RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND GRATITUDE OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE RETURN BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF THE BALANGIGA BELLS AND RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WHO FACILITATED ITS RETURN

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO SUPPORT THE APPEAL OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE RETURN OF THE BELLS OF BALANGIGA, THAT WERE TAKEN AS TROPHIES OF WAR BY AMERICAN MILITARY TROOPS IN 1901

RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO SHARE WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE ONE OF THE BALANGIGA BELLS BY PLACING IT IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE APPRECIATION AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH THAT THEY BE INFORMED OF THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SAID RELIGIOUS ARTIFACT

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE RETURN OF THE BALANGIGA BELLS AS A TOKEN OF ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP AND AS A TESTAMENT TO THE FRATERNAL RELATIONS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC STATES

RESOLUTION REITERATING THE CALL FOR THE RETURN BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF THE BELLS OF BALANGIGA, SAMAR AND OTHER ARTIFACTS AND WAR BOOTIES OF THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN WAR TAKEN FROM THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR