Former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez took his seat beside Senate President Vicente Sotto III before President Rodrigo Duterte's third State of the Nation Address.
This, after Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took her oath as the new House Speaker.
Arroyo, who is on her last term as congresswoman, is the first former president to lead the House.
Pantaleon Alvarez, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, State of the Nation Address, SONA 2018, Rodrigo Duterte