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

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TAIWAN VIS-A-VIS THE FUNCTIONS AND ASSISTANCE TO OFWS EXTENDED BY THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO) TO BRING ABOUT A MEANINGFUL OFW-CENTERED PHILIPPINE DIPLOMACY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DISCRIMINATION SUFFERED BY THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, DEPRIVING THEM OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ACCESS OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THE INEXORABLE NAME-CALLING AND PREJUDICED BRANDING OF FILIPINOS AND THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO MOBILIZE ITS AGENCIES AND EXHAUST MEASURES TO PROTECT THE FILIPINOS AND THE COUNTRY FROM UNDESERVED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO GRANT MULTIPLE-ENTRY VISAS TO FOREIGN EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TAIWAN TO ADDRESS THE UNJUST AND UNFAIR EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS THROUGH NON-ADHERENCE TO CONTRACTS AND TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED INABILITY OF THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO) TO MAKE REPRESENTATION IN BEHALF OF THE OFWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE WORKERS RECRUITED BY H.M.O. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES AND SML HUMAN RESOURCES INC. TO WORK FOR JASSIM DECORATION AND SERVICES COMPANY IN DOHA, QATAR ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION BY THEIR EMPLOYER AND TO LOOK INTO THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) IN ITS NEGLIGENCE TO CURTAIL THE PRACTICE OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION BY AGENCIES AND EMPLOYERS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE FIFTY (5) OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN LIBYA, ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION AND LABOR MALPRACTICES BY THEIR EMPLOYER AND THE APPARENT NEGLECT BY THE LABOR ATTACHE AND WELFARE OFFICER, AND RECOMMEND MEASURES THEREOF INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE LICENSE OF THE RECRUITMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED AND THE RECALL OF THE LABOR ATTACHE AND WELFARE OFFICER GUILTY OF NEGLIGENCE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO LOOK INTO THE REPORTED INCREASE IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALLEGEDLY VICTIMIZING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS AND DISPLACED OFWS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE ONGOING WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC SLUMP WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF ASSESSING OUR ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF WHICH WE ARE A PARTY THEREOF AS WELL FULL ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE CHINESE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED (PCCAI) AND FILIPINO-CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCORPORATED (FCGCCI) FOR ITS PERSEVERANCE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO THE CAUSE OF RELEASING FILIPINA OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFW) NEMENCIA 'CECILLE' ARMIA-ALCARAZ FROM DEATH ROW IN TAIWAN

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY (POEA) WITH REGARD TO THE SO-CALLED 'LOW AND SEMI-SKILLED OVERSEAS WORKERS' DEFINED IN MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS 5 AND 6, SERIES OF 2009, AND TO ENSURE FAIR AND REASONABLE APPLICATION TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

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 HONORING AND COMMENDING DIRECTOR FINARDO G. CABILAO OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), FOR HIS NOBLE WORK AND SELFLESS SERVICE AS SOCIAL WELFARE ATTACHE' IN MALAYSIA, WHO UPHELD THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND FOUGHT AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA, AND WHOSE DEATH EMPHASIZED THE VULNERABILITY OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO RESCUE DISTRESSED OFWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) FUND AND OVERSEAS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) FUND AND THEIR FUNDED PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SERVED THE GENUINE INTERESTS OF OUR OVERSEAS FOREIGN WORKERS, AND RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE ACTION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF RUNAWAY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DRAFTING MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD THE WELFARE OF OUR OFWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) HIRED BY RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WHO WORKED IN SULAIBIYA, KUWAIT, ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF LABOR MALPRACTICES BY THEIR EMPLOYERS AND THE NEGLECT OF THEIR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYERS

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING FREE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN THE EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES WHERE THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS ARE DEPLOYED AND EMPLOYED TO ESTABLISH OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION AND DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE OFWS AND MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THROUGH THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO DEFER THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX (DST) ON REMITTANCES MADE BY REGISTERED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE PLIGHT OF FAMILIES OF OFWS AFFECTED BY TYPHOONS ONDOY AND PEPENG

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE OPERATIONS AND INCESSANT OVERSEAS JOB RECRUITMENT OF AGENCIES WITH CANCELLED AND SUSPENDED LICENSES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING THE DIGNITY AND THE RIGHTS OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

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