10th Congress of the Philippines

10th Congress of the Philippines

July 24, 1995 – June 5, 1998
President	Fidel Ramos
Vice President	Joseph Estrada
Senate
Senate President	Edgardo Angara (1995) Neptali Gonzales (1995-1996) Ernesto Maceda (1996-1998) Neptali Gonzales (1998)
Senate President pro tempore	Leticia Ramos-Shahani (1995-1996) Neptali Gonzales (1996; 1998) Blas Ople (1998)
Majority leader	Alberto Romulo (1995-1996) Francisco Tatad (1996-1998) Franklin Drilon (1998)
Minority leader	Edgardo Angara (1995-1996) Neptali Gonzales (1996-1998) Ernesto Maceda (1998)
Members	24
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Jose C. de Venecia, Jr.
<9th (1992) 11th (1998)>

The Tenth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikasampung Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the national Lower House of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines. The convening of the 12th Congress follows the 1995 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
  • Second Special Session: May 13 – June 21, 1996
  • Third Special Session: August 12 – August 30, 1996
  • First Joint Session: April 1, June 3, 1996
• Second Regular Session: July 29, 1996 – June 13, 1997
  • Fourth Special Session: January 6 – January 31, 1997
  • Fifth Special Session: February 3 – February 28, 1997
  • Second Joint Session: January 27, February 10, February 24, March 3, March 10 – March 17, 1997
• Third Regular Session: July 28, 1997 – June 5, 1998
  • Third Joint Session: February 16 – March 6, 1998
  • Sixth Special Session: March 16 – March 20, 1998
  • Seventh Special Session: April 6 – April 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 of the Senate

Edgardo Angara (LDP) (1995)

Neptali Gonzales (LDP) (1995-1996)

Ernesto Maceda (NPC) (1996-1998)

Neptali Gonzales (LDP) (1998)

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

Leticia Ramos-Shahani (Lakas-NUCD) (1995-1996)

Neptali Gonzales (LDP) (1995-1996,1998)

Blas Ople (LDP) (1996-1998)

• Majority Floor Leader

Alberto Romulo (LDP) (1995-1996)

Francisco Tatad (LDP) (1996-1998)

Franklin Drilon (Lakas-NUCD) (1998)

• Minority Floor Leader

Edgardo Angara (1995-1996)

Neptali Gonzales (1996-1998)

Ernesto Maceda (1998)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD, 4th District Pangasinan)

• Deputy Speakers

Senior Deputy Speaker

Raul A. Daza (Liberal, 1st District Northern Samar)

• Majority Floor Leader

• Minority Floor Leader

Members

Composition

File:10th Congress of the Philippines-Senate composition.svg

Final Senate composition.

File:10th Congress of the Philippines-House of Representatives composition.svg

Final House of Representatives composition.

	Party	Senate	House of Representatives
	Government coalition	0	9
	KBL	0	1
	LDP	14	17
	Lakas	5	100
	Lakas-Laban	NA	25
	Liberal	0	5
	Nacionalista	0	1
	NPC	2	22
	Opposition coalition	0	1
	PMP	0	1
	Independent	2	7
	Sectoral representatives	NA	21
	Others	0	14
	Total	24	224

Senate

Senator		Party	Term	Term Start	Term End
	Heherson I. Alvarez	LDP	2	1992	1998
	Edgardo J. Angara	LDP	2	1992	1998
	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	LDP	2	1995	2001
	Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng	NPC	2	1995	2001
	Franklin M. Drilon	Lakas-NUCD	1	1995	2001
	Juan Ponce Enrile	independent	1	1995	2001
	Marcelo B. Fernan	LDP	1	1995	2001
	Juan M. Flavier	Lakas-NUCD	1	1995	1998
	Neptali A. Gonzales	LDP	2	1992	1998
	Ernesto F. Herrera	LDP	2	1992	1998
	Gregorio B. Honasan II	RAM/independent	1	1995	2001
	Ernesto M. Maceda	NPC	2	1992	1998
	Ramon B. Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1	1995	2001
	Orlando S. Mercado	LDP	2	1992	1998
	Blas F. Ople	LDP	1	1992	1998
	Sergio R. Osmeña III	Lakas-NUCD	1	1995	2001
	Ramon B. Revilla	LDP	1	1992	1998
	Raul S. Roco	LDP	2	1995	2001
	Alberto G. Romulo	LDP	2	1992	1998
	Miriam Defensor Santiago	PRP	1	1995	2001
	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas-NUCD	2	1992	1998
	Vicente C. Sotto III	LDP	1	1992	1998
	Francisco S. Tatad	LDP	2	1995	2001
	Freddie N. Webb	LDP	1	1992	1998

House of Representatives

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

Sectoral Representatives
Sector	Representative	Term
Cultural Communities	Ronald L. Adamat	1
Labor	Isidro Q. Aligada	1
	Zoilo V. De La Cruz, Jr.	2
	Temistocles S. Dejon, Sr.	2
	Gregorio C. Del Prado	1
	Andres L. Dinglasan, Jr.	2
	Mohammad Omar A. Fajardo	3
	Ramon J. Jabar	1
	Ernesto C. Verceles	2
	Alejandro C. Villaviza	2
Peasant	Adolfo R. Geronimo	1
	Leonardo Q. Montemayor	1
	Arturo C. Olegario	1
	Vicente V. Tagle	2
	Glicerio J. Tan	1
Urban Poor	Florante T. Tarona	1
	Ariel Zartiga	2
Women	Minerva G. Laudico	2
	Leonor I. Luciano	2
Youth	Edgar M. Avila	2
	Felizardo Colambo	1
	Anna Marie K. Periquet	1

^1 Assumed office as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government on April 16, 1996.

^2 Assumed office on October 27, 1995, after the Supreme Court dismissed the disqualification case filed against her for supposedly failing to meet residency requirements.

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Philippine general election, 1995

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library