RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PLANS AND PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR) TO RATIONALIZE FLIGHTS AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) IN ORDER TO DECONGEST AIR TRAFFIC AT THE RUNWAYS AND SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER AIRPORTS AS ALTERNATIVES TO NAIA

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE STATUS OF AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF DECONGESTING THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IDENTIFYING MEASURES TO ADDRESS PASSENGER CONCERNS AND REALIZING THE NATION’S FULL ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT A FULL-BLOWN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE AIRPORT, AERONAUTICAL AND NONAERONAUTICAL, AND AVIATION AUTHORITY’S APPARENT AND SEEMING BROKEN SYSTEMS OF REGULATIONS AS CAN BE GLEANED FROM THE RECENT RUNWAY CATACLYSM-MISHAP INVOLVING XIAMEN AIRLINES AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH LED TO AIRPORT PARALYSIS AND AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS AND SUBSTANTIAL FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS WHICH ARE ANATHEMA TO RENDERING BASIC EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICES, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF REVIEWING AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, ASSESSING TOURISM, ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT IMPACTS, AND PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF PASSENGERS AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTS THAT 61 FLIGHTS LANDED AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MIAA)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED RAMPANT VIOLATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT AND OF THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS ACT AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) COMMITTED BY A SYNDICATE OF MIDDLE-LEVEL BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION (BI) OFFICIALS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CRAFTING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TASKED TO ENFORCE THEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RESULTS OF A 2013 SURVEY SPONSORED BY A TRAVEL BLOG, PARTICIPATED BY TOURISTS WHO VISITED THE COUNTRY, RATING TERMINAL 1 OF THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS THE WORST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, INQUIRE, AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RECENT SHOOTING INCIDENT AT NAIA TERMINAL 3 THAT LEFT FOUR (4) PEOPLE DEAD AND FIVE (5) OTHERS WOUNDED WITH THE END IN VIEW OF IMPROVING THE SECURITY WITHIN THE PERIMETERS OF NAIA AND OTHER KEY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COUNTRY, AND TO ENACT REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPOSAL FROM A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY AND COMMISSIONED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TO BUILD A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO ADDRESS THE IMPENDING CAPACITY SATURATION OF THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 2015

RESOLUTION URGING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED OVERBOOKING OF AIRLINES AND AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) WHICH RESULTED TO NUMEROUS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND INCONVENIENCE TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THERE IS A LACK OF UP-TO-DATE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED 'LAGLAG-BALA' EXTORTION SCHEME AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALARMING 'TANIM-BALA' INCIDENTS AS IT IS A SHAMEFUL MANIFESTATION OF ABSENCE OF ORDER IN TRANSPORT SECURITY WITH THE INTENTION THAT THE PRACTICE BE HALTED IMMEDIATELY AND THAT ORDERLINESS IN RULES AND PROCEDURES BE ESTABLISHED TO SHIELD OVERSEAS WORKERS, REGULAR TOURISTS AND FOREIGN GUESTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING REPORTS ON RAMPANT "LAGLAG BALA" EXTORTION MODUS OPERANDI INCIDENTS IN THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE ALLEGED EXTORTION ACTIVITIES IN PHILIPPINE AIRPORTS SUCH AS THE TANIM BALA OR LAGLAG BALA OPERATIONS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME.

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG SENSE OF THE SENATE AGAINST WHAT APPEARS TO BE DEPLORABLE ACTS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE AIRPORT TERMINALS, PARTICULARLY THE TANIM-BALA OR LAGLAG BALA MODUS OPERANDI THAT VICTIMIZES FLIGHT PASSENGERS, ESPECIALLY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED LAGLAG BALA OR TANIM BALA SCHEME AT NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) AND MAJOR AIRPORTS WITH THE END VIEW OF REVIEWING, AMENDING AND FORMULATING AIRPORT SECURITY POLICIES, RULES, REGULATION AND LAWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED MODUS OPERANDI KNOWN AS THE LAGLAG BALA OR TANIM BALA, ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY SOME DOTC-OTS SCREENING OFFICERS AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RECENT REPORTS OF 'LAGLAG BALA' AND 'TANIM BALA' SCAM AS MEANS OF EXTORTION IN PHILIPPINE AIRPORTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING LAWS TO CURB CORRUPTION BY REASON OF MISFEASANCE, MALFEASANCE, AND NONFEASANCE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCIDENTS OF 'LAGLAG-BALA' MODUS OPERANDI IN VARIOUS PHILIPPINE AIRPORTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION OF SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL AFTER INVESTIGATION, FILING CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES AGAINST THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS, INSTITUTING REAL CHANGE IN THE STATE OF SECURITY IN PHILIPPINE AIRPORTS, AND PROTECTING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND OTHER FILIPINO AND FOREIGN TRAVELLERS FROM ANY AND ALL EXTORTION, INEFFICIENCY, AND GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES IN OUR PHILIPPINE AIRPORT SYSTEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVING AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) GIVEN THE ALLEGED OVERCHARGING AND OTHER UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY AIRPORT TAXIS WHICH MAY DAMPEN THE COUNTRY'S TOURISM CAMPAIGN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED WORSENING CASE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FORMULATING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO END THIS DANGER TO PASSENGERS AND AIR CARRIERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DISTRESSING AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) CAUSING INCONVINIENCE TO THE TRAVELERS, NEGATIVELY AFFECTING PHILIPPINE TOURISM AND HUGE BUSINESS LOSSES WITH THE END VIEW OF CRAFTING MEASURES AND PROVIDING REMEDY TO ADDRESS THE NAIA AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION