Senate of the Philippines

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legislative body upper house of the Congress of the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines is the country’s national upper legislative chamber, composed of elected senators who craft laws and provide checks and balances on the government.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Senate of the Philippines canonical	39
Philippine Senate	5
Senado ng Pilipinas	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ upper house of the Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
buildingType	government building ⓘ
constituencyType	nationwide at-large ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: 1935 Constitution of the Philippines Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
currentMeetingPlace	GSIS Building, Pasay, Metro Manila ⓘ
disbanded	1935 ⓘ
electionCycle	staggered elections every 3 years for half of the seats ⓘ
established	1916 ⓘ
establishedBy	Jones Law of 1916 ⓘ
hasCommittee	Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ Committee on Finance of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
hasPower	to approve the national budget ⓘ to concur in treaties and international agreements ⓘ to conduct inquiries in aid of legislation ⓘ to propose and enact laws ⓘ to try and decide impeachment cases ⓘ
jurisdiction	national ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
legalSystem	Philippine law ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Philippine government ⓘ surface form: Government of the Philippines
memberDesignation	Senator ⓘ
numberOfMembers	24 ⓘ
partOf	Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
previousMeetingPlace	GSIS Building, Pasay, Metro Manila ⓘ surface form: GSIS Building, Financial Center, Pasay Old Legislative Building, Manila ⓘ Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay ⓘ
reestablished	1940 ⓘ
reinstated	1987 ⓘ
role	conducts impeachment trials ⓘ confirms certain presidential appointments ⓘ crafts national legislation ⓘ provides checks and balances on the executive branch ⓘ provides checks and balances on the legislative process ⓘ ratifies treaties ⓘ
suspended	1972 ⓘ
termLength	6 years ⓘ
termLimit	2 consecutive terms ⓘ
votingSystem	plurality-at-large voting ⓘ
website	https://www.senate.gov.ph/ ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippines → upperHouse → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Congress of the Philippines → hasComponent → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Congress of the Philippines → upperHouse → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

House of Representatives of the Philippines → hasChamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Philippine government → hasChamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Philippine government → upperHouse → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Act No. 8491 → chamberInvolved → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippine Senate

Carlos P. Garcia → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Benigno S. Aquino III → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. → servedIn → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Jones Act (Philippines) → establishedBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippine Senate

Batasang Pambansa → precededBy → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Batasang Pambansa → followedBy → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Manny Pacquiao → memberOf → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

President of the Senate of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

President of the Senate of the Philippines → chamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

GSIS Building, Pasay, Metro Manila → occupant → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

GSIS Building, Pasay, Metro Manila → legislativeBodyHoused → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Old Legislative Building, Manila → associatedWith → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Finance of the Senate of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Finance of the Senate of the Philippines → chamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Finance of the Senate of the Philippines → parentOrganization → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Philippines → chamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Philippines → parentOrganization → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines → chamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines → parentOrganization → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate of the Philippines → chamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas → hasChamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senado ng Pilipinas

Kamara → collaboratesWith → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Kamara → passesBillsTo → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Kamara → receivesBillsFrom → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate of the Philippines → parentOrganization → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Acts of the Philippines → enactedBy → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippine Senate

Fifth Republic of the Philippines → upperHouse → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

EDSA II → governmentInstitutionInvolved → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippine Senate

Republic Act No. 8249 → legislativeChamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Philippines → trialImpeachmentBody → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Act No. 4221 → chamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Act No. 9503 → legislativeChamber → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

Jinggoy Estrada → workLocation → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippine Senate

JV Ejercito → memberOf → Senate of the Philippines ⓘ