Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea

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Special Committee on
West Philippine Sea
20th Congress
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To convene on July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
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Special Committee on West Philippine Sea

The Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

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Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the South China Sea issues which includes the following: [1]

The committee is named after "West Philippine Sea", a designation by the Philippine government on portions of the South China Sea.

Members, 20th Congress

As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

PositionMembers [2] PartyProvince/CityDistrict
ChairpersonManuel Sagarbarria NPC Negros Oriental 2nd
Vice
Chairpersons
Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar Liberal Palawan 2nd
Gil Acosta PPP Palawan 3rd
Franz Alvarez NUP Palawan 1st
Members
for the
Majority
Vicente Veloso III NPC Leyte 3rd
Jose Ong Jr. NUP Northern Samar 2nd
Dulce Ann Hofer PDP–Laban Zamboanga Sibugay 2nd
Ed Christopher Go Nacionalista Isabela 2nd
Macnell LusotanMARINOParty-list
Members
for the
Minority
Lawrence Lemuel Fortun Nacionalista Agusan del Norte 1st
Carlos Isagani Zarate Bayan Muna Party-list

See also

References

  1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 39. Retrieved August 2, 2020.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - WEST PHILIPPINE SEA". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 12, 2020.