AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF FIFTEEN BILLION PESOS (P15,000,000,000) FOR THE ASSISTANCE, RELIEF, REHABILITATION, HOME BUILDING FINANCING SUBSIDY, LIVELIHOOD AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REBUILDING, AND HERITAGE STRUCTURES AND TOURISM SITES RESTORATION, FOR THE VICTIMS OF OCTOBER 15, 2013 DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE, ESTABLISHING THE CENTRAL VISAYAS EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE BAKOD CENTRAL VISAYAS COMMISSION FOR THE AID, RECONSTRUCTION, RELIEF, REHABILITATION, HOME REBUILDING FINANCING SUBSIDY, LIVELIHOOD GENERATION AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REBUILDING, AND HERITAGE STRUCTURES AND TOURISM SITES RESTORATION, FOR THE VICTIMS AND AFFECTED AREAS OF THE OCTOBER 15, 2013 EARTHQUAKE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY DISBURSE FUNDS FROM THE PHILIPPINE'S 4TH DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT POLICY LOAN WITH THE WORLD BANK FOR THE AID, RELIEF, RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION, LIVELIHOOD, AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE RECENT 7.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN LUZON, AND DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO IMMEDIATELY CALL THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (NDRRMC) FOR A SENATE BRIEFING TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF THE AFFECTED LOCALITIES AND THE TOTAL BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS TO ADDRESS THE CALAMITY

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 EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT THE RESTORATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES AND NATIONAL LANDMARKS WHICH WERE DAMAGED BY THE 7.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE WHICH STRUCK NORTHERN LUZON, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THEIR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THE REGENERATION OF AFFECTED JOBS AND LIVELIHOODS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE GREATER METRO MANILA AND OTHER EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREAS FOR THE BIG ONE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COLLECTION, DISSEMINATION, AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC DATA OF THE PHIVOLCS TO GUIDE MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS, AND RESPONSE TO THE HAZARDS AND IMPACTS OF EARTHQUAKES

RESOLUTION EXTENDINGI HEARTFELT SYMPATHY AND CONCERN TO OUR COUNTRYMEN WHO LOST LOVED ONES, SUFFERED INJURIES, OR INCURRED DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF THE 7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT BOHOL, CEBU, AND NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS IN VISAYAS AND MINDANAO AT 8:12 IN THE MORNING OF 15 OCTOBER 2013

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE OF EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS IN LIGHT OF THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE 7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT BOHOL, CEBU, AND NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS IN VISAYAS AND MINDANAO ON 15 OCTOBER 2013

RESOLUTION URGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A P10 BILLION SPECIAL FUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE REBUILD, RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF BOHOL AND CEBU AND TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREAS AFFECTED BY THE 7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT JOLTED CENTRAL VISAYAS

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT TO RE-ALIGN THE UNRELEASED AMOUNTS OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) IN THE 2013 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, TO A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL CALAMITY FUND FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO THE ZAMBOANGA SIEGE, TYPHOON SANTI, AND THE MAGNITUDE 7.2 CARMEN, BOHOL EARTHQUAKE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SYMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK CENTRAL VISAYAS ON OCTOBER 15, 2013 AND EXHORTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO COORDINATE EFFORTS IN PROVIDING IMMEDIATE DISASTER RELIEF AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY SUPPORT TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRESERVATION AND RETROFITTING OF HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND BUILDINGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES AND TYPHOONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES IN THE LIGHT OF THE MAGNITUDE 7.2 EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT BOHOL, CEBU AND NEARBY PROVINCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN EARTHQUAKE RISK AUDIT OVER ALL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND BUILDINGS, AND MANDATE THEIR RETROFITTING TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REVISED NATIONAL BUILDING CODE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO INFORM AND PREPARE THE PUBLIC FOR A POSSIBLE 7.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT WILL DEVASTATE NORTHERN LUZON AND THE CORDILLERA REGION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHILVOLCS) WARNED THAT A MAGNITUDE-8 EARTHQUAKE MAY HIT BICOL REGION

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE REPUBLIC OF NEPAL FOR THE TRAGIC LOSS OF MORE THAN 2,500 LIVES AND WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION BROUGHT ABOUT BY A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OFF KATHMANDU ON 25 APRIL 2015

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE, TO UPDATE AND ASSESS,IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REBUILDING AND RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN REGION VII, IN PARTICULAR THE PROVINCES OF BOHOL AND CEBU, THE STATUS OF FAMILIES AND PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY THE OCTOBER 15, 2013 EARTHQUAKE IN THE REGION AND OTHER LOCALITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT METRO MANILA IS NOT READY FOR A HIGH-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

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 PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE 2014 COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT THERE WERE IRREGULARITIES IN THE P41.2M HOUSING FUND INTENDED FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY OF THE SENATE TO THE ISLAND NATION OF JAPAN IN THE WAKE OF THE DEVASTATING 11 MARCH 2011 EARTHQUAKE THAT TRIGGERED A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE IN CONVEYING ITS PROFOUND SYMPATHY TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN WHO SUFFERED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DISASTER BROUGHT BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND SINCEREST CONCERN OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN ON THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THAT DEVASTATED THE COUNTRY ON MARCH 11, 2011

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE TO THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK NORTHERN JAPAN ON MARCH 11, 2011 WHICH RESULTED TO LOSS OF LIVES AND MASSIVE DEVASTATION IN JAPAN

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 EXPRESSING SYMPATHY TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE DEVASTATING MAY 12, 2008 EARTHQUAKE