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When the bicameral Congress was restored in 1987, the complex was set aside as the home of the House of Representatives. The main building of the complex is still often referred to as the Batasang Pambansa. The Senate, the upper house of Congress, does not meet in the Batasan, but in the GSIS Building across Metro Manila in Pasay.
Batasan Hills is a barangay of Quezon City, Philippines.The barangay was originally planned as the National Government Center of the Philippines.The Batasang Pambansa Complex, which sits atop the Constitution Hill, is the legislative session hall of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
The two houses of Congress meet at different places in Metro Manila, the seat of government: the Senate meets at the GSIS Building, the main office of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in Pasay, while the House of Representatives sits at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. The two are around 25 kilometers (16 mi) apart.
The 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Metro Manila were held on May 9, 2022, to elect the thirty-three representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing various areas in the National Capital Region.
It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1987. [3] The district consists of barangays 649 to 828 in the south Manila districts of Ermita , Intramuros , Malate , Port Area , San Andres and south Paco bordering the adjacent cities of Makati and Pasay . [ 4 ]
The House of Representatives continued to occupy the second floor until 1945 when the area was shelled during the Battle of Manila. The building was damaged beyond repair and Congress convened at the Old Japanese Schoolhouse at Lepanto [ 18 ] (modern-day S. H. Loyola) Street, Manila until the Legislative Building can be occupied again in 1949.
The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of Congress. The House of Representatives has existed from 1945 to 1972, and since 1987. Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934.
Manila's 3rd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the city of Manila. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1949. [3] The district consists of barangays 268 to 394 in the northern Manila districts of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz. [4]