What is House of Representatives of the Philippines?
The '''House of Representatives of the Philippines''' ({{lang-fil|Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas}}), is the [[lower house]] of the [[Congress of the Philippines]]. It is often commonly referred to as '''''Congress'''''. Members of the House are officially styled as ''representative'' (''Kinatawan'') and sometimes informally called ''Congressmen/Congresswomen'' (''mga kongresista'') and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 [[Legislative districts of the Philippines|legislative districts]] in the country. The House of Representatives is headed by the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines|Speaker]], currently [[Alan Peter Cayetano]]. ==Other websites== *[http://www.congress.gov.ph Official Website of the House of Representatives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604085514/http://www.congress.gov.ph/ |date=2020-06-04 }} *[http://www.senate.gov.ph Official Website of the Senate] [[Category:House of Representatives of the Philippines]] {{Multistub|politics|asia}}