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President, Head of State, Head of Government- President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III
Vice President
Executive Sec.
Julia ABAD
Florencio ABAD
Sec. of Energy
Cesar PURISIMA
Ramon PAJE
Jesse ROBREDO
Leila DE LIMA
Rosalinda BALDOZ
Mario MONTEJO
Corazon SOLIMAN
Alberto LIM
Gregory DOMINGO
Manuel ROXAS II
Ambassador to the US
Libran N. CABACTULAN
Senate officers
Senate President
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to banks, financial institutions, government and private
currencies, capital markets, mutual funds, securitization, coinage and circulation of money.
Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization
Chairperson: Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the civil service and the status of officers and employees of
the government including their compensation privileges, benefits, and collective negotiation
agreements; reorganization of the government or any of its branches; and all other matters
relating to the bureaucracy.
Committee on Climate Change
Chairperson: Sen. Loren Legarda
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies, programs, strategies, technologies and other
innovations addressing global warming and climate change impacts.
Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes
Chairperson: Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
Jurisdiction: All matters proposing amendments to the constitution of the Philippines, and the
revision of existing codes.
Committee on Cooperatives
Chairperson: Sen. Manuel Lapid
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to cooperatives, including farm credit and farm security,
cooperative movements, and the implementation of the Cooperative Code of the Philippines.
Committee on Cultural Communities
Chairperson: Sen. Loren Legarda
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to cultural communities.
Committee on Economic Affairs
Chairperson: Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to economic planning and programming, general economic
development, and coordination, regulation and diversification of industry and investments.
Chairpersons: Sen. Francis Escudero (Subcommittee A), Sen. Sergio Osmea III
(Subcommittee B), Sen. Loren Legarda (Subcommittee C), Sen. Ralph Recto (Subcommittee D),
Sen. Teofisto Guingona III (Subcommittee E)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to funds for the expenditures of the national government and
for the payment of public indebtedness; auditing of accounts and expenditures of the national
government; intergovernmental revenue sharing; and, in general, all matters relating to public
expenditures.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Chairperson: Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the relations of the Philippines with other nations;
diplomatic and consular service; the United Nations (UN) and its agencies, the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and other multilateral organizations; all international
agreements, obligations and contracts; and overseas Filipinos.
Committee on Games, Amusement, and Sports
Chairperson: Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to games and amusement such as lotteries, horse-racing,
boxing, and basketball, and matters related to amateur grassroots and elite sports development.
Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
Chairperson: Sen. Cynthia Villar
Jurisdiction: All matters affecting government corporations, including all amendments to their
charters, the interests of the government industrial and commercial enterprises, and privatization.
Committee on Health and Demography
Chairperson: Sen. Teofisto Guingona III
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to public health, medical, hospital and quarantine services, and
population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families.
Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Chairperson: Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the organization and administration of justice, civil courts,
and penitentiaries; impeachment proceedings against constitutional officers and other officers;
registration of land titles; immigration and naturalization; the implementation of the
constitutional provisions on human rights; and all matters pertaining to the efficiency and
reforms in the prosecution service.
Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development
Chairperson: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to labor employment and human resource development; labor
education and standards; recruitment, training and placement of workers and exports of human
resources; and promotion and development of workers organizations.
Committee on Local Government
Chairperson: Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to autonomous regions, provinces, cities, special metropolitan
political subdivisions, municipalities, and barangays.
Committee on National Defense and Security
Chairperson: Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to national defense, and external and internal threats to
national security; the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); war veterans and military retirees;
civil defense; and military research and development.
Committee on Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation
Chairperson: Sen. Teofisto Guingona III
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to peace, armed conflict resolution, political negotiation,
cessation of hostilities, amnesty, integration and development of former rebels, and national
unification and reconciliation.
Committee on Public Information and Mass Media
Chairperson: Sen. Grace Poe
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to public information, mass communication and broadcast
services, the implementation of the constitutional provisions regarding ownership of mass media
and the advertising industry, and the artistic standards and quality of the motion picture and
television industry.
Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs
Chairperson: Sen. Grace Poe
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to peace and order, the Philippine National Police (PNP), the
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and
private security agencies; the possession, use, cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of
prohibited and regulated drugs, the prosecution of offenders, and rehabilitation of drug users and
dependents.
Committee on Public Services
Chairperson: Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr.
Jurisdiction: All matters affecting public services and utilities, communications, land, air, river
and sea transportation including railroads, inter-island navigation and lighthouses, and the grant
or amendment of legislative franchises.
Committee on Public Works
Chairperson: Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to planning, construction, maintenance, improvement and
repair of public buildings, highways, bridges, roads, ports, airports, harbors and parks, drainage
and flood control, and irrigation and water utilities.
Committee on Rules
Chairperson: Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano
Jurisdiction: All matters affecting the rules of the Senate, the calendar and parliamentary rules,
the order and manner of transacting business, and the creation of committees.
Committee on Science and Technology
Chairperson: Sen. Ralph Recto
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to science and technology, including scientific and
technological research, development and advancement.
Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development
Chairperson: Sen. Maria Lourdes Binay
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to rural development and welfare, and the implementation of
the constitution provisions on social justice.
Committee on Tourism
Chairperson: Sen. Manuel Lapid
Committee on Accounts
Chairperson: Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona (Romblon, Lone District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the internal budget of the House of Representatives,
including budget preparation, submission and approval, disbursements, accounting, and financial
operations.
Committee on Agrarian Reform
Chairperson: Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr. (Ifugao, Lone District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to agrarian reform, the resettlement of and other support
services for agrarian reform beneficiaries, and the implementation and amendment of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.
Committee on Agriculture and Food
Chairperson: Rep. Mark Llandro Mendoza (Batangas, 4th District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to food and agricultural production, agri-business, agricultural
research and technology, soil survey and research, irrigation, farm credit and security, animal
industry, and crop and livestock production.
Committee on Appropriations
Chairperson: Rep. Isidro Ungab (Davao City, 3rd District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the expenditures of the national government including
payment of public indebtedness, creation or abolition and classification of positions in
government, and the determination of salaries, allowances and benefits of government personnel.
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to labor, the advancement and protection of workers rights
and welfare, employment and manpower development, labor standards, and the organization and
development of the labor market including the recruitment, training and placement of manpower.
Committee on Legislative Franchises
Chairperson: Rep. Marcelino Teodoro (Marikina City, 1st District)
Jurisdiction: All matters directly and principally relating to the grant, amendment, extension or
revocation of franchises.
Committee on Local Government
Chairperson: Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. (South Cotabato, 1st District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to autonomous regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, and
barangays, including their revenues and expenditures.
Committee on Metro Manila Development
Chairperson: Rep. Winston Castelo (Quezon City, 2nd District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs to promote and enhance the
development of the Metro Manila area.
Committee on Mindanao Affairs
Chairperson: Rep. Arnulfo Go (Sultan Kudarat, 2nd District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the development of Mindanao, including the preparation of
a comprehensive and integrated development plan for Mindanao.
Committee on Muslim Affairs
Chairperson: Rep. Tupay Loong (Sulu, 1st District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to Muslim affairs inclusive of the welfare of Muslim Filipinos,
and the development of predominantly Muslim areas.
Committee on National Cultural Communities
Chairperson: Rep. Nancy Catamco (North Cotabato, 2nd District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to national cultural communities, and the development of
predominantly cultural community areas.
Committee on Transportation
Chairperson: Rep. Cesar Sarmiento (Catanduanes, Lone District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to land, sea, and air transportation, the establishment,
operation, management and regulation of airports, seaports and other mass transportation
systems including rail systems and roll on-roll off (RO-RO) systems, civil aviation, air transport
agreements, transportation safety standards, air transport security, and maritime security.
Committee on Veterans Affairs and Welfare
Chairperson: Rep. Herminia Roman (Bataan, 1st District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the welfare of war veterans, veterans of military campaigns,
military retirees, and their surviving spouses and beneficiaries.
Committee on Ways and Means
Chairperson: Rep. Romero Quimbo (Marikina City, 2nd District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the fiscal, monetary and financial affairs of the national
government, including tariff, taxation, revenues, borrowing, and credit and bonded indebtedness.
Committee on Welfare of Children
Chairperson: Rep. Aurora Enerio Cerilles (Zamboanga del Sur, 2nd District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the needs, education and overall welfare of Filipino
children.
Committee on Welfare and Gender Equality
Chairperson: Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica (Bulacan, 4th District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the rights and welfare of women and female children and
youth, inclusive of their education, employment and working conditions, and concerns relating to
gender equality.
Committee on Youth and Sports Development
Chairperson: Rep. Anthony Del Rosario (Davao del Norte, 1st District)
Jurisdiction: All matters relating to youth development, including the development of their
leadership potentials and the promotion of their moral, physical, intellectual and social wellbeing, and sports development.