Senate leaders and committee chairpersons

Sen. Migz Zubiri, likely to become next Senate president, announces that Sen. Nancy Binay will lead the committees on accouns and tourism.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian will head the ways and means, as well as the basic education committees while the blue ribbon committee is being offered to Sen. Francis Tolentino.

Aside from electing Sen. Vicente Sotto III as Senate president during the first session of the 18th Congress, the chamber also elected the following leaders to the same roles that they held during the 17th Congress:

• Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto
• Juan Miguel Zubiri as chairman of the Committee on Rules, and therefore majority leader
• Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon

Follow this thread for changes and reorganizations in the Senate.