RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING REYNALDO LUZ AND ANTHONY SY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS IN THE 5TH E-BIKO INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER OLYMPIAD HELD IN ANKARA, TURKEY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROLIFERATION OF SUBSTANDARD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN THE MARKET WHICH POSE THREATS ON CONSUMER SAFETY

RESOLUTION HONORING ERAÑO G. MANALO, A PILLAR OF FAITH FOR THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO (INC.), FOR HIS STEADFAST COMMITMENT AND HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF GOD ALMIGHTY, AND SYMPATHIZING AND EXTENDING THE SENATE'S CONDOLENCES TO THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO FAMILY AS THEY GRIEVE FOR THE LOSS OF THEIR LEADER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE WORSENING HUNGER PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY BY EMPOWERING LOCAL FARMERS' CAPACITY IN THE CONTROL OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

RESOLUSYONG NAGPAPAHAYAG NG PAKIKIDALAMHATI AT PAGLULUKSA NG SENADO NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SA PAGPANAW NG TAGAPAMAHALANG PANGKALAHATAN NG IGLESIA NI CRISTO (INC) ERAÑO 'KA ERDY' DE GUZMAN MANALO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO UPGRADE THE LAOAG CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE PROVINCES IN ORDER TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED MILITARY TAKE OVER CAUSING THE DISPLACEMENT OF SOME 1,700 RESIDENTS FROM FIFTEEN LUMAD COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL BIOFUELS INDUSTRY THROUGH TARIFF PROTECTION AND BY INCREASING ETHANOL IMPORT DUTIES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO BOXER BRIAN 'THE HAWAIIAN PUNCH' VILORIA FOR SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING HIS INTERNATIONAL BOXING FEDERATION LIGHT FLYWEIGHT TITLE BY UNANIMOUS DECISION AGAINST MEXICAN BOXER JESUS IRIBE ON 30 AUGUST 2009 AT THE BLAISDELL CENTER IN HONOLULU, HAWAII

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED LABOR LAW ABUSES OF BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING (BPO) COMPANIES WITH A VIEW OF STRENGTHENING OCCUPATIONAL AND HEALTH POLICIES FOR WORKERS EMPLOYED IN SUCH INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION HONORING AND REMEMBERING KA ERAÑO G. MANALO FOR HIS GREAT LEADERSHIP AS THE EXECUTIVE MINISTER OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO (INC)

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING Z 'THE DREAM' GORRES FOR WINNING THE BANTAM-WEIGHT DIVISION FIGHT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES IN THE MANDALAY RESORT AND CASINO, LAS VEGAS, LAST 13 NOVEMBER 2009

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND SINCERE CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE ON THE DEATH OF EXECUTIVE MINISTER ERANO MANALO OF IGLESIA NI CRISTO, A TRUE MESSENGER OF FILIPINO SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING MANNY 'PACMAN' PACQUIAO FOR WINNING THE WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION (WBO) WELTER-WEIGHT CROWN AND THE PRESTIGIOUS WBC DIAMOND BELT, RICHIE MEPRANUM FOR WINNING THE JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE AND EDEN SONSONA, AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, LAST 14 NOVEMBER 2009

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHIES AND SINCERE CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE DEATH OF EXECUTIVE MINISTER ERAÑO 'KA ERDY' DE GUZMAN MANALO OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO

RESOLUTION COMMENDING MANNY 'PACMAN' PACQUIAO, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING FEAT IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL BOXING BY WINNING AGAINST MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO IN THE WORLD BOXING HISTORY TO WIN WORLD TITLES IN SEVEN DIFFERENT WEIGHT DIVISIONS THEREBY PROVING ONCE MORE TO THE WORLD THE INSURMOUNTABLE SPIRIT OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED ARMS SMUGGLING AT THE PORT OF MARIVELES, BATAAN ON 20 AUGUST 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE POUND-FOR-POUND KING AND PEOPLE'S CHAMP MANNY 'PCMAN' PACQUIAO FOR WINNING THE WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST PUERTO RICAN BOXER MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A. ON 14 NOVEMBER 2009, SECUING HIM THE STATUS OF A BOXING LEGEND FOR BEING THE ONLY SEPTUPLE WORLD CHAMPION BY WINNING IN SEVEN DIFFERENT WEIGHT DIVISIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS MULTI-BILLION LAND TRANSACTION BETWEEN CAPITOL HILLS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, INC. (CHGCCI) AND AYALA LAND INC. (ALI), WITH THE ALLEGED CULPABLE COMPLICITY AND/OR NEGLECT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) IN FAILING TO EXERCISE ITS JURISDICTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF CHGCCI), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL MEASURES TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF SIMILAR TRANSACTIONS IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SM RETAIL GROUP FOR WINNING THE BEST OF THE BEST AWARD DURING THE 2009 RETAIL ASIA-PACIFIC TOP 500 AWARDS HELD AT THE COEX INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL IN SEOUL, KOREA ON 15 OCTOBER 2009

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHIES AND SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE DEMISE OF ERAÑO "KA ERDY" MANALO, LEADER OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO AND ADVOCATE OF NATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND PROGRESS, FOR HIS LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING THE MORAL FIBER OF PHILIPPINE SOCIETY, AND URGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE TO DIRECT THAT THE FLAG BE HUNG AT HALF-MAST IN HIS HONOR.

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONFERRING HIGHEST NATIONAL HONORS ON MANNY PACQUIAO FOR BESTING THE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN BOXING, FOR HIS UNPRECEDENTED TRIUMPH IN SEVEN WEIGHT CLASSES, AND FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF HONOR AND RECOGNITION FOR HIS COUNTRY AND HIS PEOPLE, MAKING HIM THE WORLD'S GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBILITY OF AUGMENTING HOURLY WAGES TO INCREASE THE BUYING POWER OF FILIPINO LABORERS

RESOLUTION COMMENDING MANNY PACQUIAO FOR WINNING OVER MIGUEL COTTO DURING A BOXING MATCH CALLED 'FIREPOWER' HELD ON 15 NOVEMBER 2009 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED FREE INSURANCE COVERAGE EXTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CALOOCAN TO ITS INDIGENT RESIDENTS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND HONORING MANNY PACMAN PACQUIAO FOR HIS HISTORY-MAKING VICTORY OVER PUERTO RICAN MIGUEL COTTO IN A TITLE-BOUT DUBBED AS FIREPOWER AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA ON 14 NOVEMBER 2009, THUS, MAKING HIM THE FIRST MAN IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING TO BECOME A WORLD TITLE-HOLDER IN SEVEN (7) DIFFERENT WEIGHT DIVISIONS, AND ONE OF THE GREATEST BOXERS OF ALL TIME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CONTINUING PROBLEM CONCERNING METRO MANILA'S CLOGGED DRAINAGE SYSTEM CAUSING FLOODING IN SEVERAL STREETS AND THOROUGHFARES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING DR. MARIA JUNEMIE HAZEL LEONIDA LEBATA-RAMOS FOR BEING AWARDED THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2009 FOR YOUNG AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TOKYO, JAPAN ON 4 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR HER RESEARCH WORK ENTITLED STOCK ENHANCEMENT OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT AND THREATENED MARINE INVERTEBRATES IN TROPICAL AREAS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF LABOR LAWS COMMITTED BY GLOBAL STEEL PHILIPPINES INCORPORATED AND THE PARTIALITY AND EQUIVOCAL HANDLING OF THIS CASE BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE CONTINGENT FOR WINNING 18 MEDALS, INCLUDING ONE GOLD AND EIGHT SILVERS, AT THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE OLYMPIAD FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (IMSO) HELD IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA FROM 8 - 14 NOVEMBER 2009

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE UTILIZATION OF THE FUNDS COLLECTED FROM THE MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH POLICY MEASURES AND/OR AMENDATORY PROVISIONS TO THE LAW THAT WILL HELP CLARIFY AMBIGUITIES IN THE UTILIZATION OF THE SAID FUNDS, ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG AGENCIES TASKED TO MANAGE THE SAME, AND, IN THE FACE OF THE ONGOING GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, TO ALLOW THE UTILIZATION OF THE SAID FUNDS FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL RESPOND TO AND PROVIDE FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE USE OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS) FUNDS SPECIFICALLY AMONG OTHERS THE PENSION FUNDS OF RETIRED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME

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 EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO DISMISS, AS IT HEREBY DISMISSES THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST SENATOR MANUEL B. VILLAR AND CLEAR AS IT HEREBY CLEARS HIM OF ALLEGED ACTS OF DISORDERLY BEHAVIOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO REVIEW AND ASSESS THE MEASURES AND/OR STEPS BEING UNDERTAKEN WITH REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS LAW AIMED AT CREATING AWARENESS OF THE GOOD FEATURES OF THE STATUTE AND RELEVANT POLICIES AND ITS EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO JOINTLY CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNABATED PROBLEM OF ONION SMUGGLING AND ITS ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL TRADE IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END VIEW OF PROPOSING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ONION SMUGGLING AND DUMPING FOR THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY'S ONION GROWERS AND FARMERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW IN CONGRUENCE WITH THE EFFORTS INSTITUTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO CURB INCREASING IPR VIOLATIONS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO ACTIVIST ILLAC ANGELO DIAZ FOR BEING THE ONLY FILIPINO TO MAKE IT IN CNNGO'S 'THE HOT LIST: 135 PEOPLE TO WATCH', RANKING NUMBER 10, FOR HIS RELENTLESS CAMPAIGN ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HIS PROJECT DESIGNER VILLAGE CHALLENGE

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE ASEAN AGREEMENT ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (AADMER)

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 SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SINKING OF ABOITIZ TRANSPORT SYSTEM'S SUPERFERRY 9 AND OTHER MARITIME ACCIDENTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MARITIME SAFETY REGULATIONS AND REVIEWING CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAPABILITY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SUCH INCIDENTS

RESOLUTION REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF AMELIA JUICO-GORDON, FORMER ASSEMBLYWOMAN OF THE 1984 BATASAN PAMBANSA, CIVIC LEADER AND HUMANITARIAN

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO BILLIARDS EFREN 'BATA' REYES AND FRANCISCO 'DJANGO' BUSTAMANTE FOR WINNING THE 2009 PARTY CASINO.NET WORLD CUP OF POOL AT SM NORTH EDSA MALL IN QUEZON CITY HELD LAST SEPTEMBER 1-6, 2009

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUOUS APPROVAL AND OPERATION OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS DESPITE THEIR MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RISKS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENTS DANIEL SIGFREID CORPUZ, MARIE MICHELE GO AND DARWIN OCAMPO FOR BEING THE OVERALL CHAMPION AND AWARDED THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S AWARD AND THE BEST MEMORIAL AWARD FOR THE BEST WRITTEN PLEADING IN THE ASIA CUP 2009 INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION IN TOKYO, JAPAN ON 24-25 AUGUST 2009

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON STRENGTHENING THE PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY AND THEIR COORDINATION WITH THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO ROBBERY, HOSTAGE SITUATION, BOMB THREATS AND OTHER VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL ACTS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE DRAGON BOAT TEAM FOR WINNING TWO GOLD MEDALS AND A SILVER MEDAL AT THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN RACICE REGATTA CENTER, THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON 26-30 AUGUST 2009

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT 20 PERCENT OF HEART ATTACKS IN METRO MANILA ARE CAUSED BY SECOND-HAND SMOKE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SINKING OF THE SUPER FERRY 9 AS ITS RELATED TO MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAZARDS OF AERIAL SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES IN MINDANAO WITH A VIEW OF CREATING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND VIABILITY