RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS)

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CREATE A DATABASE ON OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OFWS AND THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THE PESO RISING IN VALUE AS AGAINST THE US DOLLAR AND ITS' IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE FAMILIES OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND TO INSTITUTE SAFEGUARD MEASURES TO MITIGATE WHATEVER ITS' NEGATIVE IMPACT MAY BE ON THE LIVES OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN URGENT OMNIBUS INQUIRY ON THE PLIGHT AND PRESENT CONDITIONS OF DETAINED FILIPINO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS AND OFWS WITH CASES FILED AGAINST THEM IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, INCLUDING AN ASSESSMENT OF LEGAL AND SOCIAL REMEDIES BEING AFFORDED BY OUR EMBASSIES AND CONSULAR OFFICES WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF FORMULATING REMEDIAL MEASURES AND DEVISING PACKAGE OF ASSISTANCE TO PROTECT OFWS, THE PHILIPPINES' BAGONG BAYANI

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED EXCESSIVE COLLECTION OF OFW PROCESSING FEE BY THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF FORMULATING A MORE CARING, MEANINGFUL AND TRULY LABOR-FRIENDLY SOCIAL LEGISLATION FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LABOR RECRUITMENT, ANTI-HUMAN SMUGGLING AND IMMIGRATION LAWS AND POLICIES WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF CHARTING MEANINGFUL AND TRULY LABOR-FRIENDLY SOCIAL LEGISLATION FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE PRE-DEPARTURE LOAN PROGRAM OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ITS TRANSACTIONS AND ENSURING DELIVERY OF ITS WELFARE SERVICES AND BENEFITS

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION TO SAVE AN OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER NOW IN DANGER IN THE HANDS OF HER EMPLOYER IN SAUDI ARABIA AND TO EXHAUST ALL LEGAL MEANS TO SECURE JUSTICE FOR THE MURDER OF FATIMA SAGADAN MAULANA, AND URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, A FULL PROBE OF THESE TWO RECENT CASES OF ABUSES AGAINST OFWS TO ADDRESS THE ORDEAL OF THESE WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION OF DEPORTED FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS FROM SABAH, MALAYSIA AND THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE PHILIPPINE COUNTERPART IN THE PHILIPPINE-MALAYSIAN WORKING GROUP ON MIGRANT WORKERS TASKED TO ASSIST THE UNDOCUMENTED AND DOCUMENTED FILIPINO MIGRANTS IN SABAH, MALAYSIA WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO MASSIVE CRACKDOWN BY THE HOST GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VIABILITY OF LIFTING AND REMOVING THE REMITTANCE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED BY BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN JORDAN DESPITE THE DEPLOYMENT BAN

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN ROMANIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE SAID WORKERS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR WORK CONDITIONS THEREIN

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF MORE THAN 6,000 OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS STRANDED ON THE BORDER OF OMAN AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DUE TO VISA POLICY CHANGES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE FOR ALL LEGALLY EMPLOYED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, PROVIDING MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO FORMER OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING COMPULSORY WELFARE INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS

AN ACT IMPROVING THE STANDARDS OF PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT EXEMPTING MONEY TRANSFERS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS FROM THE DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 181 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING RETIREMENT, INSURANCE, HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS (OCWS) AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995’, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS WORKERS BANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, FURTHER IMPROVING THE HIGHER STANDARDS OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS WORKERS BANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF THE FILIPINO HERITAGE AMONG FILIPINOS OVERSEAS THROUGH THE TEACHING OF FILIPINO LANGUAGE AND HISTORY, ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS AND FILIPINIANA RESOURCE CENTERS ABROAD, AND THE CREATION OF A COMMITTEE ON HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINOS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INTERIM CENSUS OF FILIPINOS RESIDING ABROAD AND TO REQUIRE THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS BE INCLUDED IN REGULAR CENSUSES

AN ACT GRANTING FRANKING PRIVILEGE TO THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS

AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) MEDICAL CENTER DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING A SPECIAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF FIFTEEN (15) DAYS A YEAR WITH FULL PAY TO ALL LEGITIMATE SPOUSES OF OVERSEAS WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS

AN ACT PROMOTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BY OVERSEAS FILIPINOS (OFS), PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF THE FILIPINO HERITAGE AMONG FILIPINOS OVERSEAS THROUGH THE TEACHING OF FILIPINO LANGUAGE AND HISTORY, ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS AND FILIPINIANA CENTERS ABROAD AND ESTABLISHING A TRUST FUND THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WELFARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS (OCW) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT IMPOSING PENALTIES ON PHILIPPINE CONSULAR OFFICIALS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO ACT ON COMPLAINTS OF, GIVE ASSISTANCE TO OR RENDER SERVICES TO MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS

AN ACT PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSFER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO PROFESSIONALS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER IN THE PHILIPPINES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONS BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO PROFESSIONALS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT PROVIDING AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN DISTRESS, BOTH DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS PENSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ANACT EXEMPTING MONEY TRANSFER TO THE PHILIPPINES OF OVERSEAS FOREIGN WORKERS FROM THE IMPOSITION OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 181 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997', AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ESCALATING NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WHO HAVE BECOME COURIERS OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE READINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WHO WERE LAID OFF FROM THEIR JOBS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE CONTINGENCY MEASURES IN PLACE TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF RETURNING OFWS IN ANTICIPATION OF MASSIVE RETRENCHMENTS DUE TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED NEED TO MONITOR THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FUND AND USE THIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOMENT, AND OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION TO EXERCISE UTMOST TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE DISBURSEMENT/UTILIZATION OF THE P250-MILLION FILIPINO EXPATRIATE LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT FUND, TO SHIELD IT FROM MISUSE, ABUSE AND CORRUPTION AND ENGENDER PUBLIC TRUST, IN THE NAME OF THE ROUGHLY 9 MILLION OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STANDARD PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS LABOR OFFICES (POLO) IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS INCLUDING THE RECENTLY REPORTED CASE OF FAILURE TO HELP AND ILL TREATMENT OF OFWS IN DISTRESS IN QATAR WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEANINGFUL AND HUMANE LEGISLATION FOR FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED CORRUPTION AT THE AIRPORT COMMITTED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO PREVENT SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNSCRUPULOUS PRACTICE OF ASKING FOR MONEY BY THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NBI PERSONNEL AT THE NAIA FROM OFWS BEFORE FLYING OUT OF THE PHILIPPINES