8th Congress of the Philippines

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The Eighth 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.

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: July 27, 1987–
• Second Regular Session: July 25, 1988–
• Third Regular Session: July 24, 1989–
• Fourth Regular Session: July 23, 1990–
• Fifth Regular Session: July 22, 1991–

[edit] Legislation

Laws passed by the 8th Congress:

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

• Majority Floor Leader

• Minority Floor Leader

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

• Deputy Speakers

• Majority Floor Leader

• Minority Floor Leader

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senator	Party
Heherson I. Alvarez
Edgardo J. Angara
Agapito S. Aquino
Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista
Joseph E. Estrada	Nacionalista
Neptali A. Gonzales
Teofisto P. Guingona
Ernesto F. Herrera
Sotero H. Laurel
Jose M. Lina
Ernesto M. Maceda
Raul S. Manglapus[1]	NUCD
Orlando S. Mercado
John H. Osmeña	Liberal
Vicente T. Paterno
Aquilino Q. Pimentel	PDP-Laban
Santanina T. Rasul
Alberto G. Romulo
Rene A. Saguisag	PDP-Laban
Jovito R. Salonga	Liberal
Leticia R. Shahani
Mamintal A.J. Tamano
Wigberto E. Tañada	Liberal
Victor San Andres Ziga	Liberal

[edit] House of Representatives

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Rudolfo A. Bernardez
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito B. Plaza
	2nd	Edelmiro A. Amante, Sr.
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Democrito O. Plaza
Aklan	Lone	Ramon B. Legaspi
Albay	1st	Edcel C. Lagman
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial
	3rd	Efren R. Sarte
Antique	Lone	Exequiel B. Javier
Aurora	Lone	Benedicto G. Miran
Bacolod City	Lone	Romeo G. Guanzon
Basilan	Lone	Alvin G. Dans
Bataan	1st	Felicito C. Payumo
	2nd	Enrique T. Garcia
Batanes	Lone	Florencio B. Abad[1]	Liberal
Batangas	1st	Conrado V. Apacible
	2nd	Hernando B. Perez
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad
	4th	Jose E. Calingasan
Benguet	1st	Honorato Y. Aquino
	2nd	Samuel M. Dangwa
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana
	2nd	David B. Tirol
	3rd	Isidro C. Zarraga
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro O. Acosta
	2nd	Violeta T. Labaria
	3rd	Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.
Bulacan	1st	Francisco B. Aniag, Jr.
	2nd	Vicente C. Rivera, Jr.
	3rd	Jose L. Cabochan
	4th	Rogaciano M. Mercado[2]
Cagayan	1st	Domingo A. Tuzon
	2nd	Leoncio M. Puzon
	3rd	Tito M. Dupaya
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone	Benedicta B. Roa
Caloocan City	1st	Virgilio P. Robles
		Romeo L. Santos[3]
	2nd	Gerardo P. Cabochan
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato M. Unico
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando R. Andaya
	2nd	Raul S. Roco
	3rd	Eduardo P. Pilapil
	4th	Ciriaco R. Alfelor
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro P. Romualdo
Capiz	1st	Gerardo A. Roxas, Jr.	Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio T. Villareal
Catanduanes	Lone	Moises M. Tapia[4]
Cavite	1st	Leonardo L. Guerrero
	2nd	Renato P. Dragon
	3rd	Jorge A. Nuñez
Cebu	1st	Antonio Bacaltos
	2nd	Crisologo A. Abines
	3rd	Pablo P. Garcia
	4th	Celestino E. Martinez, Jr.
	5th	Ramon D. Durano III
	6th	Vicente L. de la Serna
Cebu City	1st	Raul V. Del Mar
	2nd	Antonio V. Cuenco
Cotabato (North)	1st	Rodrigo B. Gutang
	2nd	Gregorio A. Andolana
Davao City	1st	Jesus G. Dureza
		Prospero Nograles[5]
	2nd	Cornelio P. Maskariño
	3rd	Luis T. Santos
Davao del Norte	1st	Lorenzo S. Sarmiento
	2nd	Baltazar A. Sator
	3rd	Rodolfo P. Del Rosario
Davao del Sur	1st	Juanito G. Camasura, Jr.
	2nd	Benjamin V. Bautista, Sr.
Davao Oriental	1st	Enrico G. Dayanghirang
	2nd	Thelma Z. Almario
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose T. Ramirez
Ifugao	Lone	Gualberto B. Lumauig
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	KBL
	2nd	Mariano R. Nalupta, Jr.
Ilocos Sur	1st	Luis C. Singson
	2nd	Eric D. Singson
Iloilo	1st	Oscar G. Garin
	2nd	Alberto J. Lopez
	3rd	Licurgo P. Tirador
	4th	Narciso D. Monfort
	5th	Neil D. Tupas
Iloilo City	Lone	Rafael J. Lopez-Vito
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo B. Albano
	2nd	Simplicio B. Domingo, Jr.
	3rd	Santiago P. Respicio
	4th	Antonio M. Abaya
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	William F. Claver
La Union	1st	Victor F. Ortega
	2nd	Jose D. Aspiras
Laguna	1st	Nereo R. Joaquin
	2nd	Justin M. Chipeco, Jr.
	3rd	Florante L. Aquino
	4th	Magdaleno M. Palacol
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Ll. Badelles
	2nd	Abdullah D. Dimaporo[6]
Lanao del Sur	1st	Sultan Omar M. Dianalan
	2nd	Mohamad Ali B. Dimaporo
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone	Filemon C. Aguilar
Leyte	1st	Cirilo Roy C. Montejo
	2nd	Manuel L. Horca, Jr.
	3rd	Alberto S. Veloso
	4th	Carmelo J. Locsin
	5th	Eriberto V. Loreto
Maguindanao	1st	Michael Mastura
	2nd	Guimid P. Matalam
Makati	Lone	Ma. Consuelo Puyat-Reyes
Malabon-Navotas	Lone	Teresa Aquino-Oreta
Manila	1st	Martin B. Isidro
	2nd	Jaime C. Lopez
	3rd	Leonardo B. Fugoso
	4th	Ramon S. Bagatsing, Jr.
	5th	Amado S. Bagatsing
	6th	Pablo V. Ocampo
Marikina	Lone	Democlito J. Angeles
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita O. Reyes
Masbate	1st	Tito R. Espinosa
	2nd	Luz Cleta R. Bakunawa
	3rd	Moises R. Espinosa
Misamis Occidental	1st	Ernie D. Clarete
	2nd	Herminia M. Ramiro
Misamis Oriental	1st	Isacio A. Pelaez
	2nd	Victorico L. Chavez
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor S. Dominguez
Negros Occidental	1st	Salvador S. Laguda
	2nd	Manuel H. Puey
	3rd	Jose Carlos V. Lacson
	4th	Edward M. Matti
	5th	Mariano M. Yulo
	6th	Hortensia L. Starke
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome V. Paras
	2nd	Miguel L. Romero
	3rd	Margarito B. Teves
Northern Samar	1st	Raul A. Daza
	2nd	Jose L. Ong, Jr.
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eduardo Nonato N. Joson
	2nd	Simeon E. Garcia, Jr.
	3rd	Hermogenes D. Concepcion, Jr.
	4th	Nicanor D. De Guzman, Jr.[7]
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos M. Padilla	LDP
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Mario Gene J. Mendiola
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Rodolfo G. Valencia
	2nd	Jesus M. Punzalan
Palawan	1st	David A. Ponce De Leon
	2nd	Ramon V. Mitra	LDP
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo F. Lazatin
	2nd	Emigdio L. Lingad
	3rd	Oscar S. Rodriguez
	4th	Marciano M. Pineda
		Emilio Bondoc[8]
Pangasinan	1st	Oscar M. Orbos[9]
	2nd	Antonio E. Bengson III
	3rd	Fabian S. Sison
	4th	Jose C. De Venecia, Jr.
	5th	Conrado B. Estrella, Jr.
	6th	Conrado M. Estrella III
Parañaque	Lone	Freddie N. Webb
Pasay City	Lone	Lorna Verano-Yap
Pasig	Lone	Rufino S. Javier
Pateros-Taguig	Lone	Dante O. Tinga
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido L. Enverga
	2nd	Mariano L. Tagarao[10]
	3rd	Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr.
	4th	Oscar F. Santos
Quezon City	1st	Renato A. Yap
	2nd	Antonio L. Aquino
	3rd	Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng
	4th	Ismael A. Mathay, Jr.
Quirino	Lone	Junie E. Cua
Rizal	1st	Francisco S. Sumulong
	2nd	Emigdio S. Tanjuatco, Jr.
Romblon	Lone	Natalio M. Beltran, Jr.
Samar (Western)	1st	Jose A. Roño
	2nd	Venancio T. Garduce
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Lone	Ronaldo B. Zamora
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando B. Fua
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador H. Escudero III
	2nd	Bonifacio H. Gillego
South Cotabato	1st	Adelbert W. Antonino
	2nd	Hilario L. De Pedro III
	3rd	James L. Chiongbian
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger G. Mercado
		Rosette Y. Lerias[11]
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Estanislao V. Valdez
Sulu	1st	Abdusakur M. Tan
	2nd	Arden S. Anni
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda B. Ecleo
	2nd	Constantino C. Navarro
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario S. Ty
	2nd	Ernesto T. Estrella
Tarlac	1st	Jose R. Cojuangco, Jr.
	2nd	Jose V. Yap
	3rd	Herminio S. Aquino
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr.
		Romulo Espaldon[12]
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio M. Serapio
Zambales	1st	Katherine H. Gordon
	2nd	Pacita T. Gonzales
Zamboanga City	Lone	Ma. Clara L. Lobregat
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Artemio A. Adasa, Jr.
	2nd	Ernesto S. Amatong
	3rd	Angel M. Carloto
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro E. Real, Jr.
	2nd	Antonio H. Cerilles
	3rd	Wilfredo G. Cainglet

Sectoral Representatives
Sector	Representative
Disabled	Arturo Borjal
	Estrella G. Juco[13]
Farmers	Dabiel De Luna
Fisherfolk	Antonio Olegario
Labor	Ramon Jabar, Jr.
	Adelize A. Raymundo
	Alejandro C. Villariza
Peasant	Romeo Angeles
	Bartolome Arteche
Urban Poor	Herminio Panganiban
	Rey M. Teves
Veteran & Elderly	Dionisio Ojeda
Youth	Al Ignatius Lopez
	Jose Luis Martin Gascon

[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

	Legislatures of the Philippines CONGRESS: Senate • House of Representatives Past Legislative Bodies: Malolos Congress (1898–1899) • Philippine Commission (1900–1916) Philippine Assembly (1907–1935) • National Assembly (1935–1946) • Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984)

Legislative Periods
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