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The New Senate (Filipino: Bagong Senado), [3] also known as the New Senate Building, is a government building under construction in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. It is set to be the new building of the Senate of the Philippines starting as early as 2025. [4]
The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas) is the upper house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country forms one district in senatorial elections) under a plurality-at-large ...
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.
The Senate, which meets in a separate place from the House of Representatives which is in the Batasang Pambansa Complex, rents usage of the building from the GSIS.In 2009, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago urged the Senate to build its own building, as they are paying 7.8 million pesos for the building and 500,000 pesos for the parking lot, every month.
[b] The Senate meets at the GSIS Building in Pasay, while the House of Representatives meets at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City, which also hosts joint sessions. The Senate is composed of 24 senators [4] half of which are elected every three years. Each senator, therefore, serves a total of six years.
The Philippine National Museum (of Fine Arts) Senate Session Hall in 2022 The museum was used as the venue for the inauguration of Bongbong Marcos on June 30, 2022. The building became known as the Congress Building, and continuously served as home of the Congress of the Philippines until 1972 with the declaration of martial law. The Congress ...
The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the Senate of the Philippines. It consists of 6 senators nominated by the Senate, and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines , who are designated by the Chief Justice .
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Building in Pasay City, also home of the Senate of the Philippines Source Taken using my own camera Date 12-13-2020 Author patrickroque01 Permission (Reusing this file) See below.