10th Congress of the Philippines

10th Congress of the Philippines
10th Congress of the Philippines
Overview
Term	July 24, 1995 – June 5, 1998
President	Fidel Ramos
Vice President	Joseph Estrada
Senate
Members	24
President	Edgardo Angara; (until August 28, 1995); Neptali Gonzales; (August 29, 1995 – October 10, 1996); Ernesto Maceda; (October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998); Neptali Gonzales; (from January 26, 1998);
President pro tempore	Leticia Ramos-Shahani; (until October 10, 1996); Blas Ople; (from October 10, 1996);
Majority leader	Alberto Romulo; (until October 10, 1996); Francisco Tatad; (October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998); Franklin Drilon; (from January 26, 1998);
Minority leader	Ernesto Maceda; (until August 29, 1995); Edgardo Angara; (August 29, 1995 – October 10, 1996); Neptali Gonzales; (October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998); Ernesto Maceda; (from January 26, 1998);
House of Representatives
Members	226
Speaker	Jose de Venecia Jr.
Deputy Speakers	Hernando Perez; Raul Daza; Simeon Datumanong;
Majority leader	Rodolfo Albano Jr.
Minority leader	Ronaldo Zamora

The 10th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikasampung Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 24, 1995, until June 5, 1998, during the last three years of Fidel Ramos's presidency. The convening of the 10th Congress followed the 1995 national elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Sessions

First Special Session: June 26 – July 7, 1995

First Regular Session: July 24, 1995 – June 7, 1996
- First Joint Session: April 1 and June 3, 1996
- Second Special Session: May 13 – June 21, 1996
Second Regular Session: July 22, 1996 – June 13, 1997
- Third Special Session: August 12 – 30, 1996
- Fourth Special Session: January 6 – 31, 1997
- Fifth Special Session: February 3 – 28, 1997
- Second Joint Session: January 27, February 10, February 24, March 3 and March 10 – 17, 1997
Third Regular Session: July 28, 1997 – June 5, 1998
- Third Joint Session: February 16 – March 6, 1998
- Sixth Special Session: March 16 – 20, 1998
- Seventh Special Session: April 6 – 10, 1998
- Eighth Special Session: April 12 – May 1, 1998

Legislation

Laws passed by the 10th Congress:

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (took effect on January 1, 1998).

Leadership

Senate

President:
- Edgardo Angara (LDP), until August 28, 1995
- Neptali Gonzales (LDP), August 29, 1995 – October 10, 1996
- Ernesto Maceda (NPC), October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998
- Neptali Gonzales (LDP), from January 26, 1998
President pro tempore:
- Leticia Ramos-Shahani (Lakas), until October 10, 1996
- Blas Ople (LDP), from October 10, 1996
Majority Floor Leader:
- Alberto Romulo (LDP), until October 10, 1996
- Francisco Tatad (LDP), October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998
- Franklin Drilon (Lakas), from January 26, 1998
Minority Floor Leader:
- Ernesto Maceda (NPC), until August 29, 1995
- Edgardo Angara (LDP), August 29, 1995 – October 10, 1996
- Neptali Gonzales (LDP), October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998
- Ernesto Maceda (NPC), from January 26, 1998

House of Representatives

Speaker: Jose de Venecia Jr. (Pangasinan–4th, Lakas)
Deputy Speakers:
- Luzon: Hernando Perez (Batangas–2nd, Lakas)
- Visayas: Raul Daza (Northern Samar–1st, Liberal)
- Mindanao: Simeon Datumanong (Maguindanao–2nd, Lakas)
Majority Floor Leader: Rodolfo Albano Jr. (Isabela–1st, NPC)
Minority Floor Leader: Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan, NPC)

Members

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

For senators elected on May 11, 1992: June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
For senators elected on May 8, 1995: June 30, 1995 – June 30, 2001

Senator		Term	Term ending
Heherson Alvarez	LDP	2	1998
Edgardo Angara	LDP	2	1998
Nikki Coseteng	NPC	2	2001
Miriam Defensor Santiago	PRP	1	2001
Franklin Drilon	Lakas	1	2001
Marcelo Fernan	LDP	1	2001
Juan Flavier	Lakas	1	2001
Neptali Gonzales	LDP	2	1998
Ernesto Herrera	LDP	2	1998
Gregorio Honasan	Independent	1	2001
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo^[a]	LDP	2	2001
Ernesto Maceda	NPC	2	1998
Ramon Magsaysay Jr.	Lakas	1	2001
Orly Mercado	LDP	2	1998
Blas Ople	LDP	1	1998
Serge Osmeña	Lakas	1	2001
Juan Ponce Enrile	Independent	1	2001
Ramon Revilla Sr.	LDP	1	1998
Raul Roco	LDP	2	2001
Alberto Romulo	LDP	2	1998
Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas	2	1998
Tito Sotto	LDP	1	1998
Francisco Tatad	NPC	2	2001
Freddie Webb	LDP	1	1998

House of Representatives

Province/City	District	Representative		Term
Abra	Lone	Jeremias Zapata	Lakas	2
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito Plaza	Liberal	3
Agusan del Norte	2nd	Eduardo Rama Sr.	LDP	1
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Ceferino Paredes Jr.	NPC	2
Aklan	Lone	Allen Quimpo	Lakas	2
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman	LDP	3
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	3
	3rd	Romeo Salalima	Lakas	1
Antique	Lone	Exequiel Javier	Lakas	3
Aurora	Lone	Bella Angara	LDP	1
Bacolod	Lone	Romeo Guanzon	Lakas	3
Baguio	Lone	Bernardo Vergara	Lakas	2
Basilan	Lone	Candu Muarip	LDP	1
Bataan	1st	Felicito Payumo	Liberal	3
Bataan	2nd	Tet Garcia	LDP	1
Batanes	Lone	Florencio Abad	Liberal	1
Batangas	1st	Eduardo Ermita	Lakas	2
	2nd	Hernando Perez	Lakas	3
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	Lakas	3
	4th	Ralph Recto	LDP	2
Benguet	Lone	Ronald Cosalan	Lakas	1
Biliran	Lone	Gerardo Espina Sr.	NPC	1
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana	Lakas	3
	2nd	Erico Aumentado	Lakas	2
	3rd	Isidro Zarraga	Lakas	3
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro Acosta	Liberal	3
	2nd	Reginaldo Tilanduca	NPC	2
	3rd	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.	NPC	3
Bulacan	1st	Teodulo Natividad	LDP	2
	2nd	Pedro Pancho	Lakas	2
	3rd	Ricardo Silverio	Lakas	2
	4th	Angelito Sarmiento	Lakas	2
Cagayan	1st	Patricio Antonio	Lakas	1
	2nd	Edgar Lara	NPC	2
	3rd	Manuel Mamba	Lakas	1
Cagayan de Oro	Lone	Erasmo Damasing	Lakas	2
Caloocan	1st	Bobby Guanzon	Lakas	1
Caloocan	2nd	Luis Asistio	NPC	2
Camarines Norte	Lone	Emmanuel Pimentel	LDP	2
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya	Lakas	3
	2nd	Leopoldo San Buenaventura	PRP	1
	3rd	Arnulfo Fuentebella	NPC	2
	4th	Ciriaco Alfelor	Lakas	3
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro Romualdo	Lakas	3
Capiz	1st	Mar Roxas	Liberal	1
Capiz	2nd	Vicente Andaya Jr.	Lakas	2
Catanduanes	Lone	Leandro Verceles Jr.	NPC	2
Cavite	1st	Plaridel Abaya	NPC	1
	2nd	Renato Dragon	LDP	3
	3rd	Telesforo Unas	LDP	2
Cebu	1st	Eduardo Gullas	LDP	2
	2nd	Crisologo Abines	NPC	3
	3rd	John Henry Osmeña	NPC	1
	4th	Celestino Martinez Jr.	Lakas	3
	5th	Ramon Durano III	NPC	3
	6th	Nerissa Soon-Ruiz	LDP	2
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar	Lakas	3
Cebu City	2nd	Antonio Cuenco	Lakas	3
Cotabato	1st	Anthony Dequiña	NPC	2
Cotabato	2nd	Gregorio Andolana	Lakas	3
Davao City	1st	Prospero Nograles	PRP	1
	2nd	Manuel Garcia	NPC	2
	3rd	Elias Lopez	NPC	2
Davao del Norte	1st	Rogelio Sarmiento	Lakas	2
	2nd	Baltazar Sator	Lakas	3
	3rd	Rodolfo del Rosario	Lakas	3
Davao del Sur	1st	Alejandro Almendras Jr.	NPC	1
Davao del Sur	2nd	Benjamin Bautista Sr.	LDP	3
Davao Oriental	1st	Maria Elena Palma-Gil	Lakas	2
Davao Oriental	2nd	Thelma Almario	LDP	3
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose Ramirez	Lakas	3
Guimaras	Lone	Catalino Nava	Lakas	1
Ifugao	Lone	Benjamin Cappleman	LDP	2
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque Ablan Jr.	KBL	3
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Simeon Valdez	Lakas	1
Ilocos Sur	1st	Mariano Tajon	LDP	2
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Eric Singson	LDP	3
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin	Lakas	3
	2nd	Alberto Lopez	Lakas	3
	3rd	Licurgo Tirador	Lakas	3
	4th	Narciso Monfort	Lakas	1
	5th	Niel Tupas Sr.	LDP	3
Iloilo City	Lone	Raul M. Gonzalez	Lakas	1
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano Jr.	NPC	3
	2nd	Faustino Dy Jr.	NPC	2
	3rd	Santiago Respicio	NPC	3
	4th	Antonio Abaya	Lakas	3
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	Elias Bulut	LDP	2
La Union	1st	Victor Francisco Ortega	NPC	3
La Union	2nd	Jose Aspiras	Lakas	3
Laguna	1st	Nereo Joaquin	NPC	1
	2nd	Jun Chipeco	LDP	1
	3rd	Florante Aquino	Lakas	3
	4th	Magdaleno Palacol	Lakas	3
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Ll. Badelles	NPC	3
Lanao del Norte	2nd	Abdullah Mangotara	Lakas	1
Lanao del Sur	1st	Mamintal Adiong Sr.	Lakas	2
Lanao del Sur	2nd	Pangalian Balindong	Liberal	1
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone	Manny Villar	Lakas	2
Leyte	1st	Imelda Marcos	KBL	1
	2nd	Sergio Apostol	Lakas	2
	3rd	Alberto Veloso	NPC	3
	4th	Carmelo Locsin	Independent	3
	5th	Eriberto Loreto	LDP	3
Maguindanao	1st	Didagen Dilangalen	PMP	1
Maguindanao	2nd	Simeon Datumanong	Lakas	2
Makati	Lone	Joker Arroyo	Independent	2
Malabon-Navotas	Lone	Tessie Aquino-Oreta	LDP	3
Mandaluyong	Lone	Neptali Gonzales II	LDP	1
Manila	1st	Martin Isidro	Liberal	3
	2nd	Jaime Lopez	Lakas	3
	3rd	Leonardo Fugoso	Liberal	3
	4th	Ramon Bagatsing Jr.	LDP	3
	5th	Amado Bagatsing	LDP	3
	6th	Rosenda Ann Ocampo	NPC	2
Marikina	Lone	Romeo Candazo	Liberal	2
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita Reyes	Lakas	3
Masbate	1st	Vida Espinosa	LDP	1
	2nd	Luz Cleta Bakunawa	NPC	3
	3rd	Fausto Seachon Jr.	NPC	1
Misamis Occidental	1st	Percival Catane	Lakas	2
Misamis Occidental	2nd	Herminia Ramiro	Liberal	1
Misamis Oriental	1st	Homobono Cesar	Lakas	2
Misamis Oriental	2nd	Victorico Chaves	Lakas	3
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor Dominguez	LDP	3
Negros Occidental	1st	Julio Ledesma IV	NPC	1
	2nd	Alfredo Marañon	NPC	1
	3rd	Jose Carlos Lacson	Lakas	3
	4th	Edward Matti	NPC	3
	5th	Mariano Yulo	NPC	3
	6th	Genaro Alvarez Jr.	NPC	1
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome Paras	LDP	3
	2nd	Miguel Romero	LDP	3
	3rd	Margarito Teves	Lakas	3
Northern Samar	1st	Raul Daza	Liberal	3
Northern Samar	2nd	Wilmar Lucero	Liberal	2
Nueva Ecija	1st	Renato Diaz	Lakas	2
	2nd	Eleuterio Violago	NPC	2
	3rd	Pacifico Fajardo	NPC	2
	4th	Julita Lorenzo-Villareal	LDP	1
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos Padilla	LDP	1
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Jose T. Villarosa	LDP	2
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Renato Leviste	NPC	2
Oriental Mindoro	2nd	Jesus Punzalan	Lakas	3
Palawan	1st	Vicente Sandoval	Lakas	1
Palawan	2nd	Alfredo Amor Abueg Jr.	LDP	2
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin	Lakas	3
	2nd	Zenaida Cruz-Ducut	NPC	1
	3rd	Oscar Samson Rodriguez	NPC	1
	4th	Emigdio Bondoc	NPC	2
Pangasinan	1st	Hernani Braganza	Lakas	1
	2nd	Antonio Bengson III	Lakas	1
	3rd	Eric Galo Acuña	Lakas	2
	4th	Jose de Venecia Jr.	Lakas	3
	5th	Amadeo Perez Jr.	Lakas	2
	6th	Ranjit Shahani	Lakas	1
Parañaque	Lone	Roilo Golez	Lakas	2
Pasay	Lone	Jovito Claudio	Lakas	2
Pasig	Lone	Rufino Javier	NPC	3
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido Enverga	Lakas	3
	2nd	Marcial Punzalan Jr.	Lakas	2
	3rd	Danilo Suarez	Liberal	2
	4th	Wigberto Tañada	Liberal	1
Quezon City	1st	Reynaldo Calalay	PRP	1
	2nd	Dante Liban	NPC	2
	3rd	Mike Defensor	LDP	1
	4th	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	Lakas	2
Quirino	Lone	Junie Cua	Lakas	2
Rizal	1st	Gilberto Duavit Sr.	NPC	2
Rizal	2nd	Emigdio Tanjuatco Jr.	LDP	3
Romblon	Lone	Eleandro Jesus Madrona	Lakas	2
Samar	1st	Rodolfo Tuazon	Lakas	2
Samar	2nd	Catalino Figueroa	Lakas	2
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora	NPC	3
Sarangani	Lone	James Chiongbian	Lakas	3
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando Fua	Lakas	3
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador Escudero	NPC	3
Sorsogon	2nd	Bonifacio Gillego	Lakas	3
South Cotabato	1st	Luwalhati Antonino	Lakas	2
South Cotabato	2nd	Daisy Avance-Fuentes	Lakas	2
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado	Lakas	3
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Angelo Montilla	Lakas	1
Sulu	1st	Bensaudi Tulawie	Lakas	2
Sulu	2nd	Asani Tammang	Lakas	2
Surigao del Norte	1st	Constantino Navarro Jr.	Lakas	1
Surigao del Norte	2nd	Robert Barbers^[b]	Lakas	2
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario Ty	Lakas	3
Surigao del Sur	2nd	Jesnar Falcon	Independent	1
Taguig–Pateros	Lone	Dante Tiñga	PDP–Laban	3
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco	LDP	3
	2nd	Jose Yap	Lakas	3
	3rd	Herminio Aquino	LDP	3
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Nur Jaafar	Lakas	2
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio Serapio	Nacionalista	3
Zambales	1st	James Gordon Jr.	Lakas	1
Zambales	2nd	Antonio Diaz	Lakas	2
Zamboanga City	Lone	Maria Clara Lobregat	LDP	3
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Romeo Jalosjos Sr.	Lakas	1
	2nd	Cresente Llorente Jr.	Lakas	1
	3rd	Angel Carloto	Lakas	3
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Alejandro Urro	Lakas	2
	2nd	Antonio Cerilles	NPC	3
	3rd	Belma Cabilao	Lakas	2
Cultural Minorities		Ronald Adamat	Nonpartisan	1
Labor		Isidro Aligada	Nonpartisan	1
		Temistocles Dejon Sr.	Nonpartisan	2
		Gregorio del Prado	Nonpartisan	1
		Zoilo dela Cruz	Nonpartisan	2
		Andres Dinglasan Jr.	Nonpartisan	2
		Mohammad Omar Fajardo	Nonpartisan	1
		Ramon Jabar Jr.	Nonpartisan	3
		Ernesto Verceles	Nonpartisan	2
		Alejandro Villavisa	Nonpartisan	3
Peasant		Adolfo Geronimo	Nonpartisan	1
		Leonardo Montemayor	Nonpartisan	2
		Arturo Olegario Jr.	Nonpartisan	1
		Vicente Tagle	Nonpartisan	2
		Glicerio Tan	Nonpartisan	1
Urban Poor		Florante Tarona	Nonpartisan	1
Urban Poor		Ariel Zartiga	Nonpartisan	2
Women		Minerva Laudico	Nonpartisan	2
Women		Leonor Ines Luciano	Nonpartisan	1
Youth		Edgardo Avila	Nonpartisan	2
		Felizardo Colambo	Nonpartisan	1
		Anna Periquet	Nonpartisan	1

Notes

^ Took office as Vice President of the Philippines on June 30, 1998.
^ Appointed as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government on April 16, 1996.

References

External links

"List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
"The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

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