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The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas, also Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas or "upper chamber") is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress; the House of Representatives is the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large with the country as one district under plurality-at-large voting.
Senators serve 6-year tenure per terms with a maximum of 2 consecutive terms, with half of the senators elected every three years to ensure that the Senate is maintained as a continuous body, though staggered. When the Senate was restored by the 1987 Constitution, the 24 senators who were elected in 1987 served until 1992. In 1992 the candidates for the Senate obtaining the 12 highest number of votes served until 1998, while the next 12 served until 1995. Thereafter, each senator elected serves the full 6 years.
Aside from having its concurrence on every bill in order to be passed for the president's signature to become a law, the Senate is the only body that can concur with treaties, and can try impeachment cases. The Senate Presidency is currently held by Franklin Drilon.
The Benham Plateau, also known as the Benham Rise, is a seismically active undersea region and extinct volcanic ridge located in the Philippine Sea approximately 250 km (160 mi) east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela.
Under the Philippine Sea lie a number of basins including the West Philippine Basin (WPB), inside of which is located the Central Basin Fault (CBF). The Benham Plateau is located in the CBF and its basement probably is a micro-continent. Several scientific surveys have been made on the feature to study its nature and its impact on tectonic subduction, including one about its effects on the 1990 Luzon earthquake. The area is a territory of the Philippines which was claimed, as part of its continental shelf, which was then lodged with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on April 8, 2009 and was approved by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 2012.
Benham Rise is a submerged extinct volcanic ridge located at 16 degrees 30 minutes N, 124 degrees 45 minutes E off the coast of Luzon, with the size of about 250 km in diameter and rises over 2,000 meters (2 km.) above the sea floor, from below 5,000 meters (5 km.) below sea level to above 3,000 meters (3 km.) below sea level. Its area is close to the Benham Seamount, located at 15 degrees 48 minutes N, 124 degrees 15 minutes E. The precise location is somewhere near the east of the Philippine Trench and near the south of the East Luzon Trench, both of which absorb the subducting force of the Philippine Sea Plate under the Philippine Mobile Belt, a collage of large blocks of that crust that amalgamated prior to the collision of the Philippine Sea Plate with the Eurasian Plate.
Agenda: Inquiry and investigation on the Privilege Speech of Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV delivered on February 20, 2017 re: Public Confession of SPO3 Arthur Lascañas about “Davao Death Squad”
The Senate of the Philippines conducts a hearing on the kidnapping and death of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo in the hands of the Philippine police on Thursday, January 26. More on Rappler: http://s.rplr.co/KZ2hjPd Follow Rappler on Social Media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rapplerdotcom Twitter - https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom Instagram - http://instagram.com/rappler YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/rappler/?sub_confirmation=1 SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/rappler Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+Rappler/ Tumblr - http://rappler.tumblr.com/ http://www.rappler.com/
Agenda: P.S. Res. No. 265 – Inquiring on the various reported incidents of kidnap for ransom perpetrated by members of the Philippine National Police
Agenda: S. Nos. 1236, 1198, 1129, 1068, 1038, 400, 181, 150, 145, 91 and 63 – SSS Substitute Bill S. Nos. 1036 and 802 – Unemployment or Involuntary Separation Benefits S. No. 767 and H.B. No. 2158 – Penalty Condonation on Delinquent SSS Contribution
SENATE HEARING MARCH 29, 2017 | SENATE TACKLES CREATION OF BENHAM RISE PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Highlights: - Senator Win Gatchalian: Long-term energy prospects in Benham Rise exist - Senate tackles creation of Benham Rise update Development Authority Senate hearing on Benham Rise, The Senate of the Philippines conducts a hearing on Benham Rise, the underwater plateau declared PH territory - March 29, 2017 Senate Of The Philippines News Philippines Government News Breaking News Today MARCH 29, 2017 SENATE HEARING ON BENHAM RISE PHILIPPINE SENATE HEARING ON BENHAM RISE UPDATE SENATOR ANTONIO TRILLANES IV DAVAO DEATH SQUAD PO3 ARTHUR LAS CANAS Senator PING LACSON Senator GRINGO HONASAN Senator JV EJERCITO SENATOR Franklin Drilon SENATOR Joel Villanueva SENATOR Vicente Sotto III S...
Agenda: Inquiry and investigation on the Privilege Speech of Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV delivered on February 20, 2017 re: Public Confession of SPO3 Arthur Lascañas about “Davao Death Squad”
The Senate of the Philippines conducts a hearing on the kidnapping and death of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo in the hands of the Philippine police on Thursday, January 26. More on Rappler: http://s.rplr.co/KZ2hjPd Follow Rappler on Social Media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rapplerdotcom Twitter - https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom Instagram - http://instagram.com/rappler YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/rappler/?sub_confirmation=1 SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/rappler Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+Rappler/ Tumblr - http://rappler.tumblr.com/ http://www.rappler.com/
Agenda: P.S. Res. No. 265 – Inquiring on the various reported incidents of kidnap for ransom perpetrated by members of the Philippine National Police
Agenda: S. Nos. 1236, 1198, 1129, 1068, 1038, 400, 181, 150, 145, 91 and 63 – SSS Substitute Bill S. Nos. 1036 and 802 – Unemployment or Involuntary Separation Benefits S. No. 767 and H.B. No. 2158 – Penalty Condonation on Delinquent SSS Contribution
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