Following his resignation as Senate President, Senator Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri will now head the Economic Affairs Committee of the upper chamber.
This was announced by the Office of Senate President Francis 'Chiz' Escudero on Thursday, May 23 following a reshuffling in its committee chairmanships and key posts.
Below is the list of new committee chairmen:
1. Economic Affairs Chairman: Zubiri (previously held by Sen. Mark Villar)
2. Government Corporations and Public Enterprises: Villar (previously held by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano)
3. Trade and Industry: Alan Peter Cayetano (previously held by Villar)
4. Energy: Sen. Pia Cayetano (previously held by Sen. Raffy Tulfo)
5. Finance: Sen. Grace Poe (previously held by Sen. Sonny Angara)
6. Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education: Alan Peter Cayetano (previously held by Escudero)
7. Justice and Human Rights: Angara (previously held by Sen. Francis Tolentino)
8. Sustainable Development Goals: Sen. Nancy Binay (previously held by Sen. Pia Cayetano)
9. Labor and Employment: Sen. Joel Villanueva (previously held by Sen. Jose Estrada)
10. Public Services: Tulfo (previously held by Poe)
11. Tourism: Sen. Lito Lapid (previously held by Binay)
12. Urban Planning, Housing, and Resettlement: Sen. Imee Marcos (previously held by JV Ejercito)
13. Ethics: Tolentino (previously held by Binay)
14. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Oversight Committee: Senate President Pro Tempore Estrada.
Some senators, meanwhile, 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 took his oath on Monday as the new Senate President of the Philippines, preceding Zubiri, who resigned from his position.
