AN ACT RESTRUCTURING THE INCOME TAXATION FOR INDIVIDUALS BY CREATING A NEW SECTION, SECTION 34-A, REPEALING SUBSECTION (L) OF SECTION 34 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 22, 24, 32 AND 35, ALL UNDER THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE WORKERS RECRUITED BY H.M.O. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES AND SML HUMAN RESOURCES INC. TO WORK FOR JASSIM DECORATION AND SERVICES COMPANY IN DOHA, QATAR ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION BY THEIR EMPLOYER AND TO LOOK INTO THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) IN ITS NEGLIGENCE TO CURTAIL THE PRACTICE OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION BY AGENCIES AND EMPLOYERS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RISING PRICES OF MILK IN THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY MILK FORMULA FOR BABIES, AND THE NEED TO ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE CAPACITY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF LOCALLY-PRODUCED MILK IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO LOWER THE PRICES OF MILK SOLD IN THE MARKET THEREBY IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF OUR CHILDREN AND INFANTS

AN ACT CREATING TWO ADDITIONAL REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCHES IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE TO BE STATIONED IN THE CITY OF TACLOBAN, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (1) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, LOCAL OIL COMPANIES' INCONSISTENT AND UNEXPLAINED INCREASES IN GASOLINE PRICES ALLOWED UNDER THE DOWNSTREAM OIL INDUSTRY DEREGULATION ACT OF 1998 RESULTING IN THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF THE CONSUMER

RESOLUTION COMMENDING CARMELA ANTOINETTE S. LAO, GABRIELLE ANGELA G. SANTOS AND FRED NYLL S. TUPAS FOR EACH RECEIVING AN INTERNATIONAL GOLD MEDAL FROM THE AMERICAN REGIONS MATH LEAGUE (ARML) IN THEIR RECENTLY CONCLUDED ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

AN ACT DECLARING THE SAMAR ISLAND NATURAL PARK (SINP), SITUATED IN THE PROVINCES OF SAMAR, NORTHERN SAMAR AND EASTERN SAMAR, AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS BY ADOPTING BUSINESS-FRIENDLY POLICIES AND MEASURES TO OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENTS, WITH THE COLLECTIVE AIM OF ENHANCING THE COUNTRY'S COMPETITIVENESS AS AN INVESTMENT DESTINATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY AND REVIEW OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6758, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT PRESCRIBING A REVISED COMPENSATION AND POSITION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IN THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DECLARING THE BALINSASAYAO TWIN LAKES LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SIBULAN AND SAN JOSE, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL AS A PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL PARK AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE STATE AGENCIES TO STRENGTHEN THE LITERACY MAPPING PROJECT ESPECIALLY IN THE 5TH AND 6TH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO INCREASE THE LITERACY RATE OF THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CONCERN OF THE SENATE THAT THE CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES IS WORST IN EAST ASIA ACCORDING TO A WORLD BANK STUDY

AN ACT RENAMING THE LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY IN BARANGAY PANGASUGAN, MUNICIPALITY OF BAYBAY, PROVINCE OF LEYTE AS THE VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9158, ENTITLED AN ACT CONVERTING THE VISAYAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENATE'S VIEW ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE FILIPINO LABOR SECTOR AND ACCORDINGLY URGING THE SENATE TO CONVENE ITSELF AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO LOOK INTO THE VIABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ADOPTING CERTAIN POLICY MEASURES TO MITIGATE AND ADDRESS THE VARIOUS ILL EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS ON PHILIPPINE LABOR, PARTICULARLY ACUTE UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING SAMANTHA GLO REVITA FOR WINNING A GOLD MEDAL IN THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED 9TH ASEAN AGE GROUP CHESS COMPETITION HELD IN VIETNAM LAST JUNE 8-18, 2008

AN ACT CONVERTING THE SULU STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOLO, PROVINCE OF SULU INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE SULU STATE UNIVERSITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST AND SINCEREST SYMPATHY OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE DEATH OF ICONIC PHILIPPINE ACTRESS SIGRID SOPHIA AGATHA VON GIESE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PARALUMAN

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CAPSIZING OF SULPICIO LINES' M/V PRINCESS OF THE STARS, INCLUDING RELATED CONCERNS SUCH AS THE DISCOVERY OF THE PRESENCE OF 10 METRIC TONS OF THE PESTICIDE ENDOSULFAN INSIDE THE SHIP'S HULL AND THE INSUFFICIENT INSURANCE COVERAGE OF THE SHIP, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MARITIME SAFETY REGULATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE BATAAN POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE IN THE PROVINCE OF BATAAN INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY (BPSU), INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE BATAAN STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINALUPIHAN, PROVINCE OF BATAAN AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE; COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EFFECTS OF THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION IN JANUARY 2010 OF THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA-COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS (AFTA-CEPT) SCHEME TO OUR LOCAL INDUSTRIES WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF RECOMMENDING ITS TEMPORARY SUSPENSION CONSIDERING OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE FUNDAMENTAL RATIONALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT-APPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF A 300- MEGAWATT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN REDONDO PENINSULA, SUBIC BAY FREEPORT WHICH IS OPPOSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL, BUSINESS, TOURISM AND SOCIO-CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

AN ACT SEPARATING THE SECONDARY PROGRAMS OF THE NORTHERN MINDANAO SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUENAVISTA, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BUENAVISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; AND HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SWINE FLU THREAT AND THE IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS TAKEN BY THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO STOP THE SAME, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INTRODUCING MEASURES TO BUILD THE GOVERNMENT'S CAPACITY WITH URGENCY IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD OR THREATS THAT IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DISPLACEMENT AND HARASSMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN NUEVA VIZCAYA BECAUSE OF THE LAND-CLEARING AND EXPLORATION OPERATIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MINING FIRM OCEANAGOLD PHILIPPINES, INC.

AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE PERSONNEL WHO FAILED IN THE GUN PROFICIENCY TESTS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPACT OF THE DIFFERENT OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THOSE OVERLAPPING INTO PROTECTED SEASCAPES AND CRITICAL MARINE AREAS

AN ACT DECLARING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WITHIN SMALL ISLANDS AS AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN TO DISPOSITION FOR COMMERCIAL ECO-TOURISM AND OTHER PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INFLUX OF CHEAP VEGETABLES FROM CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE LOCAL MARKET WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSULATING OUR SMALL-SCALE FARMERS, ENHANCING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO LOCAL VEGETABLE GROWERS AND AGRI-ENTREPRENEURS

RESOLUTION COMMENDING DENNIS ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE INAUGURAL QATAR INTERNATIONAL 9-BALL OPEN BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP

AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING THE FRANCHISE OF ANGELES ELECTRIC CORPORATION GRANTED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2341, AS AMENDED, TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF ELECTRIC POWER TO THE END-USERS IN THE CITY OF ANGELES, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA AND RENEWING/EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE TO ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL OF THIS ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT MADE BY THE BOTIKA NG BARANGAY (BNB) PROGRAM IN MAKING DRUGS AFFORDABLE, AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE FILIPINOS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RISING COST OF LIVING AND ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON PENSION HOLDERS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INTRODUCING MEASURES THAT WILL ADDRESS THE DIMINISHED WELFARE OF THE PENSIONERS

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAGA IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF NAGA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO INCORPORATE A GENDER-SENSITIVE PERSPECTIVE IN ITS MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION EFFORTS AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND IN THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6969, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES CONTROL ACT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF BANNING THE MANUFACTURE, USE, IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENDOSULFAN IN THE COUNTRY