AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGULAR DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A CONSUMER GROUP REPRESENTATION IN THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATORY BODIES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE DISMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE CONTRACTING PROGRAM UNDER THE BAYANIHAN TO RECOVER AS ONE ACT, IN ORDER TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON THE ISSUES HOUNDING ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESS THE CAPACITY OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION AND FRANCHISING BOARD (LTFRB) TO UNDERTAKE SUCH PROGRAM, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF HASTENING ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND ENSURING THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LAW ARE REALIZED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SERVICE CONTRACTING PROGRAM OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) WITH FUND UTILIZATION OF ONLY 1.07 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL P558 BILLION PROJECT FUND ACCORDING TO THE 2020 COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) REPORT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENTLY RELEASED COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT WHICH FLAGGED THE LOW UTILIZATION OF FUNDS OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD UNDER ITS SERVICE CONTRACTING PROGRAM WHICH LED TO DELAYED BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLE DRIVERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO REVIEW THE DISCRETION AND POWER GIVEN TO THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD TO PRESCRIBE ROUTES FOR UV EXPRESS VEHICLES, WITH THE END GOAL OF FORMULATING MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT DUE PROCESS, PROPER CONSULTATION WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AND REASONABLE CRITERIA AND PARAMETERS SHALL BE OBSERVED IN THE PROCESS OF ROUTE SELECTION AND/OR ALTERATION OF THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE OCCURENCE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS EMANATING FROM INEFFICIENT VEHICLE INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION PROCESSES, WITH THE END VIEW OF ESTABLISHING STRICTER INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND ENFORCING PENALTIES TO ERRING LICENSING OFFICIALS OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) AND LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF TRANSPORT COOPERATIVES THAT ARE DISPLACED BY UNREGISTERED AND NON-FRANCHISED PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES AND OUT-OF-LINE VEHICLES AND THE EFFORTS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD, AND THE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION COOPERATIVE TO ADDRESS THIS PERENNIAL IRREGULARITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LAND TRANSPORTATION AND FRANCHISE REGULATORY BOARD'S (LTFRB) DRIVERS BADGE PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POLICY OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) TO STOP PROCESSING AND ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK VEHICLE SERVICES (TNVS), CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF THE SAME ON END-USERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF TNVS AS A VIABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE AND REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PROCESS FOLLOWED BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) IN GRANTING FRANCHISES TO TRANSPORT NETWORK VEHICLE SERVICES (TNVS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPENDING SUSPENSION OF OPERATION AND IMPOUNDING OF VEHICLES OF TRANSPORT NETWORK VEHICLE SERVICE (TNVS) OPERATORS BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB), IN THE ABSENCE OF A FRANCHISE OR PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY TO OPERATE, WITH THE END VIEW OF REVIEWING EXISTING POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TRANSPORT SERVICES THROUGH INNOVATIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE EXISTING PROCEDURES AND/OR PROTOCOLS IN THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) AMIDST REPORTS OF ALLEGED RAILROADING AND/OR IRREGULARITIES LEADING TO ISSUANCES BY THE BOARD, WITH THE END GOALS OF FORMULATING MEASURES TO UPHOLD THE RIGHT OF PERTINENT STAKEHOLDERS TO BE HEARD, TO ENSURE THAT RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS, OPINIONS AND ANALYSES OF INVOLVED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BE JUDICIOUSLY CONSIDERED, AND TO ULTIMATELY ENSURE THAT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE RIDING PUBLIC BE SERVED

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RULES OR POLICIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR) AND THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) IN RELATION TO WHICH PROVINCIAL BUSES SHALL HAVE ROUTES TERMINATED AT THE PARAÑAQUE INTEGRATED TERMINAL EXCHANGE (PITX), WITH THE END GOALS OF ENSURING THE VIABILITY AND INTERCONNECTIVITY OF THE PITX, ENSURING THAT THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD OF PASSENGERS, OPERATORS, DRIVERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS BE UPHELD AND TO ERADICATE ANY AND ALL CONFUSION AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE PITX

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RESTRICTION IMPOSED BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD ON THE RIGHT OF THE RIDING PUBLIC TO AVAIL OF FREE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NOS. 2014-009 AND 2014-010; AND BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 05, SERIES OF 2014 ARE LEGALLY FLAWED; AND DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUANCES BY THE LTFRB, WHICH TOGETHER HAVE RESULTED IN UNACCEPTABLE TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK ALONG KATIPUNAN AVENUE, QUEZON CITY; C5 BAGONG ILOG; AND C5 MCKINLEY HILLS; INVESTIGATING THE LEGAL BASES, IF ANY, OF SUCH SUSPICIOUS AND STUBBORN INSISTENCE WREAKING IRREVERSIBLE PREJUDICE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT SAFETY BUT AWARDING BENEFITS ONLY TO A FEW; AND IDENTIFYING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 202, AMONG OTHERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CRACKDOWN ON UBER VEHICLES BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD AND ON THE FEASIBILITY OF REGULATING SIMILAR VEHICLE BOOKING SERVICES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRESSING ISSUES INVOLVING DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE COMPLAINTS AND ASSISTANCE MECHANISMS PROVIDED BY AIR, LAND, AND MARITIME CARRIERS, THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD, THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS IN RESPONDING AND RESOLVING COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO DOMESTIC TRAVEL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUED ISSUANCE OF PROVISIONAL AUTHORITIES/FRANCHISES BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD UNDER EXEMPTIONS DESPITE A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD MORATORIUM ON ISSUING FRANCHISES TO PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES WITH THE END VIEW OF REVIEWING AND REVISING LAWS, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND REGULARITY IN ALL GOVERNMENT ISSUANCES AND TRANSACTIONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON ONLINE-ENABLED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO UBER, EASY CARS AND GRABCAR AS A NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN METRO MANILA AND OTHER URBAN AREAS, ITS SAFETY AND RELIABILITY, AND ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE COUNTRY'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) TAXI METER RECEIPT SCHEME IMPLEMENTATION, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING THE COMMUTING PUBLIC AGAINST FAST AND RIGGED TAXI METERS