AN ACT INSTITUTING INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALL MINING PROJECTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995”

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 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF THE PHILIPPINE MINING INDUSTRY AND INSTITUTE REMEDIAL MEASURES THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, PARTICULARLY THE COMPLIANCE OF EXISTING GRANTEES OF EXPLORATION PERMITS AND CONTRACTORS UNDER MINERAL AGREEMENTS TO SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, AND THE IMPACT OF THESE MINING AGREEMENTS TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED LARGE-SCALE ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS IN LA FRATERNIDAD, TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE BY A CERTAIN SR METALS, INC. WITHOUT FIRST SECURING THE REQUIRED CONSENT FROM THE AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (IP) WITHIN THE COVERED ANCESTRAL DOMAIN LAND BEING EXPLOITED AS EMBODIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF R.A. NO. 8371 OR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE REFORM ACT (IPRA), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING IF THERE WERE EXPLICIT VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AND DEPRIVATION OF THE RIGHTFUL SHARE OF CONCERNED INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITY (ICC) TO THE MINERAL RESOURCES EXTRACTED FROM THE TRIBE'S ANCESTRAL DOMAIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ESCALATING MINING OPERATIONS IN SIBUYAN ISLAND, DUBBED THE 'GALAPAGOS OF ASIA' BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, INCLUDING THE 'MIDNIGHT APPROVAL' BY THEN OUTGOING DENR SEC. ANGELO REYES TO CUT DOWN AN ESTIMATED 69,709 TREES TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR MINING AND THE KILLING OF ANTI-MINING ADVOCATE AND ROMBLON COUNCILOR ARMIN MARIN ON OCTOBER 3, 2007 DURING A LOCAL PROTEST ACTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7076 OR THE PEOPLE'S SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991, PARTICULARLY THE USE OF LARGE-SCALE MINING PRACTICES BY SMALL-SCALE MINING COMPANIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT AND LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF PALAUIG, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO SECRETARY PETER FAVILA TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE ZTE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LIMITED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES WHICH INCLUDE AMONG OTHERS THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF MINING AREAS IN DIWALWAL WHICH CONSTITUTE A CLEAR VIOLATION OF SECTION 2, ART. XII OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995' WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING SUCH UNWARRANTED ACTS FROM BEING REPEATED IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE US ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF MINERS AND REMUNERATION ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF MINING-RELATED DISASTERS IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT INCIDENT IN ITOGON, BENGUET WHERE SEVERAL MINE WORKERS DIED AND WERE TRAPPED IN A FLOODED MINE TUNNEL, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF TIGHTENING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) MEASURES CURRENTLY IN PLACE IN THE MINING INDUSTRY