AN ACT CREATING A COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE FACT-FINDING INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES, CIRCUMSTANCES, COSTS AND ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN LIGHT OF THE DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ONDOY AND TYPHOON PEPENG, RECOMMEND MEASURES TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF SIMILAR TRAGEDIES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THESE CALAMITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED ANOMALIES AT THE QUEDANCOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED BIAS IN FAVOR OF RICH AND INFLUENTIAL INMATES AT THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY FACILITIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RECENT FOILED ROBBERY-HOLDUP AT THE ST. SCHOLASTICA' COLLEGE IN MANILA, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL SECURITY PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) CAMERAS IN STRATEGIC AREAS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE INVESTMENT POLICY ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM'S (GSIS) FUND MANAGERS, PARTICULARLY ITS PORTFOLIO OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS EXPOSURE IN THE LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON OF PLUNGE IN THE VALUE OF STOCK AND SECURITIES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT THE HARD EARNED MONEY CONTRIBUTED BY SOME 1.4 MILLION GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO THE PENSION FUND ARE SAFE AND INSULATED FROM POSSIBLE COLLAPSE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RISING INSTANCES OF CHILD-ORGAN TRAFFICKING IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RISING NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE HUNT FOR COMMANDERS BRAVO AND KATO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT 100,000 JAPANESE-FILIPINO CHILDREN GET NO SUPPORT FROM THEIR JAPANESE FATHERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED HIDING OF FIFTY-EIGHT (58) EXTREMISTS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ALLEGED POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS IN THE SUBIC CASINO-RESORT PROJECT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED APPROVAL AMID BRIBERY CHARGES OF THE $120 MILLION WORTH SOUTH KOREAN HOTEL AND CASINO PROJECT IN THE SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION OF CENTURY-OLD TREES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE UNITED NATIONS STUDY ALLEGING ELEVEN FILIPINO WOMEN DIE DURING CHILDBIRTH EACH DAY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED NUISANCES OF CONDUCTING RANDOM DRUG TESTING IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED DEFECTIVE SEEDS OF HYBRID RICE SOLD TO FARMERS IN NUEVA ECIJA AND RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO PREVENT SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT CORRUPTION AND A WEAK JUDICIARY HAMPER PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC GROWTH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7183 'AN ACT REGULATING THE SALE, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF FIRECRACKERS AND OTHER PYROTECHNIC DEVICES' PARTICULARLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS SAFETY GUIDELINES BY THE DULY MANDATED AUTHORITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SOURCE, RATIONALE AND DETAILED EXPENDITURE BREAKDOWN OF THE PROPOSED P330 BILLION ECONOMIC RESILIENCY PLAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MASSIVE LAY-OFFS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BY VIRTUE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 366 ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AS OPPOSED TO THE BLOATED NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS WITHIN THE BUREAUCRACY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE APPARENT POLICY OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT IN ESTABLISHING LANDFILLS AS THE SOLUTION TO THE WORSENING GARBAGE PROBLEM OF THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL AS NEARBY WATER RESERVOIR, CONTRARY TO THE MANDATE OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT (R.A. NO. 9003)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SITUATION OF THE TUMANDUKS, WHOSE ANCESTRAL LAND IS DEMARCATED WITHIN A MILITARY RESERVE, IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING AND RAMPANT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST THEM ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE RP-US MILITARY EXERCISES BEING CONDUCTED IN TUMANDUK ANCESTRAL DOMAINS WITH THE PURPOSE OF SECURING THE PROPOSED REPEAL OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 67 S. 1962

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE BLAST MINING ACTIVITIES OF T.V.I. RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PHILIPPINES (TVIRD) IN MOUNT CANATUAN, SIOCON, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE WHICH HAVE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THE ENVIRONMENT AND DESECRATED THE SUBANEN ANCESTRAL DOMAIN THEREBY ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED HIDDEN, BUT GROWING HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME PROBLEM (AIDS) IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE BRUTAL ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF 20-YEAR OLD REBELYN PITAO, DAUGHTER OF NPA COMMANDER LEONCIO PITAO, ON THE PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CPP-NPA-NDF, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ABUSE OF FILIPINO WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAUSED BY THE FOREIGN MILITARY EXERCISES CONDUCTED IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IS ON THE RISE IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE SECOND MAJOR OCEAN POLLUTER IN THE WORLD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP) INMATES MAY BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 393 (B) (4) AND SECTION 434 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 'THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE' ON THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND THEIR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN OFFICIALS FROM THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND MATRICULATION FEES FROM STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, LOCAL OIL COMPANIES' INCONSISTENT AND UNEXPLAINED INCREASES IN GASOLINE PRICES ALLOWED UNDER THE DOWNSTREAM OIL INDUSTRY DEREGULATION ACT OF 1998 RESULTING IN THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF THE CONSUMER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF SIX (6) RETIRED ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ONE (1) FOREIGNER CARRIED OUT BY THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME COMMISSION (PAOCC), HEADED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARIANO JOSE 'BONG' VILLAFUERTE III, AT THE CLARK EAGLE FIRING RANGE AT THE CLARK ECONOMIC ZONE IN PAMPANGA LAST 23 APRIL 2009, THURSDAY, PURPORTEDLY IN RELATION WITH AN ALLEGED DESTABILIZATION PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH ACTION REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN RESORTED TO ONLY FOR THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF HARASSING AND FORCING THE OWNER/S OF THE CLARK EAGLE FIRING RANGE TO ASSIGN AND/OR GIVE-UP THE PREMISES OF SAID FACILITY IN FAVOR OF THE SON OF A HIGH-RANKING ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ARREST MADE BY OFFICERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME COMMISSION ON FORMER MAGDALO SOLDIERS FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING A RESCUE ATTEMPT OF DETAINED MAGDALO SOLDIERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION'S (NHMFC) AUCTION OF MORE THAN 53,000 DELINQUENT HOUSING LOANS TO DEUTCH BANK REAL ESTATE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES (GLOBAL) IN 2004 AND THE CONSEQUENT CREATION OF A JOINT VENTURE SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE CALLED BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE INC. (BALIKATAN) WHICH OTHERWISE RESULTED IN HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND EXORBITANT DOWNPAYMENT HOUSING LOAN RESTRUCTURING SCHEME TANTAMOUNT TO A QUESTIONABLE PUBLIC SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY PURSUANT TO CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY MANDATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PREPARATIONS BEING DONE BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR THE 25TH SOUTHEAST ASIAN (SEA) GAMES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUING INCIDENTS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF AND ARBITRARY ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF FILIPINO DRUG MULES WHICH IS HEAVILY DAMAGING THE COUNTRY'S REPUTATION ABROAD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT HALF OF METRO MANILANS INHALE SECOND-HAND SMOKE DAILY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DISBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS FOR REFORM (NASECORE), THE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF NASECORE IN THE USE OF THESE FUNDS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE AWARDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OF A COAL MINING CONTRACT WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AND DEGRADATION IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A PHILIPPINE ATTACHE BY A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYNDICATE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFICACY OF THE EXISTING STATUTES, RULES, ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES AND PROCEDURES ON INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION IN THE LIGHT OF REPORTED INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILD TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS AND UNSCRUPULOUS ADOPTION CASES USING FAKE DOCUMENTS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE DIGNITY OF THE ADOPTED CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE GUNS SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN MARIVELES, BATAAN AS IT AFFECTS THE EXISTING GUN AMNESTY PROGRAM AND THE PROPOSAL TO GRANT FREEPORT STATUS TO THE BATAAN ECONOMIC ZONE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS MULTI-BILLION LAND TRANSACTION BETWEEN CAPITOL HILLS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, INC. (CHGCCI) AND AYALA LAND INC. (ALI), WITH THE ALLEGED CULPABLE COMPLICITY AND/OR NEGLECT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) IN FAILING TO EXERCISE ITS JURISDICTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF CHGCCI), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL MEASURES TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF SIMILAR TRANSACTIONS IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNREGULATED TAXI BOUNDARY RATES IMPOSED BY TAXI OPERATORS AND THEIR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW ON LABOR STANDARDS OF TAXI DRIVERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF THE PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE IN FUJIMI-CHIYODA-KU (KUDAN), TOKYO, JAPAN, CONSIDERED AS THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR FOREIGN SERVICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED PHP1.1 BILLION FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM RENDERED USELESS ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE OF NEGLECT BY THE METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; AND HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE AERIAL SPRAYING OF CHEMICALS PRACTICED BY BANANA PLANTATIONS IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC), THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AND OTHER SIMILAR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHO ARE MANDATED BY LAW TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE LAWS RELATING TO MARITIME OPERATIONS AND SAFETY FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN THE WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS BY FERRY OPERATORS THEREBY CAUSING AVOIDABLE SEA TRAGEDIES AND LOSS OF LIVES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND), ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NON-FEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN AN ALLEGED GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED DISTRIBUTION AND/OR PROLIFERATION OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS AND MILITARY ARMAMENTS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS IN MAGUINDANAO THEREBY CAUSING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ACTUAL STATE OF AFFAIRS OF PHILIPPINE SPORTS