RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EARTHQUAKE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN GREATER METRO MANILA IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND DISASTER RESILIENCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED QUAKE-VULNERABILITY OF AT LEAST THIRTY-TWO (32) BUILDINGS IN CEBU CITY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING MEASURES TO MODIFY SAID EDIFICES AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS VIS-A-VIS THE PROGRESS OF OTHER COUNTRY-SIGNATORIES IN THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AND OTHER COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO INVEST ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TRAINING AND INTER-GOVERNMENT COORDINATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS AND PREPAREDNESS OF OUR NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES' DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLANS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S 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 SENATE COMMITTEES ON CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND PUBLIC WORKS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND READINESS OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NECESSITY OF IMMEDIATE PROVISION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL AND LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT FOR WOMEN SEVERELY AFFECTED BY CALAMITIES AND DISASTERS

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

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 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE EXTENT AND SCOPE OF THE DROUGHT CAUSED BY THE DRY SPELL AND THE PREVALENCE OF SWINE FLU AND HOG CHOLERA IN SEVERAL PARTS OF LUZON, AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATE MEASURES THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE TAKEN TO REMEDY SAID CALAMITIES, WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING AND INSTITUTIONALIZIGN PROGRAMS TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR CALAMITIES AND/OR TO PREPARE FOR AND MITIGATE THEIR EFFECTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SEAWORTHINESS AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS STANDARDS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY OUR PHILIPPINE CARGO AND PASSENGER VESSELS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF IMPROVING THE SAFETY STANDARDS PROTECTING THE LIVES OF THE CREW AND PASSENGERS ON-BOARD THESE VESSELS