RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE LIFTING OF DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS TO SELECTIVE AREAS IN IRAQ IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE WORKERS ARE ASSIGNED TO WORK INSIDE THE US MILITARY BASES LOCATED THEREIN

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL PERTINENT LAWS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF WELFARE OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs), PARTICULARLY, THE LAWS AGAINST ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT

RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE RESUMPTION OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN SELECTED AREAS IN IRAQ PARTICULARLY IN U.S. MILITARY BASES LOCATED THEREIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALARMING REPORTS OF DEATHS AMONG OFWS, WITH THE END VIEW OF ASCERTAINING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PERSONNEL' GROSS NEGLIGENCE IN LOOKING OUT FOR THE WELFARE OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) AND RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO AVERT FURTHER UNNECESSARY DEATHS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO INQUIRE WITH THE HOUSE OF COUNCILORS OF JAPAN (THE DIET OF JAPAN) THE STATUS OF THE LEGISLATION PROMOTING THE RESOLUTION OF ISSUES CONCERNING VICTIMS OF WARTIME SEXUAL COERCION

RESOLUTION CONCURRING WITH THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN AND ITS ANNEXES

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION TO REEVALUATE AND RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE 7, PARAGRAPH 1 (2) OF JAPAN'S IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND REFUGEE RECOGNITION ACT DELETING THE PROVISION RECOGNIZING FOREIGN GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATIONS AS QUALIFICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN ENTERTAINMENT VISA' TO OVERSEAS PERFORMING ARTISTS

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND ON THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN AND BOUND FOR JAPAN, OF THE CHANGE IN THE IMMIGRATION RULES OF JAPAN REGARDING THE ENTRY OF OVERSEAS PERFORMING ARTISTS, OR OPAS, ON THE CAUSES OF SUCH CHANGE, AND THE RESPONSE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE SAME

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE TECHNICAL TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER BILATERAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM ENTERED INTO BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TO REVIEW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAME AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PROFESSIONAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF FILIPINO TRAINEES ARE UPHELD AT ALL TIMES

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN AND ITS ANNEXES

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING FORCED OR COMPULSORY LABOUR (FORCED LABOR CONVENTION)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ONLABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSES AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN DUBAI

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO CRIMINALIZE CONDUCT SERIOUSLY PREJUDICIAL TO PHILIPPINE FOREIGN RELATIONS, WHETHER BILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL, COMMITTED BY UNAUTHORIZED FILIPINO NATIONALS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; AND THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CANCELLED 2005 VENABLE CONTRACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION ON SUSPECTED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR MEMBERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, WHETHER OR NOT THE RIGHTS OF FILIPINO WOMEN ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED AND GUARANTEED UNDER THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT (VFA) BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THELIGHT OF THE ALLEGED RAPE OF A FILIPINA BY SEVERAL U.S. SERVICEMEN INSIDE THE SUBIC FREEPORT ZONE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTS THAT REBEL GROUPS IN MINDANAO ARE SMUGGLING WEAPONS FROM CAMBODIA

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE ILO CONVENTION ON MIGRATION FOR EMPLOYMENT (REVISED CONVENTION NO. 97)

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE MIGRANT WORKERS (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS) CONVENTION (ILO CONVENTION NO. 143)

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOURTH PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF PRISONERS OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (POFWS) IN FOREIGN JAILS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CUSTODY OF FOUR U.S. MARINES CHARGED WITH RAPE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE 88 IRAQ-BOUND OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS STRANDED IN DUBAI

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROPOSING LEGISLATION OR AN APPROPRIATE BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOR THE PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE BEIJING AMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE MONTREAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY TO THE UN CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE ACCESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE IN SUPPORT OF THE STAND OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN THE HEZBOLLAH AND THE ISRAELI FORCES NOW LOCKED IN COMBAT IN LEBANON

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION.

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED UNSOLVED CRIMES INVOLVING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THE ALLEGED ABSENCE OF ASSISTANCE FROM CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING ASEAN+3 MACROECONOMIC RESEARCH OFFICE (AMRO)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS OR ANY APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVOLVING YOUNG WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS STILL ON UNITED STATES 'TIER 2' HUMAN TRAFFICKING WATCH LIST

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO LOOK INTO THE REMEDIAL MEASURES TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN PROTECTING THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) IN TAIWAN AND FILIPINOS WHO ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SAID COUNTRY, IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPORTED STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND TAIWAN OVER THE DEPORTATION OF TAIWAN NATIONALS TO CHINA

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE ACCESSION TO THE CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME

RESOLUTION STRONGLY RECOMMENDING TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT THE IMMEDIATE ACCESSION AND RATIFICATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CITING THAT IT WILL BE FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE FILIPINO DESAPARECIDOS

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOEIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER LABOR RELATED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS ON THE ADEQUACY OF FUNDS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ASSESSING THE PREPAREDNESS OF PHILIPPINE POSTS ABROAD IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THEREBY ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND OTHER FILIPINOS RESIDING ABROAD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF PASSPORTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING DELAYS AND TO IMPROVE THE PASSPORT APPLICATION SYSTEM

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE OTHER CONCERNED EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO DEVISE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR REPATRIATED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS DUE TO THE SERIES OF UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA PROVIDING THEM WITH THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL AID, LIVELIHOOD AND TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING, PREFERENCE IN REDEPLOYMENT, FREE HOSPITALIZATION AND PHILHEALTH MEMBERSHIP, EDUCATIONAL HELP AND OTHER BENEFITS

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO CONDUCT AN EXHAUSTIVE INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE UNTOWARD DEATHS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LABOR AND FOREIGN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUED ABUSES, EXPLOITATION, AND DEATHS OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) SINCE THE DEATH OF FLOR CONTEMPLACION ON MARCH 17, 1995

RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK INTO THE SITUATION OF FILIPINOS IN IRAQ TOWARD AFFORDING THEM PROTECTION WITHIN THE PARAMETERS PROVIDED UNDER THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE TOTAL BAN OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) DEPLOYMENT TO KUWAIT IN THE LIGHT OF THE TRAGIC FATE OF SLAIN FILIPINA OFW JOANNA DEMAFELIS IN KUWAIT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA), IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN ADDRESSING ANY AND ALL CONTINGENCIES THAT THREATEN THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WITH THE END-VIEW OF ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THIRD PILLAR OF THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF ALL FILIPINOS OVERSEAS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF ABUSE OF OFWS

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO PURSUE THE CONVENING OF THE JOINT COMMISSION MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO ADDRESS MATTERS AFFECTING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA, INCLUDING THE RECENT ISSUE ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION OF APPLICATIONS BY FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS BOUND FOR SAUDI ARABIA, AND OTHER MEASURES TO EXPAND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT DEATHS OF JOANNA DANIELA DEMAFELIS AND JOSIE LLOREN, AS WELL AS SIMILAR MALTREATMENTS AND DEATHS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) THROUGH THE YEARS, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF FORMULATING EFFECTIVE MEASURES AND POLICIES TO PROACTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ASSIST AND PROTECT OUR MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER DEPLOYMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE NEW 'NITAQAT' SYSTEM ENFORCED BY THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT ON OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE AND RESPONSIVE LEGISLATION AND PLAN OF ACTION THAT CAN SUPPORT AND ASSIST MIGRANT WORKERS WHO MAY BE DISPLACED