8th Congress of the Philippines

8th Congress of the Philippines
8th Congress of the Philippines
Overview
Term	July 27, 1987 – June 17, 1992
President	Corazon Aquino
Vice President	Salvador Laurel
Senate
Members	24
President	Jovito Salonga; (until January 18, 1992); Neptali Gonzales; (from January 18, 1992);
President pro tempore	Teofisto Guingona Jr.; (until July 23, 1990); Sotero Laurel; (July 23, 1990 – January 18, 1992); Ernesto Maceda; (from January 18, 1992);
Majority leader	Orly Mercado; (until July 23, 1990); Teofisto Guingona Jr.; (July 23, 1990 – July 22, 1991); Alberto Romulo; (from July 22, 1991);
Minority leader	Juan Ponce Enrile; (until January 18, 1992); Wigberto Tañada; (from January 18, 1992);
House of Representatives
Members	214
Speaker	Ramon Mitra Jr.
Speaker pro tempore	Antonio Cuenco
Majority leader	Francisco S. Sumulong
Minority leader	Rodolfo B. Albano; (until October 20, 1989); Mohammad Ali Dimaporo; (October 20, 1989 – June 1, 1990); Salvador Escudero; (June 1, 1990 – July 22, 1991); Victor F. Ortega; (from July 22, 1991);

The 8th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikawalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 27, 1987, until June 17, 1992, during the presidency of Corazon Aquino. This was the first Congress after the ratification of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.

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Senate

President:
- Jovito Salonga (Liberal), until January 18, 1992
- Neptali Gonzales (LDP), from January 18, 1992
President pro tempore:
- Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Liberal), until July 23, 1990
- Sotero Laurel (UNIDO), July 23, 1990 – January 18, 1992
- Ernesto Maceda (PDP–Laban), from January 18, 1992
Majority Floor Leader:
- Orly Mercado (Liberal), until July 23, 1990
- Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Liberal), July 23, 1990 – July 22, 1991
- Alberto Romulo (LDP), from July 22, 1991
Minority Floor Leader:
- Juan Ponce Enrile (Nacionalista), until January 18, 1992
- Wigberto Tañada (Liberal), from January 18, 1992

House of Representatives

Speaker: Ramon Mitra Jr. (Palawan–2nd, LDP)
Speaker pro tempore: Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City–2nd, LDP)
Majority Floor Leader: Francisco S. Sumulong (Rizal–1st, LDP)
Minority Floor Leader:
- Rodolfo B. Albano (Isabela–1st, KBL), until October 20, 1989
- Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (Lanao del Sur–2nd, KBL), October 20, 1989 – June 1, 1990
- Salvador Escudero (Sorsogon–1st, KBL), June 1, 1990 – July 22, 1991
- Victor F. Ortega (La Union–1st, Nacionalista), from July 22, 1991

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Senate

All senators were elected on May 11, 1987 for terms that began on June 30, 1987 and ended on June 30, 1992.

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Senator	Party
Heherson Alvarez		Lakas ng Bansa
Edgardo Angara		Independent
Butz Aquino		BANDILA
Joseph Estrada		Nacionalista
Neptali Gonzales		Lakas ng Bansa
Teofisto Guingona Jr.		Liberal
Ernesto Herrera		Liberal
Sotero Laurel		UNIDO
Joey Lina		Lakas ng Bansa
Ernesto Maceda		PDP–Laban
Raul Manglapus^[a]		Lakas ng Bayan
Orly Mercado		Liberal
John Henry Osmeña		Liberal
Vicente Paterno		PDP–Laban
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.		PDP–Laban
Juan Ponce Enrile^[b]		Nacionalista
Leticia Ramos-Shahani		Lakas ng Bansa
Nina Rasul^[c]		Liberal
Alberto Romulo		Lakas ng Bansa
Rene Saguisag		Liberal
Jovito Salonga		Liberal
Mamintal A. J. Tamano^[d]		Nacionalista
Wigberto Tañada		Liberal
Victor Ziga		Liberal

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Province/City	District	Representative
Abra	Lone	Rudolfo Bernardez	Lakas ng Bansa
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito Plaza	UNIDO
Agusan del Norte	2nd	Edelmiro Amante	UNIDO
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Democrito Plaza	UNIDO
Aklan	Lone	Ramon Legaspi	UNIDO
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial	Independent
	3rd	Elfren Sarte^[e]	Liberal
Antique	Lone	Exequiel Javier	Independent
Aurora	Lone	Benedicto Miran	UNIDO
Bacolod	Lone	Romeo Guanzon	Lakas ng Bansa
Basilan	Lone	Alvin Dans	Lakas ng Bansa
Bataan	1st	Felicito Payumo	Liberal
Bataan	2nd	Tet Garcia	PDP–Laban
Batanes	Lone	Florencio Abad^[f]	Liberal
Batangas	1st	Conrado Apacible	UNIDO
	2nd	Hernando Perez	Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	UNIDO
	4th	Jose Calingasan	UNIDO
Benguet	1st	Honorato Aquino	Lakas ng Bansa
Benguet	2nd	Samuel Dangwa	Lakas ng Bansa
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana	UNIDO
	2nd	David Tirol	Nacionalista
	3rd	Isidro Zarraga	Lakas ng Bansa
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro Acosta	Liberal
	2nd	Violeta Labaria	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.	Liberal
Bulacan	1st	Francisco Aniag Jr.	Liberal
	2nd	Vicente Rivera Jr.	Liberal
	3rd	Jose Cabochan	PDP–Laban
	4th	Rogaciano Mercado^[g]	Lakas ng Bansa
Cagayan	1st	Domingo Tuzon	Nacionalista
	2nd	Leoncio Puzon	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Tito Dupaya^[h]	PDP–Laban
Cagayan de Oro	Lone	Benedicta Roa	Lakas ng Bansa
Caloocan	1st	Virgilio Robles^[i]	UNIDO
	1st	Romeo Santos^[j]	PDP–Laban
	2nd	Gerardo P. Cabochan	PDP–Laban
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato Unico	PDP–Laban
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya	UNIDO
	2nd	Raul Roco	UNIDO
	3rd	Eduardo Pilapil	Lakas ng Bansa
	4th	Ciriaco Alfelor	PDP–Laban
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro Romualdo	PDP–Laban
Capiz	1st	Gerardo Roxas Jr.	Liberal
Capiz	2nd	Cornelio Villareal	Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Moises Tapia^[k]	Independent
Cavite	1st	Leonardo Guerrero	Nacionalista
	2nd	Renato Dragon	Partido Magdalo
	3rd	Jorge Nuñez	Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Antonio Bacaltos	Panaghiusa
	2nd	Crisologo Abines	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Pablo P. Garcia	Panaghiusa
	4th	Celestino Martinez Jr.	UNIDO
	5th	Ramon Durano III	Independent
	6th	Vicente dela Serna	PDP–Laban
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar	Panaghiusa
Cebu City	2nd	Antonio Cuenco	Panaghiusa
Cotabato	1st	Rodrigo Gutang	PDP–Laban
Cotabato	2nd	Gregorio Andolana	Partido ng Bayan
Davao City	1st	Jesus Dureza^[l]	Independent
	1st	Prospero Nograles^[m]	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Cornelio Maskariño	Liberal
	3rd	Luis Santos^[n]	Lakas ng Bansa
Davao del Norte	1st	Lorenzo Sarmiento	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Baltazar Sator	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Rodolfo del Rosario	Lakas ng Bansa
Davao del Sur	1st	Juanito Camasura Jr.	PDP–Laban
Davao del Sur	2nd	Benjamin Bautista Sr.	Liberal
Davao Oriental	1st	Enrico Dayanghirang	PDP–Laban
Davao Oriental	2nd	Thelma Almario	PDP–Laban
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose Ramirez	Lakas ng Bansa
Ifugao	Lone	Gualberto Lumauig	Independent
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque Ablan Jr.	KBL
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Mariano Nalupta Jr.	KBL
Ilocos Sur	1st	Chavit Singson	Independent
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Eric Singson	Independent
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Alberto Lopez	Liberal
	3rd	Licurgo Tirador	Liberal
	4th	Narciso Monfort	Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Niel Tupas Sr.	Liberal
Iloilo City	Lone	Rafael Lopez-Vito	UNIDO
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano Jr.	KBL
	2nd	Simplicio Domingo Jr.	KBL
	3rd	Santiago Respicio	KBL
	4th	Antonio Abaya	KBL
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	William Claver	PDP–Laban
La Union	1st	Victor Francisco Ortega	Nacionalista
La Union	2nd	Jose Aspiras	Independent
Laguna	1st	Nereo Joaquin	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Jun Chipeco	Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Florante Aquino	PDP–Laban
	4th	Magdaleno Palacol	Lakas ng Bansa
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Ll. Badelles	Liberal
Lanao del Norte	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo^[o]	Independent
Lanao del Sur	1st	Omar Dianalan^[p]	Lakas ng Bansa
Lanao del Sur	2nd	Mohammad Ali Dimaporo	KBL
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone	Filemon Aguilar	Independent
Leyte	1st	Cirilo Roy Montejo	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Manuel Horca Jr.	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Alberto Veloso	Nacionalista
	4th	Carmelo Locsin	PDP–Laban
	5th	Eriberto Loreto	Independent
Maguindanao	1st	Michael Mastura	PDP–Laban
Maguindanao	2nd	Guimid Matalam	PDP–Laban
Makati	Lone	Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes	PDP–Laban
Malabon-Navotas	Lone	Tessie Aquino-Oreta	UNIDO
Manila	1st	Martin Isidro	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Jaime Lopez	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Leonardo Fugoso	Liberal
	4th	Ramon Bagatsing Jr.	Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Amado Bagatsing	Lakas ng Bansa
	6th	Pablo Ocampo	PDP–Laban
Marikina	Lone	Democlito Angeles	Liberal
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita Reyes	Independent
Masbate	1st	Tito Espinosa	Independent
	2nd	Luz Cleta Bakunawa	Independent
	3rd	Moises Espinosa^[q]	Independent
Misamis Occidental	1st	Julio Ozamiz	Lakas ng Bansa
Misamis Occidental	2nd	Hilarion Ramiro Jr.	PDP–Laban
Misamis Oriental	1st	Isacio Pelaez	PDP–Laban
Misamis Oriental	2nd	Victorico Chaves	PDP–Laban
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor Dominguez	Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Salvador Laguda	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Manuel Puey	Liberal
	3rd	Jose Carlos Lacson	UNIDO
	4th	Edward Matti	Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Mariano Yulo	Independent
	6th	Hortensia Starke	Lakas ng Bansa
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome Paras	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Miguel Romero	Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Margarito Teves	Lakas ng Bansa
Northern Samar	1st	Raul Daza	Liberal
Northern Samar	2nd	Jose Ong Jr.	Lakas ng Bansa
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eduardo Nonato Joson	KBL
	2nd	Simeon Garcia Jr.	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Hermogenes Concepcion Jr.	Independent
	4th	Nicanor de Guzman Jr.^[r]	Lakas ng Bansa
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos Padilla	PDP–Laban
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Mario Gene Mendiola	Nacionalista
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Rodolfo Valencia	Liberal
Oriental Mindoro	2nd	Jesus Punzalan	Liberal
Palawan	1st	David Ponce de Leon	PDP–Laban
Palawan	2nd	Ramon Mitra Jr.	Lakas ng Bansa
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Emigdio Lingad	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Oscar Rodriguez	PDP–Laban
	4th	Marciano Pineda^[s]	PDP–Laban
	4th	Emigdio Bondoc^[t]	Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Oscar Orbos^[u]	Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Antonio Bengson III	Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Fabian Sison	Lakas ng Bansa
	4th	Jose de Venecia Jr.	Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Conrado Estrella Jr.	KBL
	6th	Conrado Estrella III	KBL
Parañaque	Lone	Freddie Webb	Lakas ng Bansa
Pasay	Lone	Lorna Verano-Yap	Lakas ng Bayan
Pasig	Lone	Rufino Javier	Lakas ng Bansa
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido Enverga	UNIDO
	2nd	Mario Tagarao^[v]	Liberal
	3rd	Bienvenido Marquez Jr.	Liberal
	4th	Oscar Santos	PDP–Laban
Quezon City	1st	Renato Yap	PDP–Laban
	2nd	Antonio Aquino	PDP–Laban
	3rd	Nikki Coseteng	KAIBA
	4th	Mel Mathay	Independent
Quirino	Lone	Richard Puzon^[w]	Independent
Quirino	Lone	Junie Cua^[x]	Liberal
Rizal	1st	Francisco Sumulong	UNIDO
Rizal	2nd	Emigdio Tanjuatco Jr.	Lakas ng Bansa
Romblon	Lone	Natalio Beltran Jr.	Lakas ng Bansa
Samar	1st	Jose Roño	Nacionalista
Samar	2nd	Venancio Garduce	Partido ng Bayan
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora	Independent
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando Fua	Lakas ng Bansa
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador Escudero	KBL
Sorsogon	2nd	Bonifacio Gillego	NUCD
South Cotabato	1st	Adelbert Antonino	Independent
	2nd	Hilario de Pedro III	UNIDO
	3rd	James Chiongbian	Lakas ng Bansa
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado^[y]	Lakas ng Bansa
Southern Leyte	Lone	Rosette Lerias^[z]	KBL
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Estanislao Valdez	PDP–Laban
Sulu	1st	Abdusakur Mahail Tan	Liberal
Sulu	2nd	Arden Anni	UNIDO
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda Ecleo	UNIDO
Surigao del Norte	2nd	Constantino Navarro	KBL
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario Ty	Lakas ng Bansa
Surigao del Sur	2nd	Ernesto Estrella	PDP–Laban
Taguig–Pateros	Lone	Dante Tiñga	PDP–Laban
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco	PDP–Laban
	2nd	Jose Yap	Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Herminio Aquino	PDP–Laban
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Alawadin Bandon Jr.^[aa]	PDP–Laban
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Romulo Espaldon^[ab]	KBL
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio Serapio	Nacionalista
Zambales	1st	Katherine Gordon	Nacionalista
Zambales	2nd	Pacita Gonzales	Lakas ng Bansa
Zamboanga City	Lone	Maria Clara Lobregat	Independent
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Artemio Adasa Jr.	PDP–Laban
	2nd	Ernesto Amatong	CCA
	3rd	Angel Carloto	CCA
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro Real Jr.	CCA
	2nd	Antonio Cerilles	Nacionalista
	3rd	Wilfredo Cainglet	Lakas ng Bansa
Disabled		Arturo Borjal	Nonpartisan
Farmers		Daniel de Luna	Nonpartisan
Fisherfolk		Antonio Olegario Jr.	Nonpartisan
Labor		Adelisa Almario-Raymundo	Nonpartisan
		Ramon Jabar	Nonpartisan
		Alejandro Villavisa	Nonpartisan
Peasants		Romeo Angeles	Nonpartisan
Peasants		Bartolome Arteche	Nonpartisan
Urban Poor		Herminio Panganiban	Nonpartisan
Urban Poor		Rey Teves	Nonpartisan
Veterans and Elderly		Dionisio Ojeda	Nonpartisan
Women		Estelita Juco^[ac]	Nonpartisan
Youth		Chito Gascon	Nonpartisan
Youth		Al Ignatius Lopez	Nonpartisan

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Resigned on October 9, 1987, and appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs on October 15, 1987.
Took office on August 15, 1987.
Took office on July 26, 1987.
Took office on July 6, 1987.
Died on July 22, 1988.
Appointed as Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 31, 1989.
Died on November 13, 1989.
Died on April 1, 1989.
Removed on March 6, 1991 after an electoral protest.
Won an electoral protest on March 6, 1991, replacing Virgilio P. Robles.
Died on November 15, 1987.
Removed on June 16, 1989 after an electoral protest.
Won an electoral protest on June 16, 1989, replacing Jesus Dureza.
Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Local Government on October 27, 1987.
Resigned on December 12, 1989 to run in the 1990 election of the Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Died on April 30, 1990.
Assassinated on March 17, 1989.
Resigned on August 7, 1990.
Removed on January 28, 1992 after an electoral protest.
Won an electoral protest on January 28, 1992, replacing Marciano M. Pineda.
Appointed as Secretary of Transportation and Communications on January 1, 1990.
Died on April 23, 1990.
Removed on July 25, 1988 after an electoral protest.
Won an electoral protest on July 25, 1988, replacing Richard S. Puzon.
Removed on October 15, 1991 after an electoral protest.
Won an electoral protest on December 4, 1991, replacing Roger G. Mercado.
Removed on December 12, 1990 after an electoral protest.
Won an electoral protest on December 12, 1990, replacing Alawadin T. Bandon Jr..
Died on July 7, 1989.

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"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.

Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

[1] Resigned on October 9, 1987, and appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs on October 15, 1987.

[2] Took office on August 15, 1987.

[3] Took office on July 26, 1987.

[4] Took office on July 6, 1987.

[5] Died on July 22, 1988.

[6] Appointed as Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 31, 1989.

[7] Died on November 13, 1989.

[8] Died on April 1, 1989.

[9] Removed on March 6, 1991 after an electoral protest.

[10] Won an electoral protest on March 6, 1991, replacing Virgilio P. Robles.

[11] Died on November 15, 1987.

[12] Removed on June 16, 1989 after an electoral protest.

[13] Won an electoral protest on June 16, 1989, replacing Jesus Dureza.

[14] Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Local Government on October 27, 1987.

[15] Resigned on December 12, 1989 to run in the 1990 election of the Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

[16] Died on April 30, 1990.

[17] Assassinated on March 17, 1989.

[18] Resigned on August 7, 1990.

[19] Removed on January 28, 1992 after an electoral protest.

[20] Won an electoral protest on January 28, 1992, replacing Marciano M. Pineda.

[21] Appointed as Secretary of Transportation and Communications on January 1, 1990.

[22] Died on April 23, 1990.

[23] Removed on July 25, 1988 after an electoral protest.

[24] Won an electoral protest on July 25, 1988, replacing Richard S. Puzon.

[25] Removed on October 15, 1991 after an electoral protest.

[26] Won an electoral protest on December 4, 1991, replacing Roger G. Mercado.

[27] Removed on December 12, 1990 after an electoral protest.

[28] Won an electoral protest on December 12, 1990, replacing Alawadin T. Bandon Jr..

[29] Died on July 7, 1989.

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