RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CRASHES OF UH-1D COMBAT HELICOPTERS FROM THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS P1.25 BILLION PROCUREMENT MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND) UNDER THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) MODERNIZATION PROGRAM WITH END VIEW OF CRAFTING MEASURES TO ENHANCE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND ENSURE THE ACQUISITION OF MODERN MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR THE AFP

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY AND COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROCUREMENT OF THE TWENTY-ONE (21) UH 1H REFURBISHED HELICOPTERS AND THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN LINE WITH MODERNIZATION OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP)

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND HEROISM IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE MAUTE-ABU SAYYAF TERRORIST GROUP AND FOR THEIR VALIANT EFFORTS AND SACRIFICES IN TRYING TO RECLAIM THE ISLAMIC CITY OF MARAWI FROM THE CLUTCHES OF SAID TERRORIST GROUP

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE BRAVERY AND HEROISM OF THE UNIFORMED MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) WHO WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DISCHARGE OF THEIR SOLEMN DUTY OF PROTECTING THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI CITY

RESOLUTION DECLARING SUPPORT AND COMMENDATION TO ALL PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPLOYED TO THE BATTLEFIELD IN MINDANAO FOR THE FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF SERVICE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MARTIAL LAW

RESOLUTION HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE FALLEN HEROES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, WHO DIED DEFENDING THE CITY OF MARAWI, FOR THEIR INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, AND EXPRESSING PROFOUND CONDOLENCES TO THEIR BEREAVED FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CLIMATE-CHANGE-RELATED RISKS AND CAPACITY CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES ABILITY TO RESPOND TO NON-TRADITIONAL FORMS OF THREATS AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO BRING ABOUT A RESILIENT AFP WITH BETTER CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION CAPACITY, PRACTICE AND GOVERNANCE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE BRAVERY AND HEROISM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, AND HONORING THE FALLEN HEROES WHO DIED DEFENDING THE LIBERTY OF MARAWI CITY FOR THEIR VALIANT AND INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE VALIANT UNIFORMED MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE FOR EXHIBITING GALLANTRY, GALLANTRY, BRAVERY AND HEROISM AS THEY TRIUMPHANTLY LIBERATED MARAWI CITY, LANAO DEL SUR FROM TERRORISTS.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY AND THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) MODERNIZATION ACT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY THE ACQUISITION OF TWO (2) PHILIPPINE NAVY (PN) FRIGATES

RESOLUTION HONORING THE BRAVERY, SACRIFICE, AND HEROISM OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM UNDER JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) MARAWI COMPOSED OF UNITS FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), AND THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD (PCG)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, AS REGARDS THE STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FROM MAGUINDANAO, NORTH COTABATO, AND LANAO DEL SUR DISPLACED BY THE ONGOING ARMED CLASH BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE BANGSAMORO ISLAMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO CONDUCT A FULL-BLOWN INQUIRY ON THE PURPORTED ANOMALIES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES-HEALTH SERVICE COMMAND (AFPHSC), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REFORMING THE ORGANIZATION AND WEEDING OUT CORRUPTION IN THE MILITARY

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 COMMENDING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE FOR THE HEROIC PERFORMANCE OF THEIR SWORN CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY AS PROTECTORS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE, AND AS SENTINELS OF PEACE AND ORDER IN THE ZAMBOANGA CRISIS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES WERE ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE RECENT ZAMBOANGA CITY ARMED CONFLICT

RESOLUTION CREATING A CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE AFP MODERNIZATION ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEWS REPORT THAT 113 ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES PERSONNEL TESTED POSITIVE FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS

RESOLUTION URGING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN, IN VIEW OF THE REPORTS THAT REVEALED MEMBERS OF THE AFP, TESTED POSITIVE FOR PROHIBITED DRUGS WITH THE INTENTION OF ERADICATING ILLEGAL DRUG ABUSE WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) REPORT ON DISCREPANCIES IN AT LEAST TWO ACCOUNTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY TOTALLING P40BILLION IN 2013

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON), FINANCE, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES' ALLEGED IRREGULAR ACQUISITIONS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS SYSTEMS AS MANDATED BY THE AFP MODERNIZATION ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) MODERNIZATION PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THE REPORTED ANOMALOUS CONTRACT AND DEFECTIVE CHOPPERS BOUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND) IN 2013 FOR THE AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT COMBAT CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITIONS REMAINED UNDELIVERED TO THE PHILIPPINE ARMY BY THE END OF 2014, THEREBY DEPRIVING THEM OF THE TIMELY USE THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (ICCS/IPS) IN MINDANAO PERPETRATED BY ELEMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PARAMILITARY GROUPS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT QUESTIONING PROCUREMENT TRANSACTIONS MADE BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A TOTAL OF P24.9 BILLION

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE FOR THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO GRANT AMNESTY TO ALL ACTIVE AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHARGES LEVELED AGAINST THEM FOR THEIR ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN THE SO-CALLED 'OAKWOOD MUTINY' IN JULY, 2003, 'THE MARINE STAND-OFF' IN FEBRUARY, 2006, 'THE MANILA PENINSULA HOTEL INCIDENT' IN NOVEMBER, 2007, AND RELATED OCCURRENCES, UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS ARE CONDUCIVE TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF NATIONAL HARMONY AND RECONCILIATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED REVIEW, REVISE, AND/OR OVERHAUL EXISTING AUDITING LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AS WELL AS PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT IN VIEW OF THE ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF ITS HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS AND AUDITORS OF THE COA IN COVERING UP THE MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER AGENCIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT ATTACKS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY ARMED GROUP, NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY (NPA), ON SEVERAL MINING FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE READINESS AND CAPABILITY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) IN PREVENTING, REPELLING AND RESPONDING TO SUCH ATTACKS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATIONS THAT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE AFP AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS

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

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE OUTSTANDING PHILIPPINE SOLDIERS (T.O.P.S.) OF 2012

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF SIX (6) RETIRED ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ONE (1) FOREIGNER CARRIED OUT BY THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME COMMISSION (PAOCC), HEADED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARIANO JOSE 'BONG' VILLAFUERTE III, AT THE CLARK EAGLE FIRING RANGE AT THE CLARK ECONOMIC ZONE IN PAMPANGA LAST 23 APRIL 2009, THURSDAY, PURPORTEDLY IN RELATION WITH AN ALLEGED DESTABILIZATION PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH ACTION REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN RESORTED TO ONLY FOR THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF HARASSING AND FORCING THE OWNER/S OF THE CLARK EAGLE FIRING RANGE TO ASSIGN AND/OR GIVE-UP THE PREMISES OF SAID FACILITY IN FAVOR OF THE SON OF A HIGH-RANKING ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE HEROIC SERVICES OF THE RESCUE UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPIENS, THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, THE OLONGAPO CITY FIRE AND RESCUE TEAM, AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS ZAMBALES CHAPTER IN THE WAKE OF THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY TYPHOON KIKO

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT US TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES BE REMOVED FROM CONFLICT OR COMBAT-PRONE AREAS AND THAT THESE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES BE CONDUCTED IN SAFE AREAS THAT ARE FAR FROM CONFLICT OR COMBAT-PRONE AREAS

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 PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED USE OF GAS RATION PRIVILEGES BY RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DEFECTIVE AMMUNITIONS BEING USED BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), PARTICULARLY ON THE PROCUREMENT, STORAGE AND HANDLING THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INQUIRE AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED DIRECT KNOWLEDGE AND INVOLVEMENT OF RANKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE RECENT AMBUSH AND MUTILATION BY EXTREMIST GROUPS OF FOURTEEN SOLDIERS BELONGING TO THE PHILIPPINE MARINE CORPS, WITH THE END VIEW OF DETERMINING THE CULPABILITY AND LIABILITY OF SAID OFFICIALS AS WELL AS TO DETERMINE THE TRUE NATIONAL POLICY AS REGARDS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION TO EXTEND THE HOSPITALIZATION COVERAGE OF UNIFORMED PERSONNEL INJURED WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POOR LIVING CONDITIONS IN JAILS AT THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR THE PHILIPPINES COMPOUND IN CAMP AGUINALDO

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS PROCUREMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) OF 30-ROUND PLASTIC MAGAZINES AND VINTAGE AMMUNITION FOR THE 105 MM. HOWITZER THAT ARE DEFECTIVE AND UNRELIABLE WHICH PREJUDICE AND ENDANGER THE LIVES OF THE ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) PROCUREMENT AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ANOMALOUS PURCHASE BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES OF 1,700 UNITS OF M249 SQUAD AUTOMATIC WEAPON, OR MINIMI'S, WORTH P593.3 MILLION PARTICULARLY ON THE ALLEGED OVERPRICING THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE PROMOTION SYSTEM OF THE ARMED FORCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSESSION, UTILIZATION AND DISPOSITION OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLANNED CLOSURE OF THE ARMED FOCES OF THE PHILIPPINES-RETIREMENT AND SEPARATION BENEFITS SYSTEM (AFP-RSBS)

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR ITS VALIANT AND CONTINUING EFFORTS TO STAMP OUT TERRORISM IN THE PHILIPPINES IN EFFECT CONTRIBUTING TO THE CURBING OF WORLD TERRORISM