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