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Philippine Senate Committee On Public Information And Mass Media
The Philippine Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines. Jurisdiction According to the Rules of the Senate, the committee handles all matters relating to: * Public information, mass communication and broadcast services * Implementation of the provisions of the Constitution regarding ownership and management of mass media and the advertising industry * Development and promotion of information technology * Artistic standards and quality of the motion picture and television industry * The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board * The Film Development Council of the Philippines * The Presidential Communications Office Members, 19th Congress Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media has 13 members. The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ''ex officio'' members. Here are the members of the commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Congress Of The Philippines
The 19th Congress of the Philippines (), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives, met from July 25, 2022, until June 11, 2025, during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency. The convening of the 19th Congress followed the 2022 Philippine general election, 2022 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives met in the Batasang Pambansa Complex. The Senate met in the GSIS Building, with a scheduled move to its New Senate Building (Philippines), new building in Taguig indefintely postponed. The 19th Congress was also the first since the 10th Congress of the Philippines, 10th Congress that no senator was from the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal Party. Leadership Senate *President of the Senate of the Philippines, Senate President: **Migz Zubiri (Independent politician, Independent), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Pro Tempore Of The Senate Of The Philippines ...
The president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines is the second highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines. During the absence of the president of the Senate, the Senate president '' pro tempore'' presides over the Senate. In the 19th Congress, the incumbent president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines is Jinggoy Estrada. List of Senate presidents pro tempore References List of Senators of the Philippines External linksSenate of the Philippines {{Philippine Senate Legislative speakers in the Philippines Political office-holders in the Philippines Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Villar
Cynthia Aguilar Villar (, born Cynthia Ampaya Aguilar on July 29, 1950) is a Filipina politician currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the Lone District of Las Piñas from 2001 to 2010 before winning a seat in the Senate in 2013, placing tenth. Villar was re-elected for a second term in the Senate in the 2019 Philippine Senate elections, earning what was then the most votes in senate election history, until this number was surpassed by Robin Padilla in 2022. Personal life Villar was born on July 29, 1950, in Muntinlupa, then a municipality in Rizal, to Filemón Aguilar, a long-time mayor of Las Piñas and congressman, and Lydia Ampaya. She spent her elementary years at Muntinlupa Elementary School, where she graduated in 1962. In 1966, she graduated high school from Philippine Christian University. She then obtained a degree in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JV Ejercito
Joseph Victor Gomez Ejercito (; born December 26, 1969), also known as JV Ejercito Estrada or simply JV Ejercito, is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator since 2022 and previously from 2013 to 2019. He had also served as the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representative of Legislative district of San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan from 2010 to 2013 and was the city's mayor from 2001 to 2010. He is a son of former president Joseph Estrada, and a half-brother of Senator Jinggoy Estrada. After his father and half-brother were arrested for plunder on April 25, 2001, Ejercito was among the politicians who spoke against the Second EDSA Revolution at pro-Estrada rallies that preceded the EDSA III, May 1 riots near Malacañang Palace. Ejercito credits himself as the author of the Universal Health Care Act of the Philippines. Early life Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito was born December 26, 1969, in Manila to actors Joseph Estr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinggoy Estrada
Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. (born February 17, 1963), better known as Jinggoy Estrada or Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a Filipino politician and film actor serving as a senator since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2016. He is the current president pro tempore of the Senate, having been elected for the second time in 2024 after previously holding the position from 2007 to 2013. He also briefly became the acting Senate President in 2013 after Juan Ponce Enrile's resignation. Before serving in the Senate, he was the vice mayor (1988–1992) and later mayor (1992–2001) of San Juan when it was still a municipality. Estrada has been detained twice for corruption charges. In 2001, he and his father, ousted president Joseph Estrada, were arrested after being charged with plunder. He was released in 2003, elected to the Senate in 2004, and was acquitted in 2007. In 2014, he was charged and detained for allegedly embezzling from his discretionary funds in a scandal known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Win Gatchalian
Sherwin Ting Gatchalian (born April 6, 1974), known as Win Gatchalian, is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator since 2016. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), he previously served as the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Representative of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela's Legislative districts of Valenzuela#First district, 1st district from 2001 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2016. He was the Mayor of Valenzuela from 2004 to 2013. In 2001, Gatchalian was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. After one term in Congress, he was elected mayor of Valenzuela. During his term as mayor, Gatchalian ended the city's garbage woes and oversaw the clearing operations in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ondoy, Typhoon Ondoy. He also implemented a number of education programs, the establishment of the Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science, and the accessibility to tertiary public edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Go
Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Tesoro Go (; born June 14, 1974) is a Filipino politician serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019. He previously served under the Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, administration of President Rodrigo Duterte as Special Assistant to the President (Philippines), Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Management Staff (Philippines), Head of the Presidential Management Staff from 2016 to 2018. Go served as Duterte's personal aide and special assistant from 1998 to 2025, although he focused more on his senatorial duties after his election in 2019. Go was reelected to the Senate in 2025 amidst a feud between the Marcos family, Marcos and Duterte (surname)#Duterte Family, Duterte Political families in the Philippines, political families, earning the most number of votes in a senate election in Philippine history. In a 2020 affidavit submitted to the International Criminal Court, Go was accused by former policeman-contract kille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffy Tulfo
Rafael Teshiba Tulfo (; born March 12, 1960) is a Filipino politician, broadcast journalist, and media personality currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines since 2022. His works are focused on government and private sector issues, and he is best known as the host of the long-running public affairs radio program '' Wanted sa Radyo'', and the former anchor of ''Aksyon sa Tanghali'' from 2014 to 2020 that featured the segment "Ipa-Raffy Tulfo Mo". His YouTube channel ''Raffy Tulfo in Action'', which features videos from both shows, is the third-most subscribed Filipino YouTube channel as of 2021. Tulfo sought a seat in the Philippine senate in the 2022 election and won placing third overall with 23 million votes. Tulfo serves as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Senate Committee on Migrant Workers. Early life Rafael Teshiba Tulfo was born in Quezon City on March 12, 1960. He is the son of Ramon Tulfo Sr., a colonel in the Philippine Constabulary, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Tolentino
Francis Ng Tolentino (, born January 2, 1960) is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as a senator since 2019. He has been the Senate Majority Leader since 2024 and was formerly the chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee from 2022 to 2023. Before being elected to the Senate, he served as Chairperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) from 2010 to 2015 and mayor of Tagaytay twice: from 1986 to 1987 as an officer in charge (OIC) in the provisional government, and then elected to three consecutive terms from 1995 to 2004. Tolentino is the principal author of the senate bill that became the Philippine Maritime Zones Act. This law, which concerns the Philippines' claims in the South China Sea dispute, has been objected by China. Education Tolentino had his primary education in Lourdes School of Mandaluyong. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and his Bachelor of La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lito Lapid
Manuel "Lito" Mercado Lapid (; born October 25, 1955) is a Filipino actor, director and politician serving as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016. He started his political career in Pampanga, serving as vice governor from 1992 to 1995, and Governor of Pampanga, governor from 1995 to 2004. Early life and education Lapid was born in Porac, Pampanga on August 21, 1955. He is the fifth child out of nine children of Jose Songco Lapid and Eleuteria Mercado. He completed his elementary education at the Porac Central School in 1968 and secondary education at St. Catherine's Academy in Porac in 1972. He did not enroll for his tertiary education as he pursued acting. Acting career Lapid entered the film industry as a stuntman, and became an actor. He is the nephew of Jess Lapid Sr., Jess Lapid and the cousin of Jess Lapid Jr. The movie "The Jess Lapid Story" got him noticed in the movie industry. Political career In the 1992 Philippine g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imee Marcos
Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios "Imee" Romualdez Marcos-Manotoc (; born November 12, 1955) is a Filipino politician and film producer serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019. She previously served as governor of Ilocos Norte from 2010 to 2019 and as the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representative of Ilocos Norte's Ilocos Norte's 2nd congressional district, 2nd district from 1998 to 2007. She is a daughter of List of presidents of the Philippines, 10th President of the Philippines, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos, and the older sister of the current president, Bongbong Marcos. Imee Marcos' political career began during Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, her father's martial law regime, becoming chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan#Predecessors, Kabataang Barangay (KB) Foundation in 1977 and a member of the Batasang Pambansa in 1984. It was during her KB term that activist Archimedes Trajano was abduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Revilla
Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (; born Jose Mari Mortel Bautista; September 25, 1966) is a Filipino actor, director, producer, television presenter and politician serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016. The son of actor-politician Ramon Revilla Sr., he himself became an Action hero, action star in the 1980s and 1990s as Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., starring in the Alyas Pogi (film series), ''Alyas Pogi'' film series as the titular policeman Henry Cruz. He started his political career in Cavite, serving as vice governor (1995–1998) and later Governor of Cavite, governor (1998–2001). He was the chairman of the Optical Media Board, Videogram Regulatory Board (now the Optical Media Board) from 2002 to 2004. Revilla was first elected to the Senate in 2004. He successfully ran for a second term and topped the 2010 Philippine Senate election, senatorial race in 2010. His alleged involvement in the Priority Development Assistance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
