RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON); WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PURPORTED ‘PADRINO SYSTEM’ PREVAILING IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO ADDRESS THE SAME

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS THE BRUTAL AND INHUMAN ELECTION-RELATED MASSACRE AND CARNAGE OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, AND LIKEWISE DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THIS UNPARALLELED AND GRUESOME INCIDENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROPOSING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE LASTING PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PDAF (PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND) SHOULD BE HALVED IN 2014, THE REMAINING SUM TO BE HALVED AGAIN IN 2015, THUS PHASING OUT THE PORK BARREL IN 2016

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE THE 'MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE', CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) AND/OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) TO IMMEDIATELY BRING THE PERPETRATORS BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND/OR INVESTIGATE THE SAID INCIDENT TO FERRET OUT THE TRUTH REGARDING THIS DASTARDLY ACT AND IN AID OF REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED P10-BILLION PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND SCAM.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE MASSACRE OF JOURNALISTS IN SHARIFF AGUAK, MAGUINDANAO, AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF UNRESOLVED KILLINGS OF MEDIA PERSONS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FORMULATING POLICIES FOR THE STRONGER PROTECTION OF OUR GUARDIANS OF FREE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO INVESTIGATE THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC), THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AND OTHER SIMILAR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHO ARE MANDATED BY LAW TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE LAWS RELATING TO MARITIME OPERATIONS AND SAFETY FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN THE WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS BY FERRY OPERATIONS THEREBY CAUSING AVOIDABLE SEA TRAGEDIES AND LOSS OF LIVES.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GRUESOME MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF AROUND FIVE DOZEN INNOCENT CIVILIANS MOSTLY WOMEN AND JOURNALISTS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE) TO APPOINT A SPECIAL INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR IN THE PERSON OF FORMER SENATOR PANFILO PING LACSON TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THE USE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) BY LEGISLATORS WITH THE INDISPENSABLE PARTICIPATION OF THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES AND THEIR BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEES, SOME NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SUPPLIERS AND STRONGLY ENJOINING ALL SENATORS TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THEIR PDAF FINANCIAL RECORDS IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND REFORM.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION DISCOVERED IN, OR NEAR THE RESIDENCES OF THE AMPATUANS, OR IN PROPERTIES OWNED BY THEM IN MAGUINDANAO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MARITIME COLLISION INVOLVING THE M/V ST. THOMAS AQUINAS AND THE M/V SULPICIO EXPRESS SIETE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW AND POLICIES BY MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY AND PHILIPPINE COAST GUARDS WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ASSURE THE MARITIME SAFETY TO PASSENGERS AND SHIPS IN MARITIME TRAVEL.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND), ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NON-FEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN AN ALLEGED GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED DISTRIBUTION AND/OR PROLIFERATION OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS AND MILITARY ARMAMENTS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS IN MAGUINDANAO THEREBY CAUSING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW

RESOLUTION URGING HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III, TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE MISUSE OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS PURSUANT TO POLICY OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUE OF PRIVATE ARMIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO INQUIRE IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION'S (PAGCOR) CHARTER, OR PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1869, AS AMENDED, IN RELATION TO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 8, DATED 28 AUGUST 2001, PROHIBITING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM ENTERING, STAYING AND/OR PLAYING AT CASINOS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SOURCING OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION SUPPOSEDLY PROCURED BY THE AMPATUAN CLAN, INCLUDING 40 BUSHMASTER ASSAULT RIFLES THAT DISAPPEARED FROM THE ARMORY OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN 2007, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROPOSING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY REGULATIONS IN RELATION TO THE PROCUREMENT OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE'S INQUIRY ON THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) TO INCLUDE THE GRANT AND RELEASE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS), GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCS) AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS)/PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS (POS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS SECURING OR PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE OF MILITARY VETERANS AND RETIREES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN VIEW OF THE ALLEGED SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS BY THE GOVERNMENT AND ANOMALOUS DISBURSE-MENTS BY UNSCRUPULOUS PERSONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE) TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF THE 2009 MALAMPAYA FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), INITIALLY REPORTEDLY AMOUNTING TO NINE HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P900,000,000), WHICH WERE APPROPRIATED TO HELP FARMERS IN NINETY-SEVEN (97) TOWNS DAMAGED BY TROPICAL CYCLONES BUT WERE SIPHONED OFF TO SPURIOUS NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH JANET LIM NAPOLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED EXTORTION RACKET IN THE COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED ANOMALIES AND CORRUPT PRACTICES IN THE PROCUREMENT OF MEDICINES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUING PREVALENCE OF FLOODS IN METRO MANILA ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY GARBAGE THAT CLOGS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, TO DETERMINE THE LIABILITY OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED, AND TO REFER THEM TO THE OMBUDSMAN FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND POSSIBLE SUSPENSION AND EVENTUAL REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

URGENT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO IMMEDIATELY SUMMON AS RESOURCE PERSON TO THE ONGOING PROBE INTO THE PORK BARREL SCAM, THE APPLICANT FOR STATE WITNESS DENNIS CUNANAN, FORMER HEAD OF THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TULLAHAN BRIDGE IN VALENZUELA CITY AND 22 OTHER BRIDGES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ERRONEOUS GUARANTEE LETTERS, RELEASE OF MEDICINES, AND IRREGULAR CHARGES TO PDAF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF EMERGENCY LIVELIHOOD FUNDS INTENDED FOR FARMERS TO PURCHASE TELEVISION SETS, GASOLINE, CURTAINS, AND CAR TIRES, AND THE UNREASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR MOBILE PHONES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE P7B REAL ESTATE SCAM INVOLVING THE HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF OR PAGIBIG) AND GLOBE ASIATIQUE'S DELFIN LEE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BROADBAND CONTRACT WITH ZTE AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED IN GETTING IT CONSUMMATED, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HALE TO THE COURTS OF LAW, THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ANOMALY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND TO PLUG LOOPHOLES, IF ANY, IN THE BOT LAW AND OTHER PERTINENT LEGISLATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE IN ITS ONGOING PROBE INTO THE PORK BARREL SCAM AN INQUIRY ON THE EXPENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DETENTION OF JANET LIM NAPOLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF AWARDING THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK CONTRACT TO THE CHINESE FIRM ZHONG XING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED (ZTE CORPORATION), WITH END IN VIEW PROVIDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THAT WILL FURTHER PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO IMMEDIATELY SUMMON AS RESOURCE PERSONS FOR THE ONGOING PROBE INTO THE PORK BARREL SCAM, RHODORA MENDOZA AND VICTOR ROMAN CACAL, FORMER OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL AGRI-BUSINESS CORPORATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LEGAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK (NBN) PROJECT OF THE GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE IN ITS ONGOING HEARING ON THE PORK BARREL SCAM THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT THAT PORK BARREL FUNDS COURSED THROUGH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS WENT TO NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS REPORTEDLY LINKED TO JANET LIM-NAPOLES

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO TO DIRECT THE CANCELLATION OF THE ZTE CONTRACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS BIDDING CONDUCTED BY OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION IN THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED RECEIPT BY SIX MANILA COUNCILORS OF P1.6 MILLION EACH FROM THE PUBLIC COFFERS AND PURSUANT TO A CITY ORDINANCE, PURPORTEDLY AS REWARD FOR SERVING THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS, TO DETERMINE THE LIABILITY OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED AND TO REFER THEM TO THE OMBUDSMAN FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND POSSIBLE SUSPENSION AND EVENTUAL REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE) TO RE-OPEN THE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE P728-MILLION FERTILIZER FUND SCAM IN LIGHT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND REVELATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE DISMISSAL BY THE OMBUDSMAN OF THE CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO FOR THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF THE FERTILIZER FUND; (2) VITAL INFORMATION ON THE SCAM NEWLY REVEALED BY WITNESSES; AND (3) THE ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF JANET LIM-NAPOLES AND HER CO-CONSPIRATORS IN THE SCAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED INEFFICIENT, IRREGULAR AND ONE-SIDED POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS) THAT POSE A GROWING BURDEN ON ITS MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO COMPOSE 40% OF ITS MEMBERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT TOP OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY GAVE LEGAL COVER TO SMUGGLERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED ONEROUS NORTH LUZON RAILWAY CORPORATION (NORTH RAIL) PROJECT, AND TO INSTITUTE MEASURES TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED P1.601 BILLION OVERPRICING OF THE 11-STOREY NEW MAKATI CITY HALL II PARKING BUILDING, THE REPORTED OVERPRICING OF THE 22-STOREY MAKATI CITY HALL BUILDING AT THE AVERAGE COST OF P240,000.00 PER SQUARE METER AND RELATED ANOMALIES PURPORTEDLY COMMITTED BY FORMER AND CURRENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS; AND PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED IRREGULARITY ATTENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DILG'S PATROL 117 STREET WATCH PROGRAM UNDER THE EMERGENCY NETWORK PROJECT WHICH IS BEING PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT ANNUALLY WITHOUT BEING FULLY OPERATIONALIZED WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE WANTON UTILIZATION OF SCARCE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COA AUDIT REPORT THAT THE LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL APPEARS TO HAVE TRANSFERRED FUNDS TO VARIOUS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WERE NOT SELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING LAWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON); NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO JOINTLY INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RIGGED BIDDING OF THE NATIONAL TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (TRANSCO) IN FAVOR OF A CHOICE BIDDER AS SHOWN BY THE APPARENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF THE HEAD OF POWER SECTOR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (PSALM) AND HIS ALLEGED RELATION WITH THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE PRE-QUALIFIED BIDDER AS WELL AS THE ALLEGED RELATION OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO'S BROTHER TO THE BIDDER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE RECENT COA AUDIT REPORT THAT THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BOARD ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO SEND DEMAND OR COLLECTION LETTERS TO CLIENTS WITH OVERDUE ACCOUNTS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE NON-COLLECTION AND ACCUMULATION OF ACCOUNTS OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS AMOUNTING TO SOME P464 MILLION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON); AND ENERGY TO EXPEDITE THE INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED RIGGED BIDDING PROCESS OF THE NATIONAL TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (TRANSCO) IN FAVOR OF MONTE ORO GRID RESOURCES CONSORTIUM WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY A KNOWN ALLY OF THE PRESIDENT, INCLUDING THE APPARENT PARTIALITY AND UNDUE HASTE OF PSALM IN PROCEEDING WITH THE BIDDING DESPITE SERIOUS UNRESOLVED ISSUES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED KICKBACKS FROM EXCESSIVE, EXORBITANT AND UNCONSCIONABLE LEGAL FEES OF FOREIGN AND LOCAL LEGAL CONSULTANTS HIRED BY THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION FOR ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED OVERPRICING OF THE DECORATIVE LAMP POSTS USED IN THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN CEBU CITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CEBU INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER (CICC), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATIONS THAT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MULTIBILLION PESOS IN PUBLIC FUNDS BETWEEN HILMARC'S CONSTRUCTION CORP. AND CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED OVERPRICING OF THE US$932-MILLION SOUTHRAIL PROJECT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE ACCOUNTABLE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM LAW, BOT LAW, AND ODA LAW