C. Alvarez	KAMPI	1	2004
	2nd	Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra	Liberal	2	2001
Pampanga	1st	Francis L. Nepomuceno	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Mikey Macapagal Arroyo	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	3rd	Rey B. Aquino	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	4th	Anna York P. Bondoc	Nacionalista	1	2004
Pangasinan	1st	Arthur F. Celeste	KAMPI	2	2001
	2nd	Amado T. Espino, Jr.	KAMPI	2	2001
	3rd	Generoso D.C. Tulagan	KAMPI	3	1998
	4th	Jose De Venecia, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	5th	Mark O. Cojuangco	NPC	2	2001
	6th	Conrado M. Estrella III	NPC	2	2001
Parañaque City	1st	Eduardo C. Zialcita	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Roilo S. Golez	KAMPI	1	2004
Pasay City	Lone	Consuelo A. Dy	KAMPI	2	2001
Pasig City	Lone	Robert "Dodot" Jaworski, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Quezon	1st	Rafael P. Nantes	Liberal	3	1998
	2nd	Proceso J. Alcala	Liberal	1	2004
	3rd	Danilo E. Suarez	Liberal	1	2004
	4th	Lorenzo R. Tañada III	Liberal	1	2004
Quezon City	1st	Vincent "Bingbong" P. Crisologo	Nacionalista	1	2004
	2nd	Mary Ann L. Susano	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	3rd	Matias V. Defensor, Jr.	Liberal	1	2004
	4th	Nanette Castelo-Daza	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Quirino	Lone	Junie E. Cua	Liberal	2	2001
Rizal	1st	Michael John "Jack" R. Duavit	NPC	2	2001
	2nd	Isidro S. Rodriguez, Jr.	NPC	3	1998
Romblon	Lone	Eduardo C. Firmalo	KAMPI	1	2004
Samar (Western)	1st	Reynaldo S. Uy	Liberal	2	2001
	2nd	Catalino V. Figueroa	Nacionalista	1	2004
San Jose del Monte City	Lone	Eduardo V. Roquero	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo B. Zamora	PMP	2	2001
Sarangani	Lone	Erwin L. Chiongbian	Lakas-CMD/SARRO	2	2001
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando A. Fua, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Sorsogon	1st	Francis G. Escudero	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Jose G. Solis	KAMPI	2	2001
South Cotabato	1st	Darlene R. Antonino-Custodio	NPC	2	2001
	2nd	Arthur Y. Pingoy, Jr.	NPC	2	2001
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger G. Mercado	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Suharto "Teng" T. Mangudadatu	KAMPI	1	2004
Sulu	1st	Hussin U. Amin	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
	2nd	Munir M. Arbison	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda B. Ecleo	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Ace S. Barbers	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
Surigao del Sur	1st	Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	3	1998
	2nd	Peter Paul Jed C. Falcon	KAMPI	1	2004
Taguig City-Pateros	Lone	Alan Peter S. Cayetano	Nacionalista	3	1998
Tarlac	1st	Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr.	NPC	3	1998
	2nd	Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III	Liberal	3	1998
	3rd	Jesli A. Lapus[3]	NPC	3	1998
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Anuar J. Abubakar	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
Valenzuela City	1st	Bobbit L. Carlos	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	2nd	Antonio M. Serapio	Nacionalista	1	2004
Zambales	1st	Ma. Milagros "Mitos" H. Magsaysay	Lakas-CMD	1	2004
	2nd	Antonio M. Diaz	Liberal	1	2004
Zamboanga City	Lone	Erico Basilio A. Fabian	LDP	1	2004
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Cecilia G. Jalosjos-Carreon	PDSP	2	2001
	2nd	Roseller L. Barinaga	NPC	3	1998
	3rd	Cesar G. Jalosjos	PDSP	1	2004
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro E. Real, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
	2nd	Antonio H. Cerilles	NPC	1	2004
Zamboanga Sibugay	Lone	Belma A. Cabilao	Lakas-CMD	2	2001

Sectoral Representatives
Party-List	Representative	Term	First Elected
Akbayan Citizens' Action Party	Mario Joyo Aguja	2	2001
	Ana Theresia "Risa" Hontiveros-Baraquel	1	2004
	Loretta Ann P. Rosales	3	1998
Alagad	Marcoleta, Rodante D.	1	2004
Alliance of Volunteer Educators	Eulogio R. Magsaysay	1	2004
An Waray	Florencio "Bem" G. Noel	1	2004
Anak Mindanao	Mujiv Hataman	2	2001
Anakpawis	Crispin B. Beltran	1	2004
Ang Laban ng Indiginong Filipino	Acmad M. Tomawis	1	2004
	Rafael V. Mariano	1	2004
Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives	Sunny Rose A. Madamba	2	2001
	Ernesto C. Pablo	2	2001
	Edgar L. Valdez	2	2001
Bayan Muna	Teodoro A. Casiño	1	2004
	Satur C. Ocampo	2	2001
	Joel G. Virador	2	2001
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong	Christian M. Señeres	2	2001
	Rene M. Velarde	2	2001
Citizen's Battle Against Corruption	Emmanuel Joel J. Villanueva	2	2001
Cooperative-National Confederation of Cooperatives	Guillermo P. Cua	1	2004
GABRIELA	Liza L. Maza	1	2004
Luzon Farmers Party (Butil)	Leonila V. Chavez	1	2004
Partido ng Manggagawa	Renato "Ka Rene" B. Magtubo	3	1998
Veterans Freedom Party	Ernesto S. Gidaya	1	2004

[edit] External links

• List of Senators. Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
• The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank. Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.

[edit] Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P.. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

[edit] See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines

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