AN ACT MANDATING THE CONDUCT OF FIRE, EARTHQUAKE, AND OTHER HAZARDOUS PHENOMENA DRILLS IN EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, SCHOOL BUSES, AND HEALTH-CARE INSTITUTIONS

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PENAL CODE, ARTICLE 310, TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES OF QUALIFIED THEFT

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHILVOCS) AND THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAGASA) TO ESTABLISH THE NATURAL CALAMITIES HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY BILLION PESOS (P50,000,000,000) FOR THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL CALAMITY RECOVERY, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

AN ACT MANDATING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SEND FREE MOBILE ALERTS IN THE EVENT OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES

AN ACT PROVIDING EMERGENCY WAREHOUSES IN AREAS DEVASTATED BY CALAMITIES TO ENSURE AFFECTED CONSUMERS ACCESS TO BASIC NECESSITIES AND PRIME COMMODITIES AT DISCOUNTED AND TAX FREE PRICES

AN ACT MANDATING THE FULL ACCOUNTING OF ALL DISASTER-RELIEF AID OR DONATIONS RECEIVED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR NATURAL AND HUMAN-INDUCED CALAMITIES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTIPURPOSE GYM IN ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES TO SERVE AS EVACUATION CENTER DURING TIMES OF CALAMITY OR DISASTER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX RELIEF IN TIMES OF CALAMITY

AN ACT CONSIDERING RICE OR CORN HOARDING AND PROFITEERING DURING OR ON THE OCCASION OF ANY CALAMITY OR EMERGENCY DECLARED AS SUCH BY THE PRESIDENT AS EQUIVALENT TO ECONOMIC SABOTAGE, PARTLY AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7581, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PRICE ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM DONOR'S TAX AND DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX GIFTS/DONATIONS/REMITTANCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER CALAMITIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 8424 OR THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AMENDED

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 8424, OR THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY GRANTING FULL DEDUCTION FROM GROSS INCOME THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO DISASTER RELIEF, RECOVERY, AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT FACILITATING AND REGULATING INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF AND INITIAL RECOVERY ASSISTANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE SPECIAL FUND TO FINANCE THE MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION, AND REPLACEMENT OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN PREPARATION FOR AND IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CALAMITIES AS WELL AS TO FINANCE DIRECT SUBSIDY FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY END USERS IN CASE OF MARKET FAILURE THEREBY AMENDING SECTION 8 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 910

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX RELIEF IN TIMES OF CALAMITY

AN ACT PROVIDING EMERGENCY WAREHOUSES IN AREAS DEVASTATED BY CALAMITIES TO ENSURE AFFECTED CONSUMERS ACCESS TO BASIC NECESSITIES AND PRIME COMMODITIES AT DISCOUNTED AND TAX FREE PRICES

AN ACT MANDATING THE FULL ACCOUNTING OF ALL DISASTER-RELIEF AID OR DONATIONS RECEIVED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR NATURAL AND HUMAN-INDUCED CALAMITIES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX RELIEF IN TIMES OF CALAMITIES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTIPURPOSE GYM IN ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES TO SERVE AS EVACUATION CENTER DURING TIMES OF CALAMITY OR DISASTER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT EXEMPTING SALES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND LEASE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT INTENDED FOR SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECTS AND HOUSING OR REHABILITATION PROJECTS FOR VICTIMS OF DISASTERS, FROM VALUE-ADDED TAX; AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 109 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO FARMERS WHO SUFFER FROM RECURRENT DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES, TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND FINANCING, AND TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY, BY MAKING INSURANCE MANDATORY FOR PALAY AND OTHER ESSENTIAL CROPS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1467, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8175, OR THE 'REVISED CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION (PCIC) ACT OF 1995,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SOLIDARITY FUND OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FREE FREIGHT SERVICES IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF RELIEF GOODS TO CALAMITY-STRICKEN AREAS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY SHELTERS IN TIMES OF NATURAL DISASTERS, CALAMITIES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

AN ACT GRANTING FULL TAX BENEFITS TO DONATIONS PROVIDED DURING A STATE OF CALAMITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING AN INSTALLMENT PAYMENT SCHEME ON BASIC UTILITY BILLS DURING CALAMITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'THREE-GIVES LAW'

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9510, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM ACT" BY PROVIDING CREDIT PROTECTION TO BORROWERS DURING CALAMITIES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE INFORMATION CENTERS DURING NATIONAL CALAMITIES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

.AN ACT MANDATING THE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY OF DISASTER-RELATED INFORMATION

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS DURING A STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR CALAMITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHIVOLCS) AND THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAGASA) TO ESTABLISH THE NATURAL CALAMITIES' HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF ALL BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, ROADS, RAILWAYS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, CHURCHES, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURES, AFTER THE 7.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT NORTHERN LUZON, IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE MEASURES WOULD MAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE COUNTRY DISASTER RESILIENT, AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CASE OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CALAMITIES

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 URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE YOLANDA REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY ON THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE END VIEW OF CRAFTING LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR VICTIMS OF DISASTER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PROVISION OF QUICK RESPONSE FUNDS TO AREAS AFFLICTED WITH NATURAL AND HUMAN INDUCED CALAMITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EXISTING PROTOCOLS FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT POLICIES, PROTOCOLS AND FUNDING MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THE QUICKEST AND MOST EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE URGENT RELIEF NEEDS OF RESIDENTS OF ALBAY AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING ERUPTION OF THE MAYON VOLCANO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTS THAT THE ESTIMATED FIVE MILLION FILIPINO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO CALAMITIES OR EMERGENCY INCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN BAGUIO CITY, THE CORDILLERAS, CAGAYAN VALLEY AND NORTHERN LUZON AFTER THE ONSLAUGHT OF TYPHOON OMPONG, WITH THE END GOALS OF ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY AND STABILITY OF PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, ELECTRICITY, POTABLE WATER, AND THE MUCH-NEEDED IMPROVEMENT OF SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TO LOOK INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITY IN DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO INSTITUTIONALIZE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE FORCES, PROVIDE A MAGNA CARTA FOR RESCUE WORKERS AND ENHANCE THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10121

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO ESTABLISH PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS FOR DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN COOPERATION WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, IN LIGHT OF NEWS REPORTS THAT THE RELIEF OPERATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF THE OCTOBER 2013 VISAYAS EARTHQUAKE HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY ALLEGED POLITICKING BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND POLITICAL ASPIRANTS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE AMIDST THE MASSIVE DEVASTATION AND INSURMOUNTABLE LOSS WROUGHT BY SUPER TYPHOON 'YOLANDA' IN REGIONS 7 AND 8, AND URGING THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THESE CRITICALLY BATTERED AREAS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEP SYMPATHY OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DEVASTATING SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA

RESOLUTION URGING HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III, TO DECLARE A STATE OF NATIONAL CALAMITY DUE TO THE IMMENSE EXTENT OF DESTRUCTION BY SUPERTYPHOON YOLANDA

RESOLUTION URGING ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO EFFECT A MORATORIUM ON THE PAYMENT OF DEBTS, AS WELL AS THE IMPOSITION OF INTEREST, PENALTIES AND SIMILAR CHARGES ON FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF AFFECTED PRIVATE PERSONS AND PUBLIC CORPORATIONS IN ORDER TO EASE THE BURDEN ON OUR COUNTRYMEN AFFECTED BY THE SPATE OF SEVERE NATURAL AND MAN MADE CALAMITIES THAT HIT THE COUNTRY, AND TO ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HELPING OUR COUNTRYMEN TO STAND-UP AND RECOVER FROM THESE CALAMITIES