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• Section 18 of Article 7 under the 1987 Constitution, the President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines and whenever it becomes necessary, he may call out such armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion. 
• In case of lawless violence, invasion, or rebellion. The President can suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. Can Place or any part of the country under martial law.
• Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989 is also called as Republic Act No. 6758
• The Senate President is the most powerful figure in the senate. He or she serves as the presiding officer and leader of the majority group.
• The House Speaker serves as the chamber leader of the House of Representatives
• The deputy speakers perform the speaker's role when the speaker is absent. In case of the resignation of the house speaker, the deputy speakers shall elect from among themselves an acting speaker, until a speaker is elected.
• During the absence of the president of the Senate, the Senate president pro tempore presides over the Senate.
• The House of Representatives may sponsor an impeachment complaint, wherein, 1/3 votes is needed
• The Senate transforms into a court to try and decide on the impeachment case
• The Supreme Court Chief Justice shall proceed if the president is under trial
• Section 11 under Article 6. A Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall, in all offenses punishable by not more than six years imprisonment, be privileged from arrest while the Congress is in session. No Member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for any speech or debate in the Congress or in any committee thereof.
• Section 12 under Article 6. All Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall, upon assumption of office, make a full disclosure of their SALN.
• Section 13 under Article 6. No Senator or Member of the House of Representatives may hold any other office or employment in the Government.
• Section 14 under Article 6. No Senator or Member of the House of Representatives may personally appear as counsel before any court of justice or before the Electoral Tribunals, or quasi-judicial and other administrative bodies.
• Section 23 under Article 6. The Congress, by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses in joint session assembled, voting separately, shall have the sole power to declare the existence of a state of war.
• The Senate is comprised of 24 members
• Senators have a term of 6 years and can be re-elected for two terms
• Bills are laws in the making. They pass into law when they are approved by both houses and the President of the Philippines.
• The House of Representatives shall be composed of not more than 250, 20 percent of whom must be Party-list representatives.
• Section 9 under Article 6. In case of vacancy in the Senate or in the House of Representatives, a special election may be given by law to the commission of elections
• Martial law lasts for 60 days