The Session Hall of the Senate of the Philippines

Location: National Museum of the Philippines, Burgos St., Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Room

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date: 16 October 1996

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text: 

THE SESSION HALL OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES

THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, CREATED BY ACT OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON AUGUST 29, 1916, WAS INAUGURATED AT THE INTENDENCIA BUILDING IN INTRAMUROS, MANILA ON OCTOBER 16, 1916.

THE SENATE HAS BEEN THE FOUNT OF SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIONS THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY AS THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE ALL-FILIPINO LEGISLATURE. ALTHOUGH THE CHAMBER’S OFFICES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS DUE TO CONDITIONS OF WAR AND POLITICAL CHANGE, THE SENATORS HAVE CONSISTENTLY ENACTED LAWS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST. THE SENATE HAS HELD ITS SESSIONS IN THIS HISTORIC HALL SINCE 1926.