RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE MADRIGAL SINGERS FOR RECEIVING THE DISTINCTION OF UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) ARTISTS FOR PEACE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW THE 1997 PHILIPPINE BAMBOO MASTER PLAN FOR PURPOSES OF CRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WILL ADVANCE THE GROWTH OF OUR BAMBOO INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST TWENTY EIGHT OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS "CAGAYAN DE ORO DAY"

ISANG PANUKALANG BATAS NA MAGSASAINSTITUSYON SA SISTEMANG VOUCHER O VOUCHER SYSTEM PARA SA PAGKAIN, GASOLINA, GAMOT AT TRABAHONG PANG-EMERGENCY, PAGLALAAN NG PONDO PARA DITO, AT PARA SA IBA PANG LAYUNIN (AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE VOUCHER SYSTEM FOR FOOD, FUEL, MEDICINE AND EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES)

AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 198, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PROVINCIAL WATER UTILITIES ACT, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INCREASING THE MONTHLY EMOLUMENTS OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON ALLEGED ANOMALIES IN THE COLLECTION OF TAXES BY THE LARGE TAXPAYERS SERVICE UNIT OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE IN ORDER TO AVOID A SHORTFALL IN REVENUE COLLECTION WHICH COULD IMPACT THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASE MANUFACTURING OF PLASTIC SHOES CONTAINING TOXIC CHEMICALS WHICH CAN CAUSE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS

AN ACT PROVIDING EARLY RETIREMENT AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE, PROVIDING A SYSTEM OF FUNDING THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ISANG PANUKALANG BATAS NA NAG-AAMYENDA SA SEKSIYON 32 NG BATAS REPUBLIKA BLG. 9211 UPANG MAGTAKDA NG MAS MABIGAT NA PARUSA SA PAGBEBENTA AT/O DISTRIBUSYON NG SIGARILYO AT IBA PANG PRODUKTONG TABAKO SA MGA MENOR DE EDAD AT PARA PA SA IBANG LAYUNIN (AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 32 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9211 SO AS TO IMPOSE STIFFER PENALTIES FOR THE SALE AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF CIGARETTE AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES)

AN ACT REQUIRING CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT TO DECLARE A CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION LAW, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, ALSO KNOWN AS THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION ACT AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION, LICENSURE AND PRACTICE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE FOUR (4) HONOR GUARDS, NAMELY: ARMY PFC. ANTONIO CADIENTE, AIRMAN SECOND CLASS GENER LAGUINDAN, NAVY PETTY OFFICER 3 EDGARDO RODRIGUEZ AND POLICE OFFICER 1 DANILO MAALAB, AND THE TRUCK DRIVER, MR. JERRY ORBISO FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY OF VALOR, DISCIPLINE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY DURING THE MORE THAN NINE (9) HOURS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE LATE FORMER PRESIDENT MARIA CORAZON SUMULONG COJUANGCO-AQUINO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ACTIVE RECRUITMENT OF OVERSEAS JOBS APPLICANTS BY RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WITH CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED LICENSES

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR EARLY HOLDING OF REGULAR NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE AUTONOMOUS REGIONS IN MUSLIM MINDANAO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY BY ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A THREE THOUSAND PESOS (P 3,000.00) ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE IN THE MONTHLY WAGE AND SALARY RATES OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DISPOSAL BY THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY (SBMA) OF MATERIALS BELONGING TO LEGENDA INTERNATIONAL RESORTS, LIMITED (LIRL) WITHOUT A PUBLIC BIDDING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO CREATE MEASURES THAT WILL ELIMINATE CORRUPT PRACTICES IN POST OFFICES

AN ACT PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH ADEQUATE NOTICE AND EDUCATION ON THE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO MERCURY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH ADVISORIES AND BY REQUIRING THAT SUCH APPROPRIATE ADVISORIES BE POSTED, OR MADE READILY AVAILABLE, AT ALL BUSINESSES THAT SELL FRESH, FROZEN, AND CANNED FISH AND SEAFOOD WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR MERCURY EXPOSURE EXISTS

AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 28 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO TO BE KNOWN AS "CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY DAY"

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LOCAL SANGGUNIANS TO DECLARE SPECIAL HOLIDAYS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES TO COMMEMORATE SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC EVENTS AND, TO HONOR LOCAL HEROES, PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING ROSALIND L. WEE, 2009 PEARL S. BUCK INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR HER HUMANITARIAN PURSUITS IN FAVOR OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON URGING THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE SENATE BILLS CALLING FOR THE PHASE OUT OF INCANDESCENT BULBS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF STUDYING THE POPULARIZATION OF THE USE OF LAMPS WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODES, AND OF THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS

AN ACT DECLARING A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN LOCATED IN THE ISLAND OF PAMILACAN, MUNICIPALITY OF BACLAYON, PROVINCE OF BOHOL AS AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN TO DISPOSITION FOR AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR OTHER PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES, EXEMPTING THE SAME FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 16 (1) OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 705, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "REVISED FORESTRY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"

AN ACT CONVERTING THE ASUNCION, DAVAO DEL NORTE - SAN ISIDRO, DAVAO DEL NORTE - LAAK, COMPOSTELA VALLEY - VERUELA, AGUSAN DEL SUR ROAD SECTION TO A NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT FURTHER EXPANDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE LAW CREATING THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION AND DISPOSAL OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTES, DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS UNLAWFUL, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THERETO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE HEROIC SERVICES OF THE RESCUE UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPIENS, THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, THE OLONGAPO CITY FIRE AND RESCUE TEAM, AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS ZAMBALES CHAPTER IN THE WAKE OF THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY TYPHOON KIKO

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA JR. AND THE DYNAMIC TEEN COMPANY (DTC) FOR BEING CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE TEN (10) CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) HEROES OF THE YEAR, A STERLING TESTAMENT TO FILIPINOS' SELFLESS VOLUNTEERISM AND TRUE SPIRIT OF BAYANIHAN

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY TO MARGINALIZED CONSUMERS FROM THE VALUE-ADDED TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 109(1) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DESIGNATION OF THE SAFEST ROUTES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE STANDARD FOR THE PRACTICE OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO CONDEMN THE IMPOSITION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA OF ANOTHER SENTENCE ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI, AND TO VEHEMENTLY JOIN WORLDWIDE CALLS FOR HER IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HOUSE ARREST

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILM DIRECTOR RAYA MARTIN, THE CAST, THE TECHNICAL AND PRODUCTION CREW OFTHE FILM 'INDEPENDENCIA' FOR WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA COMPETITION AND THE NETWORK FOR THE PROMOTION OF ASIAN CINEMA (NETPAC) AT THE SEVENTH BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT, UTILIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO WITH SEATS AT THE COMPONENT CITY OF PASSI, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (G) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7154, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980", AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL TASK FORCE FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ASSISTANCE TO MAKE PHILIPPINES THE PREMIERE TRAVEL AND TOURISM DESTINATION IN THE WORLD

AN ACT DEFINING THE ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5446

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; AND ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAYING OF CROPS ON RESIDENTS OF NEARBY COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGED IMPROPER RELEASES OF WATER FROM DAMS WHICH HAVE CAUSED GREATER FLOODING IN AREAS AFFECTED BY TYPHOONS 'PEPENG' AND 'ONDOY' WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 27AND 29 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9280, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CUSTOMS BROKERS ACT OF 2004, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CLASSIFYING THE SALE OR IMPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RAW MATERIALS IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF AS VALUE-ADDED TAX EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 109(1) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING QUALITY STANDARDS IN MAMMOGRAPHY

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE INTRODUCTION, PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS-RELATED CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING CLAIRE AMELIA 'MIA' LEGASPI FOR WINNING THE GIRLS' 10 YEARS DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES KIDS GOLD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA LAST AUGUST 6-8, 2009

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SIMPLIFICATION AND HARMONIZATION OF CUSTOMS PROCEDURES (AS AMENDED)