AN ACT GRANTING THE METRO KIDAPAWAN TELEPHONE CORPORATION (MKTC) A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, LEASE AND OPERATE WIRE AND/OR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CIRCUIT AND STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE OF NORTH COTABATO FOR PUBLIC DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 7 (b) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6713, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO LENGTHEN THE PERIOD OF PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT IN THE CASE OF MEMBERS OF THE CABINET

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN INFANT MORTALITY RESEARCH PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY IN THE COUNTRY PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DEFINING 'PRIVATE ARMIES AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS', IMPLEMENTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR THEIR DISMANTLING, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ESCALATING MINING OPERATIONS IN SIBUYAN ISLAND, DUBBED THE 'GALAPAGOS OF ASIA' BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, INCLUDING THE 'MIDNIGHT APPROVAL' BY THEN OUTGOING DENR SEC. ANGELO REYES TO CUT DOWN AN ESTIMATED 69,709 TREES TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR MINING AND THE KILLING OF ANTI-MINING ADVOCATE AND ROMBLON COUNCILOR ARMIN MARIN ON OCTOBER 3, 2007 DURING A LOCAL PROTEST ACTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE P550-MILLION CALL CENTER TRAINING PROJECT OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY BALUNO, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIMATALING, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR TO BE KNOWN AS BALUNO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 386, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, ARTICLE 2180

AN ACT PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT BY ESTABLISHING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FINANCE WEBSITE

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THEREBY INSTITUTIONALIZING THE LIVELIHOOD MOVEMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8182, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1996', LOOKING INTO THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF TIED-LOANS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH ADMINISTRATION OF PAST AND PRESENT OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE HAVE PROMOTEDE SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CREATING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF A NEW SENATE BUILDING

AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DECLARATION OF HIGHLY URBANIZED STATUS IN THE CASE OF COMPONENT CITIES AND FOR THE CREATION OF A PROVINCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 452 AND 461 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT IDENTIFYING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH ON HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF BREAST IMPLANTS

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 53 AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KOWN AS AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE PUBLISHER, EDITOR OR REPORTER OF ANY PUBLICATION FROM REVEALING THE SOURCE OF PUBLISHED NEWS OR INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONFIDENCE BY INCLUDING WITHIN ITS COVERAGE JOURNALISTS FROM BROADCAST, NEWS AGENCIES AND INTERNET PUBLICATIONS

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY BILLION PESOS (P20,000,000,000.00) AS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RELIEF OPERATIONS, RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF THE PROVINCES OF ILOILO, AKLAN, CAPIZ, ANTIQUE, AND ILOILO CITY, PANAY ISLAND, BACOLOD CITY, AND PROVINCES OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND GUIMARAS WHICH SUFFERED DEVASTATION BROUGHT ABOUT BY TYPHOON FRANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT AND VICTORIOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE 2007 SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD SUMMER GAMES HELD IN SHANGHAI, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON OCTOBER 2-11, 2007 WHEREIN THEY BROUGHT HOME NINE GOLD MEDALS GIVING OUR COUNTRY GREAT PRIDE, HONOR AND RECOGNITION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) DIRECTOR GENERAL REGARDING THE SERVICE OF WARRANTS OF ARRESTS AND OTHER PROCESSES ISSUED BY THE SENATE AND ITS COMMITTEES

AN ACT RENAMING THE OCCIDENTAL MINDORO NATIONAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE, PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, AS THE OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE

AN ACT PROMOTING RESEARCH ON DYSTONIA

AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF COSMETIC SURGERY PATIENTS

AN ACT ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN THE ENACTMENT OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT BY MANDATING THE FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE NATURE, PURPOSE AND AMOUNTS OF CONGRESSIONAL INSERTIONS AND THE COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL PROJECTS EMBRACED THEREIN, AND PROHIBITING THE ACTS OF SELF-SERVING APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS OF THE SAME EXPENDITURE BY DOUBLE OR MULTIPLE ENTRIES IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINGENCY PLAN TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF FURTHER INCREASES IN THE COST OF PETROLEUM IN THE WORLD MARKET, ON PRICES OF BASIC GOODS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT URGES THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, APOLOGIZE AND ACCEPT HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL MANNER FOR THE SEXUAL ENSLAVEMENT OF YOUNG WOMEN KNOWN AS 'COMFORT WOMEN' BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS THEREOF

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9189, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT OF 2003

AN ACT PENALIZING THE ACT OF MONEYLENDING WITH INTEREST BY SALARY-DISBURSING OFFICERS IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITIES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE NOISE EMISSION OF MOTORCYCLES

AN ACT EXPANDING THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES TO INCLUDE RESEARCH AND FORMULATION OF STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SECURITY POLICIES

RESOLUTION CREATING AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPRIETY OF THE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO ALLOWING CHINA TO EXPLORE THE GAS AND OIL DEPOSITS IN SPRATLY ISLANDS, WHICH AGREEMENTS SEEM TO BE A PRECONDITION TO THE BILATERAL LOAN AGREEMENTS GRANTED BY CHINA TO THE PHILIPPINES TO FINANCE THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERPRICED AND ANOMALOUS PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ZTE/NBN AND NORTHRAIL PROJECTS

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BARANGAY DAY CARE AND WOMEN'S SUPPORT CENTER IN EVERY BARANGAY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DEFINING THE WORKING HOURS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIVING QUARTERS FOR MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN ALL MAJOR CITIES AND LOCALITIES OF THEIR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO REMOVE THE MARITIME FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975

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 STRONGLY CENSURING PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS GENERAL MANAGER JOSE MA. I. SARASOLA II FOR WITHHOLDING THE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (PNR) AND CHINA NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPORT-EXPORT COOPERATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHRAIL PROJECT AND INSTRUCTING THE SENATE TO COMPEL SUBMISSION OF SAID DOCUMENT IN THE INTEREST OF FERRETING OUT THE TRUTH ON CHARGES OF CORRUPTION SURROUNDING THE PROJECT

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A RURAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCING SYSTEM, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE RURAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (RADC) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROHIBITING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR THE COMMISSION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 192, SERIES OF 1967, RESERVING FOR THE VETERANS CENTER SITE PURPOSES A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PRIVATE DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, ISLAND OF LUZON

AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE MANDATORY LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS AND FOODSTUFF CONTAINING INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCED TRANS-FATTY ACIDS (IP-TFA) TRANS-FATS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING DR. BALDOMERO M. OLIVERA, HARVARD FOUNDATION 2007 SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS' NON-INTRUSIVE CONTAINER INSPECTION SYSTEM (NCIS) PROJECT IN THE LIGHT OF ITS ALLEGED OVERPRICE, LACK OF PUBLIC BIDDING AND INTERVENTION OF THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS

AN ACT DEFINING THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF PARTIES IN ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS

AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL HEALTH FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED FROM THE NET INCOME OF THE PHILIPPINE GAMES AND AMUSEMENT CORPORATION (PAGCOR) AND THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE (PCSO)

AN ACT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT OPTIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, UTILIZE DIVERSE SOURCES OF ENERGY, AND INCREASE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 5 AND 6 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5487, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCY LAW

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE ALL-FILIPINO TEAM SINAG FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN FINISHING THE 3,000 KILOMETER RACE ALONG 40 OTHER ENTRIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN THE 2007 WORLD SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE HELD ON OCTOBER 21-28, 2007 IN ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ALLEGED CORRUPT PRACTICES AND IRREGULARITIES BY SEVERAL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD IN REGION XI

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RELATING TO ALL TYPES OF FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS

AN ACT RENAMING GUSA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SITUATED IN BARANGAY GUSA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY INTO GUSA REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL-X