• Electronically Received at the House of Representatives
  
  
• Manually Received at the Senate of the Philippines  
  
  

• Rules of the Joint Public Session of Congress for the Canvassing of the Votes for the Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates in the May 9, 2016 Elections  
  
  
• Rules and Guidelines on the reception of the Certificate of Canvass and Election Returns for the May 9, 2016 Elections for President and Vice-President  
  
  

Performance of the Senate

"The Senate must not lose sight of our ultimate goal, which is to provide a better life for each Filipino; a life that is not wanting in choices and opportunities."

- Senate President Franklin M. Drilon   (Download)

(SEPO Policy Brief) National Land Use Policy:

With the doubling of the population in about 40 years, the most important question to face our nation may well be: How can we sustainably accommodate 200 million people nationwide, with about 40 million in the Greater Manila Area? A national land use policy of enhancing urban concentration may be the answer.  (SEPO publications)

STSRO TAX Bits: Tax Treatment of Political Contributions

Come May 9, 2016, qualified Philippine voters will once more elect a new set of public officials including, among others, a President, Vice-President, Senators and Congressmen. It is not unusual for candidates to receive contributions, monetary or otherwise, from various well-meaning organizations and individuals. To re-mind the candidates, the following article and issuance are reproduced hereunder: (STSRO publications)

Materials for the 2014 Second Meeting of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (COCCTRP) (download)

Letter of BIR Commissioner Henares to the COCCTRP dated 12 November 2014   (download)

Commemorating Senate Tax Study and Research Office's 26th Founding Anniversary (download)

The Senate Library's BIBLIOGRAPHY SERVICE is a bimonthly compilation of books, and other information materials which aims to inform and update the Honorable Senators, their research staff, and the officials and technical staff of the Secretariat of recent additions to the library collections.