RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEPLORABLE SITUATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA WHO ARE FORCED TO SELL THEIR BLOOD FOR DAILY SUBSISTENCE AND EARN EXTRA INCOME TO SEND REMITTANCES TO THEIR FAMILIES

“RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED SEX-FOR-FLIGHT SCHEME OR THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF OFWS IN THE MIDDLE EAST BY PHILIPPINE EMBASSY OFFICIALS IN EXCHANGE FOR REPATRIATION

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DECLARE THE YEAR 2013 AS THE YEAR OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COURAGE, DETERMINATION AND SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE

RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, ELIMINATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACITIVITIES IN AND OUT THE COUNTRY, AND CURBING GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES TAKING INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION THE PHILIPPINES RANKING 98TH OUT OF AMONG 162 COUNTRIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF MODERN-DAY SLAVERY BASED ON THE GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX AS REPORTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY ORGANIZATION WALK FREE FOUNDATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE NEW LABOR POLICY OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA) ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) TO THE SAID COUNTRY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW LABOR POLICY ON THE ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION OFWS WORKING IN THE KSA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED MONOPOLY OF GAMCA PHILS ON MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF OFWS BOUND FOR GULF COUNTRIES SUCH AS KUWAIT, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN, OMAN AND U.E.A. IN VIOLATION OF R.A. 10022 AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINO ACT OF 1995

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA), THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER LABOR RELATED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, TO EXERCISE THE DOCTRINE OF PARENS PATRIAE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE, IN PURSUING THE FILING OF CRIMINAL, CIVIL AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CHARGES AGAINST THE PRINCIPAL EMPLOYER, THE LOCAL PHILIPPINE AGENT AND SUCH OTHER PERSONALITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INHUMANE TREATMENT INFLICTED UPON OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER PAHIMA ALAGASI PALACASI WHO APPARENTLY SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS WHEN HER EMPLOYER'S MOTHER DOUSED BOILING WATER ON HER

RESOLUTION INVESTIGATING IN AID OF LEGISLATION THE SLOW RESPONSE OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES TO IMMEDIATELY ACT, TO INVESTIGATE AND FILE APPROPRIATE CASES AGAINST RECRUITMENT AGENCIES THAT VICTIMIZE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) BY CHARGING ILLEGAL AND EXORBITANT PLACEMENT AND OTHER FEES AND BY CAPTURING THEIR AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) CARDS AS MEANS TO EXACT PAYMENT THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DEATH OF A FILIPINO ENGINEER IN SAUDI ARABIA WHO ALLEGEDLY DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT BUT HIS REMAINS WERE REPATRIATED IN A TWO-FOOT COFFIN, SIGNIFYING THAT HIS BODY WAS MUTILATED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GOVERNMENT'S ALLEGED FAILURE TO PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE DECENT AND PROPER ACCOMMODATION TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WHO WERE RECENTLY REPATRIATED FROM LIBYA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO LOOK INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PRACTICES OF OUR RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO LOOK INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022, PARTICULAR TO THE REINTEGRATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WITH A VIEW TO STRENGTHENING THE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PRACTICES OF THE NATIONAL REINTEGRATION CENTER FOR OFWS AND OTHER RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE EFFICIENT RETRAINING AND LASTING REINTEGRATION OF OUR RETURNING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN WORKERS ARE EXPECTED BY 2015

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MANDATORY QUARANTINE OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) RETURNING FROM EBOLA-STRICKEN COUNTRIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CASES OF 80 OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DEATH ROW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A BROAD RE-EXAMINATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MIGRATION POLICIES INCLUDING EXISTING LABOR LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUED ISSUES, PROBLEMS, ABUSES AND EXPLOITATION FACED AND EXPERIENCED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) TWENTY (20) YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF FLOR CONTEMPLATION IN MARCH 17, 1995, WITH A VIEW TO GENUINELY ADVANCE THE INTEREST AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF EVERY FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS, OUR MODERN DAY HEROES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEATH PENALTY CASES INVOLVING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THE DELAY IN THE DISPOSITION OF OVERSEAS-RELATED CASES, PARTICULARLY ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT AND TRAFFICKING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR A STANDBY FUND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' ASSISTANCE TO NATIONALS SECTION TO ENABLE THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO URGENT CONCERNS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS' NEW POLICY OF OPENING BALIKBAYAN BOXES SENT BY OVERSEAS FILIPINOS TO THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS PLANS TO INTRUSIVELY INSPECT AND FURTHER TAX BALIKBAYAN BOXES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON BUREAU OF CUSTOMS POLICIES AND PROCESSES CONCERNING THE INSPECTION AND CLEARANCE OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES SHIPPED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) ON THE STRINGENT INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNDUE BURDEN SUFFERED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFWS) DUE TO THE FOLLOWING POLICIES: RANDOM INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES AND PACKAGES BY THE CUSTOMS BUREAU AND POST OFFICE; TIME CONSUMING PROCESS OF SECURING OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES; AND THE SHUTDOWN OF REMITTANCE FIRMS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS, WITH A VIEW OF MAKING LIVES OF OFWS AND THEIR FAMILIES EASIER AND LESS BURDENSOME IN GENERAL, AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO ASSIST, HELP AND BE A BIG BROTHER TO OFW'S

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON WAYS AND MEANS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PLANNED STRICTER RANDOM INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS WITH THE INTENTION OF STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-SMUGGLING CAMPAIGN AND THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTIES AND THE RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO LOOK INTO THE POWERS AND MANDATE OF THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MIAA), IN THE LIGHT OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 8, SERIES OF 2014, ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER SERVICE FEE (IPSC) OR TERMINAL FEE IN THE AIRLINE TICKETS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE SAID MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR HAS ADDRESSED THE PROBLEMS THAT MIAA SOUGHT TO ADDRESS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE OFFICE FOR TRANSPORT SECURITY INVOLVING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND OTHER FLIGHT PASSENGERS WILL NOT BE SUBJECTED TO EXPLOITATION AND TO SEE TO IT THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE OFFICE FOR TRANSPORT SECURITY AND OTHER AIRPORT PERSONNEL BE UPHELD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT BOGUS JOBS ARE BEING OFFERED TO FILIPINOS IN MALAYSIA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO COLLECT SOME P137 MILLION IN TOTAL TICKET COSTS ADVANCED TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT A MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCE MUST BE CREATED TO MONITOR THE STATUS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT ABUSE BY EMPLOYERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE REPORTED TWENTY THREE MILLION PESOS (P23,000,000.00) THAT WAS RAISED SUPPOSEDLY TO SERVE AS 'BLOOD MONEY' TO SAVE THE LIFE OF JOSELITO ZAPANTA, AN OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFW) CONVICTED FOR A FELONY AND WHO EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THE DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI ARABIA, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ADOPTING THE NECESSARY STRATEGIES, POLICIES AND MEASURES IN UNDERTAKING CONCERTED EFFORTS TO SAVE OFWS ON DEATH ROW, UNDER JUSTIFIABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE MATTER OF RAISING 'BLOOD MONEY', ITS ALLOCATION TO PAY THE VICTIMS, AS WELL AS THE POSSIBLE UTILIZATION THEREOF FOR OTHER WORTHY PROGRAMS IN THE EVENT IT COULD NOT BE USED ANYMORE FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED

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 PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS LABOR OFFICES (POLO) IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) VIS-A-VIS THE RECENT REPORTED CASE OF ACID BURNING AND DEATH OF ROMILYN EROY-IBANEZ AND THE REPORTED ILL TREATMENT OF OFWS IN DISTRESS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF RECOMMENDING MEANINGFUL AND HUMANE LEGISLATION FOR FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INCREASING NUMBER OF RAPE AND ABUSE CASES PERPETRATED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, WITH THE END IN VIEW THAT THE PROPER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PROMULGATE POLICIES AND PROGRAM THAT WILL MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS THE SORROWFUL PLIGHT OF OUR WORKERS ABROAD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES SUFFERED BY FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS IN KUWAIT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS VIS-A-VIS THE RAMPANT HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE LAWS THEREOF

“AN ACT CREATING SIX ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT BOGO, CEBU, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980 AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR”

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTS THAT ONE OUT OF FIVE FILIPINOS INFECTED WITH THE HUMAN IMMUNE-VIRUS (HIV) ARE OVERSEAS WORKERS

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRESIDENTIAL RE-NOMINATION OR RE-APPOINTMENT OF A NOMINEE OR AN APPOINTEE WHOSE NOMINATION OR APPOINTMENT HAD BEEN TWICE BY-PASSED BY THE COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS, BANNING THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES, EMOLUMENTS, PER DIEMS TO THE PERSONS CONCERNED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) AND/OR SUCH OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S OF THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO COMPLAINTS OF ANOMALIES AND ALLEGED COLLUSION WITHIN THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) LEADING TO THE TRAFFICKING AND ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT OF FILIPINOS OVERSEAS

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

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED UNSOLVED CRIMES INVOLVING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THE ALLEGED ABSENCE OF ASSISTANCE FROM CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

AN ACT SETTING HIGHER STANDARDS OF PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AMENDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISH A HIGHER STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPER MONITORING IN THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY REPATRIATION FUND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) TO ENSURE PROMPT RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF ASSISTANCE AND INCENTIVES TO FAMILIES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TIMES OF NEED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO LOOK INTO THE REMEDIAL MEASURES TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN PROTECTING THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) IN TAIWAN AND FILIPINOS WHO ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SAID COUNTRY, IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPORTED STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND TAIWAN OVER THE DEPORTATION OF TAIWAN NATIONALS TO CHINA

AN ACT PENALIZING CERTAIN ACTS IN THE IMPOSITION OF EXCESSIVE PLACEMENT FEES AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE OTHER CONCERNED EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO DEVISE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR REPATRIATED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS DUE TO THE SERIES OF UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA PROVIDING THEM WITH THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL AID, LIVELIHOOD AND TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING, PREFERENCE IN REDEPLOYMENT, FREE HOSPITALIZATION AND PHILHEALTH MEMBERSHIP, EDUCATIONAL HELP AND OTHER BENEFITS

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA), IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN ADDRESSING ANY AND ALL CONTINGENCIES THAT THREATEN THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WITH THE END-VIEW OF ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THIRD PILLAR OF THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF ALL FILIPINOS OVERSEAS

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