RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION AND IN THE EXERCISE OF THE SENATE'S OVERSIGHT POWERS, ON THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF THREE DETAINEES AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOSTAGE-TAKING INCIDENT INSIDE THE CUSTODIAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN CAMP CRAME, QUEZON CITY, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENSURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ADEQUATE SECURITY AND SAFETY MEASURES INSIDE THE PNP DETENTION FACILITIES AND THE PREVENTION OF ANY UNTOWARD AND VIOLENT INCIDENTS WITHIN THEIR PREMISES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE THAT THE UNFORTUNATE RECENT MANILA HOSTAGE EVENT SHOULD BE SETTLED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW WITHOUT NEED OF PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTS FROM A CERTAIN OFFICIAL OF THE HONGKONG ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE DIRECTING THAT, IN CASES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS OR HOSTAGE-TAKING INCIDENTS, IT SHALL BE PART OF THE PROTOCOL AND TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONNEL TO REFRAIN FROM DOING LIVE INTERVIEWS OF THE TERRORIST OR HOSTAGE-TAKER WHILE THE INCIDENT IS IN PROGRESS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCEREST AND MOST HEARTHFELT SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS, RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE UNFORTUNATE HOSTAGE INCIDENT IN MANILA ON 23 AUGUST 2010, AND TO THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF HONGKONG

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ELEVEN-HOUR LONG HOSTAGE-TAKING INCIDENT AT THE QUIRINO GRANDSTAND INVOLVING TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD A TOURIST BUS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS; TRADE AND COMMERCE; AND PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFECTS OF THE TELEVISED HOSTAGE-TAKING INCIDENT AT THE QUIRINO GRANDSTAND TO THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND TO THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL