Work at the House of Representatives, along with the session, will resume on Tuesday, November 11, Secretary General Cheloy Garafil said on Monday.
Garafil released an advisory informing all House members and secretariat personnel about the resumption of regular operations, after the chamber suspended work and session on Monday due to Super Typhoon Uwan.
‘This is to officially notify all Members and Secretariat personnel that regular office operations and the plenary session will resume tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11, 2025,’ she said.
‘All concerned are hereby directed to report to work according to their respective schedules. The plenary session shall commence as previously scheduled. Your cooperation and prompt attendance are highly appreciated,’ she added.
On Sunday, Garafil announced in a separate advisory that due to Uwan’s expected impact over Luzon, the House suspended work and its session for Monday, November 10.
Only offices performing essential and critical functions were required to go on duty.
Under the calendar for the first regular session of the 20th Congress, the House was scheduled to resume session on Monday, November 10, after coming off from a break last October.
Uwan, which had a diameter of over 1,600 kilometers, barreled through a huge part of Luzon and Visayas. The super typhoon’s impact, which came after Typhoon Tino hit Visayas and Mindanao, prompted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to declare the country under a state of calamity for a year.
At its peak, Uwan packed maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (kph), and gustiness of up to 230 kph. Coupled with Uwan’s wide diameter, over one million individuals from disaster-prone areas were evacuated.