RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE MIGRATION OF FILIPINO HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EFFECTIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344 OR THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT 2006, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 6 THEREOF, AS IT SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY MINORS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF A SHIFT TO A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ATTENDANT ECONOMIC RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES, THE IMPLICATIONS TO REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE ADDITIONAL FISCAL COSTS OF THE SHIFT TO FEDERALISM, AND THE EFFECTS ON INVESTMENTS DUE TO EMERGING ISSUES ON THE IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL TAXES, THE ADMINISTRATION OF INCENTIVES AND THE REPERCUSSIONS ON THE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING EDUARD FOLAYANG FOR WINNING THE ONE LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION TITLE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7305, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9173, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 2002

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS; AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE THE RECENT EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF AFP CHIEF OF STAFF HERMOGENES ESPERON JR. GIVEN BY PRES. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO WHICH MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SINGING AMBASSADORS FOR WINNING MAJOR PRIZES IN THE 64TH INTERNATIONAL HABANERAS AND POLYPHONY COMPETITION AT TORREVIEJA, SPAIN AND IN THE SING BERLIN INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION AT BERLIN, GERMANY

RESOLUTION HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATE METROBANK FOUNDER DR. GEORGE S.K. TY, A PILLAR IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND A HUMANITARIAN NONPAREIL

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF FILIPINO VETERANS WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF CHARTING IMMEDIATE POLICY MEASURES AND/OR REPORT SUBSTANTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THEIR WELFARE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE TWO FILIPINO WORLD CLASS GOLFERS MS. DOROTHY DELASIN AND MS. JENNIFER ROSALES FOR WINNING THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP OF GOLF AT SUN CITY, SOUTH AFRICA ON JANUARY 20, 2008

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UTILIZATION OF INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT AND THE REHABILITATION OF THE PASIG RIVER FERRY SERVICE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GAMES AND AMUSEMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROLIFERATION OF INTEGRATED CASINO-ENTERTAINMENT RESORTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF ONLINE-GAMBLING AND GAMBLING-BASED TOURISM IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROPOSING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN THE LAWS GOVERNING CASINO-ENTERTAINMENT RESORTS, ONLINE-GAMBLING AND GAMBLING-BASED TOURISM, AND ADDRESS THEIR SOCIAL COSTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9369, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE AUTOMATED ELECTION LAW, BY THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VIABILITY OF LAFAYETTE PHILIPPINES WHICH IS SEVENTY-FOUR PERCENT OWNED BY LAFAYETTE MINING LTD TO OPERATE THE RAPU RAPU SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE LIGHT OF THE IMMINENT FINANCIAL FAILURE OF LAFAYETTE MINING LTD.

RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE CARMEN GUERRERO-NAKPIL FOR HER EXEMPLARY AND TOWERING ROLE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SHAPING AND ENRICHMENT OF HISTORY WRITING AND LITERATURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RULES OR POLICIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR) AND THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) IN RELATION TO WHICH PROVINCIAL BUSES SHALL HAVE ROUTES TERMINATED AT THE PARAÑAQUE INTEGRATED TERMINAL EXCHANGE (PITX), WITH THE END GOALS OF ENSURING THE VIABILITY AND INTERCONNECTIVITY OF THE PITX, ENSURING THAT THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD OF PASSENGERS, OPERATORS, DRIVERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS BE UPHELD AND TO ERADICATE ANY AND ALL CONFUSION AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE PITX

RESOLUTION COMMENDING VINA MORALES AND KJWAN BAND FOR WINNING IN THE ASEAN IKON INTERNATIONAL SONG COMPETITION HELD IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, THEIR VICTORIES REFLECTING FILIPINOS' WORLD CLASS TALENTS AND MUSICALITY

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE CONVENING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IN THE SENATE IN ORDER TO BE BRIEFED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC MANAGERS ON THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AND EFFECTS OF THE LOOMING RECESSION IN THE UNITED STATES TO OUR COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF LEGISLATING PERTINENT MEASURES THAT WILL SERVE AS SAFETY NETS TO HELP MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR ECONOMY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DECREASING FISHERIES OUTPUT AND RISING GAS PRICES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FISH PRICES, EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL PROVISION OF GAS SUBSIDY TO SUBSISTENCE FILIPINO FISHER FOLK, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF MAXIMIZING FISHING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FISHERIES AND FISHING COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY TO BAN FIFTEEN (15) YEAR OLD TRUCKS, THE APPARENT LACK OF REGULATION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE RETURN OF EMPTY CONTAINERS TO SHIPPING LINES IN PORTS, THE TERMINAL APPOINTMENT BOOKING SYSTEM OR TABS IN PORTS AND IN THE WEIGHING OF TRUCKS AND ITS CARGOES, WITH THE END GOAL OF FORMULATING REASONABLE AND VIABLE MEASURES TO ENSURE ROADWORTHINESS AND SAFETY IN THE TRUCKING SECTOR AND THE REGULATION OF INDUSTRY NORMS AND PRACTICES TO WEED OUT UNNECESSARY COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS AND PRODUCTS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG SENSE OF THE SENATE TO URGE THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO EXHAUST ALL EFFORTS TO PERSUADE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO, AS AN ACT OF GOODWILL AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THESE TWO NATIONS, IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE BELLS OF BALANGIGA TO THE PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE CREATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL 'GREEN' COURTS AS SPECIAL COURTS FROM AMONG FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL TRIAL COURTS FOR THE SPEEDY ADJUDICATION AND RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO CLARIFY THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6713 OR THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES DUE TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS EXERTING UNDUE INFLUENCE TO SECURE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE OBSERVANCE OF THE WORLD AIDS DAY 2018

RESOLUTION ADVISING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WITH DUE CONSENT, THAT THE SENATE WILL ADJOURN ON OCTOBER 3, 2007

RESOLUTION GIVING CONSENT TO AMBASSADOR HILARIO G. DAVIDE, JR., PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE UNITED NATIONS, TO ACCEPT THE PAPAL AWARD OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST. SYLVESTER AWARDED TO HIM BY THE HOLY SEE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE OPERATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, PARTICULARLY ON THE REPORTED UNETHICAL PRACTICES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING P.D. NO. 612, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10607

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE YEARLY CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED RECEIPT BY SIX MANILA COUNCILORS OF P1.6 MILLION EACH FROM THE PUBLIC COFFERS AND PURSUANT TO A CITY ORDINANCE, PURPORTEDLY AS REWARD FOR SERVING THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS, TO DETERMINE THE LIABILITY OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED AND TO REFER THEM TO THE OMBUDSMAN FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND POSSIBLE SUSPENSION AND EVENTUAL REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO LOOK INTO THE TAXES WHICH THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR), ITS LICENSEES, PARTNERS, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS SHOULD BE REMITTING TO THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE TAX COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL POWER COMMISSION (JCPC) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ASSET AND DEBT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF THE POWER SECTOR ASSET AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORP. (PSALM) IN DIRECT RELATION TO ITS PETITION FOR INCREASES IN CONSUMER ELECTRICITY RATES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTS BRANDON ‘THE TRUTH’ VERA AND EDUARD ‘LANDSLIDE’ FOLAYANG FOR EMERGING VICTORIOUS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT DIVISIONS IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP’S CONQUEST OF CHAMPIONS AT THE MALL OF ASIA ARENA, PHILIPPINES ON 23 NOVEMBER 2018

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; AND TRADE AND COMMERCE, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE WIDESPREAD USE OF THE SUGAR SUBSTITUTE NEOTOGEN, WITH A SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SODIUM CYCLAMATE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MAGIC SUGAR AS SWEETENER FOR MANY JUICE DRINKS, BEVERAGES AND FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY AND URGING ITS IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SHELVES AND BANNING FROM THE MARKET, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AGAINST THIS CARCINOGENIC PRODUCT

RESOLUTION COMMENDING CARLA GISELA YSABEL CONCEPCION FOR WINNING IN THE 2008 BPI-DOST SCIENCE AWARDS FOR HER POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING STUDY ON TRACKING CANCER CELLS USING GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN FROM SOFT CORAL REEF ABUNDANT IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING PACIFICO C. CORDADA, JR. OF T’BOLI, SOUTH COTABATO FOR BEING NAMED THE 2018 ULIRANG MAGSASAKA BY THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE GAWAD SA PINAKATANGING KOOPERATIBA (GAWAD PITAK) AWARDING CEREMONY ON 8 AUGUST 2018 AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER IN PASAY CITY, PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST SENSE THE MURDER OF BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST DOMINIC SYTIN AND URGING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO USE THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW TO BRING JUSTICE TO DOMINIC SYTIN AND OTHER VICTIMS OF SIMILAR HEINOUS CRIMES

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SENATOR AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR. TO ARGUE, TOGETHER WITH THE COUNSEL-OF-RECORD, THE PETITION FOR PROHIBITION AND CERTIORARI WITH PRAYER FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION FILED AGAINST THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE SENATE PRESIDENT, THE HONORABLE MANNY VILLAR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MEASURES THAT CAN BE ENACTED TO ALLEVIATE THE SAME

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING BONTOC MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE OF BONTOC SOUTHERN LEYTE FOR BEING CONFERRED THE 2018 GAWAD SA PINAKATANGING KOOPERATIBA (GAWAD PITAK) HALL OF FAME AWARD BY THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE GAWAD SA PINAKATANGING KOOPERATIBA (GAWAD PITAK) AWARDING CEREMONY ON 8 AUGUST 2018 AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER IN PASAY CITY, PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA ON THE CELEBRATION OF ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY ON 01 JUNE 2019

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ALL PERMANENT COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TO HOLD MEETINGS, HEARINGS OR CONFERENCES DURING THE RECESS OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND PREPARING ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION OR TO INVESTIGATE ANY MATTER OR SUBJECT FALLING UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, IN HIS DISCRETION, TO ALLOW ANY SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO HOLD MEETINGS, HEARINGS OR CONFERENCES DURING THE RECESS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE GRAVE SITE OR A MEMORIAL IN THE LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI TO HONOR THE HEROISM OF ALL THE FILIPINO SOLDIERS WHO COURAGEOUSLY FOUGHT IN THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING BUENAVISTA DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE (AGRICULTURE-BASED) OF BUENAVISTA, GUIMARAS AND SACRED HEART SAVINGS COOPERATIVE (NON-AGRICULTURE-BASED) OF GALIMUYOD, ILOCOS SUR FOR BEING AWARDED THE 2018 GININTUANG GAWAD PITAK BY THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE GAWAD SA PINAKATANGING KOOPERATIBA (GAWAD PITAK) AWARDING CEREMONY ON 8 AUGUST 2018 AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER IN PASAY CITY, PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION FOR DISPLAYING EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS IN WINNING IN THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT FEDERATION, DRAGON BOAT CHAMPIONSHIP IN AUSTRALIA

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POLICY OF REQUIRING US$ 5,000.00 REPATRIATION BOND AND PERFORMANCE BOND EQUIVALENT TO THREE MONTHS SALARY FROM EMPLOYERS OF DIRECTLY HIRED FILIPINOS AS COVERED BY POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 4, SERIES OF 2007, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE LABOR LEGISLATION FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE 2018 GAWAD SA PINAKATANGING KOOPERATIBA (GAWAD PITAK) OUTSTANDING NON-AGRICULTURE-BASED COOPERATIVES HONORED BY THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES ON 8 AUGUST 2018 AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER IN PASAY CITY, PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ONLINE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE UNABATED INCIDENCE OF FOREIGNERS POACHING IN PHILIPPINE WATERS AND THE APPARENT COLLUSION OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND AGENCIES THEREBY CAUSING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY'S DIVERSE MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND RESOURCES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION COMMENDING CARLA GISELA YSABEL CONCEPCION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN, WINNER OF THE 2008 BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE AWARDS, IN RECOGNITION OF HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH