(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Francis Escudero announced a reorganization of committee chairmanships after he took over from Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri on May 20, 2024.

Below is the list of new committee chairmen:

1.Economic Affairs Chairman: Zubiri (from Sen. Mark Villar)

2. Government Corporations and Public Enterprises: Villar (from Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano)

3. Trade and Industry: Alan Peter Cayetano (from Villar)

4. Energy: Sen. Pia Cayetano (from Sen. Raffy Tulfo)

5. Finance: Sen. Grace Poe (from Sen. Sonny Angara)

6. Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education: Alan Peter Cayetano (from Escudero)

7. Justice and Human Rights: Angara (from Sen. Francis Tolentino)

8. Sustainable Development Goals: Sen. Nancy Binay (from Sen. Pia Cayetano)

9. Labor and Employment: Sen. Joel Villanueva (from Sen. Jose Estrada)

10. Public Services: Tulfo (from Poe)

11. Tourism: Sen. Lito Lapid (from Binay)

12. Urban Planning, Housing, and Resettlement: Sen. Imee Marcos (from JV Ejercito)

13. Ethics: Tolentino (from Binay)

14. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Oversight Committee: Senate President Pro Tempore Estrada.

Some senators have retained their chairmanships for continuity: JV Ejercito, Committee on Local Governments; Loren Legarda, the Committee on Culture and the Arts and Sherwin Gatchalian of the Committee on Basic Education and Ways and Means.

Escudero said further announcements will be made in the coming days.

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