Neophyte senator Raffy Tulfo got six Senate committee chairmanships after a caucus that ran until evening Tuesday.
Tulfo will head the committees on Cooperatives; Cultural Communities; Economic Affairs; Education, Arts and Culture; Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation; and Energy.
Fellow first-time senator Robin Padilla got four committee chairmanships, namely for Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies; Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation;Climate Change; and Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes.
Senator Francis Tolentino secured the chairmanship of the powerful Blue Ribbon Committee while Nancy Binay will head Accounts.
Other Senate committee chairmanships are as follows:
Cynthia Villar for Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform
Sonny Angara for Environment and Natural Resources; Ethics and Privileges; and Finance
Imee Marcos for Science and Technology; Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development; and Foreign Relations
Lito Lapid for Games, Amusement and Sports
Alan Cayetano for Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
Bong Go for Health and Demography
Francis Escudero for Higher, Technical and Vocational Education
JV Ejercito for Justice and Human Rights; Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development; and Local Government
Jinggoy Estrada for National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification & Reconciliation
Ronald dela Rosa for Public Information and Mass Media and Public Order and Dangerous Drugs
Grace Poe for Public Services
Bong Revilla Jr. for Public Works
Joel Villanueva for Rules
Pia Cayetano for Sports and Sustainable Development and Futures Thinking
Mark Villar for Tourism and Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship
Sherwin Gatchalian for Ways and Means and Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement
Risa Hontiveros for Youth and Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality