RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION, TO INQUIRE AND INVESTIGATE IN AID OF LEGISLATION THE ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) LAST 18 OCTOBER 2011 AND SUBSEQUENT DATES WHICH RESULTED TO THE DEATH OF AT LEAST THIRTY-FOUR (34) PEOPLE WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ACCOUNTABILITY AND CULPABILITY ON THE PART OF THE MILF LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE OPERATIONAL AND TACTICAL LAPSES ON THE PART OF THE ARMED FORCES OF PHILIPPINES (AFP), AND IN ORDER TO PUT INTO PLACE THE PROPER MECHANISMS AND POLICIES RELATING TO THE ONGOING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MILF WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE

AN ACT AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987, BY GRANTING THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY (PMA) THE POWER TO CONFER MASTERAL DEGREES UPON OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE HUGE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IN HUMAN LIVES AND THE MASSIVE DESTRUCTION BROUGHT ABOUT BY TYPHOON SENDONG THAT HIT THE PHILIPPINES IN DECEMBER 2011

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENSION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF GOVERNMENT RETIREES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE CONDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2011 AND 2012 CALAMITY FUND, IN LIGHT OF THE NEED FOR IMPROVED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AMID WORSENING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOSPITALIZATION EXPENSES AND OTHER BENEFITS TO CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN REBELS AND THE MILITARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO CURB THE RISE OF KIDNAPPING INCIDENCES IN THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY IN MINDANAO

AN ACT REQUIRING MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO UNDERGO MANDATORY DRUG AND PSYCHIATRIC TESTS ONCE EVERY YEAR, AND BEFORE THEIR ENTRY INTO THE SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UTILIZATION OF FOREIGN AID FOR POST-SENDONG RELIEF, RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS TO ENSURE AID EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF TROPICAL STORM SENDONG VICTIMS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR MINOR CHILDREN AND DEPENDENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE KILLED OR SLAIN IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE MASSACRE OF A TRIBAL FAMILY AND DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY THE MILITARY AGAINST RESIDENTS OF BONG MAL, SOUTH COTABATO WHO ACTIVELY OPPOSE THE TAMPAKAN GOLD-COPPER PROJECT

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE QUESTIONABLE GRANT OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP BY THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION (BI) TO A SYRIAN NATIONAL IN VIOLATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9225 AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ALLEGEDLY IN CONNIVANCE WITH CERTAIN HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS OF THE BUREAU, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, PROVIDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE LAW GOVERNING THE BUREAU AND PREVENT THE REOCCURRENCE OF SIMILAR SCHEMES IN LIGHT OF ITS NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATION

AN ACT EXTENDING PREFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT TO ANY ONE CHILD OF VETERANS IN THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND/OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO FURTHER ADJUST THE EXISTING COMPENSATION AND POSITION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF THE UNIFORMED PERSONNEL IN THE MILITARY SERVICE AND THE POLICE ESTABLISHMENT, AND THE TEACHERS AND NURSES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE BY INCREASING THEIR COMPENSATION TO TWO SALARY GRADES HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING

AN ACT TO AMEND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1638, KNOWN AS THE AFP MILITARY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT AND SEPARATION DECREE OF 1979

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SERIES OF REPORTED INCIDENCE ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF CHILDREN AS CHILD SOLDIERS IN ARMED CONFLICTS IN MINDANAO AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF URGING THE PARTIES INVOLVED TO COMPLY WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL TREATY OBLIGATIONS ON THE NON-ENGAGEMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN COMBAT SITUATIONS AND TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD MAINSTREAM THE ISSUE OF CHILD SOLDIERS INTO THE PRIORITY AGENDA OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE RISING INCIDENCE OF RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN AS CHILD SOLDIERS

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER 340, AS AMENDED, WHICH ESTABLISHED A UNIFORM RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON METRO MANILA'S EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS PLANS CITING A REPORT STATING THAT THE COUNTRY'S EXISTING DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ARE INSUFFICIENT, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF RESOLVING THE CONCERNS RAISED IN THE SAID REPORT

AN ACT INSTITUTING A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED KILLING AND MAIMING OF FILIPINO CHILDREN IN AREAS OF ARMED CONFLICT, AND FOR THE PEACE AND CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND REBEL GROUPS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), TRANSFERRING THE DUTIES OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COMPTROLLERSHIP TO SUCH OFFICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON DEFINING THE CHARACTER AND MANDATE OF THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD

AN ACT ENHANCING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SERVICE OFFICE, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO LOOK INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMITMENT TO THE HYOGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION IN VIEW OF ENABLING COMMUNITIES TO BUILD THEIR RESILIENCE, MITIGATE AND PREVENT DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF DISASTERS ON LIVES, PROPERTY, THE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

AN ACT MANDATING THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT, LEASE OR USE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES FOR VETERANS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RISING NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE HUNT FOR COMMANDERS BRAVO AND KATO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010 TO CONDUCT A SUNSET REVIEW OF THE ACT AND EVALUATE ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IMPACT, AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF ITS IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO CAUSE THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) WITH INDONESIA AS THE PARTY FACILITATOR THEREOF

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LA NIÑA PHENOMENON AND TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, WITH THE INTENT OF STRENGTHENING THE MANDATES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED HIDING OF FIFTY-EIGHT (58) EXTREMISTS IN THE COUNTRY

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VIABILITY OF THE PREVAILING PENSION PROGRAMS OF THE MILITARY AND OTHER UNIFORMED PERSONNEL ORGANIZATIONS, WITH THE INTENT OF ENSURING EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, ADEQUATE BENEFITS AND ASSISTANCE TO FILIPINO PENSIONERS, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF GOVERNMENT PENSION PROGRAMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED RECRUITMENT OF RECENTLY DISPLACED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BY THE MILITARY, WHICH COULD BE IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

RESOLUTION URGING THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010 TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT A SUNSET REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 26 AND 27 OF R.A. 10121, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED VETERAN-UNFRIENDLY WITHDRAWAL POLICY ALLEGEDLY IMPOSED BY THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY ISSUED BY THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE OF THE CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THE RECENT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP IN BASILAN, SULU AND OTHER CONFLICT-AREAS TOWARDS THE END VIEW OF ENSURING, THEIR PROTECTION, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD RE-VISIT THE PROVISIONS OF THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT (VFA) AND ACCORDINGLY EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE VFA CONSIDERING THAT SUPERVENING EVENTS HAVE RENDERED THE PROVISIONS OF THE VFA AS CONTRARY TO THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXISTING MECHANISMS AND MEASURES ON THE PRE-POSITIONING OF NECESSARY GOVERNMENT EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES IN AREAS NEAREST TO THE REMOTEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END GOALS OF INTENSIFYING INTER-LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION TO CREATE QUICK RESPONSE TEAM TO CATER TO NEARBY AREAS HIT BY CALAMITIES AND TO REINVIGORATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE BRUTAL ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF 20-YEAR OLD REBELYN PITAO, DAUGHTER OF NPA COMMANDER LEONCIO PITAO, ON THE PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CPP-NPA-NDF, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTS THAT TERRORIST GROUPS IN MINDANAO JOIN FORCES TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC STATE OR ISIS SATELLITE EXTENSION IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ABUSE OF FILIPINO WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAUSED BY THE FOREIGN MILITARY EXERCISES CONDUCTED IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED PILFERAGE/SMUGGLING AT THE GOVERNMENT ARSENAL IN LIGHT OF THE SEIZURE OF PHP 6 MILLION-WORTH OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BELONGING TO THE GOVERNMENT ARSENAL PURPORTEDLY INTENDED TO BE SOLD FOR ABU SAYYAF GROUP AND WAR LORDS IN ARMM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON GOVERNMENT RESPONSE MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES TO KIDNAPPING INCIDENTS AND SUCH OTHER SIMILAR CRISIS SITUATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG) AND OTHER LAWLESS GROUP, INCLUDING THE RECENT BEHEADING OF A GERMAN NATIONAL, WITH THE END VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT FORCES, PARTICULARLY THE ARMED FORCES, TO COMBAT AND NEUTRALIZE SUCH GROUPS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY OF AIRCRAFTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND EXISTING POLICIES REGARDING THEIR USE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE GREATER METRO MANILA AND OTHER EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREAS FOR THE BIG ONE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON POLICY ISSUES RELATIVE TO THE REPORTED COLLISION BETWEEN A CHINESE SUBMARINE AND THE UNITED STATES UNDERWATER SONAR

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE WITH CHINA ALLOWING CHINESE VESSELS TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS IN THE BENHAM RISE AREA WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO UPHOLD THE COUNTRY'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND ASSERT ITS EXCLUSIVE SOVEREIGN RIGTHS OVER THE BENHAM RISE AREA

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MEASURES EMPLOYED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DIRECTING CONCERNED GOVERNMENT INSTRUMENTALITIES TO CONSIDER EMERGENCY PLANS IN DEALING WITH THE OCCURENCE OF THREATENING DISASTERS AND TO ALLOT SUBSTANTIAL BUDGET TO FACILITATE THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SUSPICIOUS MARITIME ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN BENHAM RISE, AND THE FAILURE OF THE PRESIDENT TO DISCLOSE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH SAID FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AFFECTING NATIONAL SECURITY