RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROPOSING LEGISLATION OR AN APPROPRIATE BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOR THE PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO INQUIRE INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE (MVUC) ALSO KNOWN AS THE ROAD USERS TAX

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE CONTINGENT TO THE 2011 SOUTH EAST ASIAN GAMES HELD IN PALEMBANG AND JAKARTA, INDONESIA ON 11-22 NOVEMBER 2011 FOR BRINGING HOME A TOTAL OF 36 GOLD, 56 SILVER AND 77 BRONZE MEDALS IN THE 11-NATION SPORTS MEET

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED LUMPING OF CHILD OFFENDERS WITH ADULT PRISONERS IN JAILS

RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COMMITTEE ON URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, STA. LUCIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ITS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ITS DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKINGS AS WELL AS VIOLATION OF VARIOUS LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AT ITS PINEWOOD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB PROJECT IN BAGUIO CITY, PROVINCE OF BENGUET

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE NEW 'NITAQAT' SYSTEM ENFORCED BY THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT ON OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE AND RESPONSIVE LEGISLATION AND PLAN OF ACTION THAT CAN SUPPORT AND ASSIST MIGRANT WORKERS WHO MAY BE DISPLACED

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO URGE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO SAVE THE RICE TERRACES OF THE PHILIPPINE CORDILLERAS FROM DEGRADATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS; AND TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLICATION TO THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES AND TO THE WHOLE ECONOMY OF THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF R.A. NO. 8800 ALSO KNOWN AS SAFEGUARD MEASURES ACT

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SEMIRARA OIL SPILL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON EDGY AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN ECO-TOURISM THAT CAN REVITALIZE THE PHILIPPINE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND HELP DRAW A RECORD NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEREBY GENERATE JOBS AND OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PEOPLE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF CRAFTING A RELEVANT LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE SIMPLE NUTRITION LABELING OF FOOD PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF FRONT-OF-PACK AND BACK-OF-PACK LABELING, MAKING THEM EASILY READABLE, COGNIZABLE, AND UNDERSTANDABLE BY ORDINARY CONSUMERS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FURTHER STRENGTHENINGI THE RIGHT OF CONSUMERS TO INFORMATION AS MANDATED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7394 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SEIZURE BY COMBINED OPERATIVES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF ELECTION PARAPHERNALIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE ELECTORAL PROTEST OF FORMER SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL

RESOLUTION GIVING DUE RECOGNITION TO THE LATE CAPTAIN ANIANO AMATONG JR. FOR EXHIBITING HEROISM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND DISTINGUISHED AIRMANSHIP WHEN HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON TOURISM AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BEST PRACTICES IN PROMOTING THE NEW TRENDS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND AT THE SAME TIME LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING A TOURISM ORIENTED FOREIGN SERVICE POLICY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REACHING NEW TOURISM MARKS FOR THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION TO REVIEW THE MANDATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION (BI) WITH THE END IN VIEW OF MODERNIZING THE BUREAU AND RAISING LEVELS OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONG ITS AGENTS AND STAFF

RESOLUTION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PHILSPORTS DISASTER; AND TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE EXECUTIVE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REAL SITUATION OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (UP) STUDENTS AND OTHER MISSING PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE ABDUCTED AND AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE SAME WITH THE INTENTION OF BREATHING LIFE AND GIVING MEANING TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROVISIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALARMING INCREASE OF DENGUE CASES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AND THE UNNECESSARY LOSS OF LIVES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SOUTHRAIL PROJECT

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO ASSESS THE CURRENT MEASURES EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE BIODIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING SPECIES UNIQUELY ENDEMIC IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WIRETAPPING OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

RESOLUTION DIRECTNG THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF SUGAR IN THE MARKET

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE DELEGATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) LED BY SECRETARY ROSALINDA DIMAPILIS-BALDOZ FOR SUCCESSFULLY LEADING THE ADOPTION OF CONVENTION 189 OR THE DECENT WORK FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS CONVENTION DURING THE 100TH INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES OF THE GOVERNMENT AIMED AT EASING PRESSURE OF RISING OIL PRICES ON THE POPULATION

RESOLUSYON NAGHIHIMOK SA KAPULUNGAN NG SENADO NA MAGPAHIWATIG NG PAKIKIRAMAY SA LAHAT NG BIKTIMA NG TRAHEDYA NA NAGANAP SA PAGDIRIWANG NG ANIBERSARYO NG ISANG PALABAS SA TELEBISYON SA PHILSPORT ARENA, SIUDAD NG PASIG NOONG NAKARAANG IKA-4 NG PEBRERO 2006 NA IKINASAWI NG 74 KATAO AT NAGDULOT NG PAGKASUGAT NG 400 IBA PA

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED INCREASING INCIDENCE OF CYBER CRIMES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MEASURES TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTERNET USERS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMTITEES ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; AND CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STEP INCREMENT PROVISIONS OF SECTION 16 OF R.A. 4670 AND SECTION 13 (C) OF R.A. 6758 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 1.4 MILLION PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF THE 'TABOYS', A VANISHING INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITY FROM THE ISLAND OF RAPU-RAPU, AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF RAMPANT MINING ACTIVITIES ON THEM, PARTICULARLY ON THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION CONSISTING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE RETURN OF THE BALANGIGA BELLS AS A TOKEN OF ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP AND AS A TESTAMENT TO THE FRATERNAL RELATIONS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC STATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ROLE AND CAPABILITY OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ADDRESSING THE ALARMING PROLIFERATION OF CYBERSEX WHICH VICTIMIZES AND LURES THE PARTICIPATION OF FILIPINOS IN THIS INTERNET SEX TRADE, WITH THE END VIEW OF PROVIDING THE POLICE FORCE WITH ENOUGH POWER TO CURB SUCH PROLIFERATION AND ENACTING POLICY MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME

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 URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A PHP125 ACROSS-THE-BOARD WAGE HIKE AND TO BE ABLE TO FORMULATE ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO UPLIFT THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE FILIPINO WORKER

RESOLUTION TO LAUNCH THE "ONE SENATOR, ONE MACHINE" PROJECT FOR THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE BEIJING AMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING DENNIS 'ROBOCOP' ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE WPA WORLD 8-BALL CROWN LAST FEBRUARY 26, 2011, AT THE FUJAIRAH EXHIBITION CENTER IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON ALLEGATIONS THAT TOURISM SECRETARY ALBERTO LIM HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TOURISM ACT OF 2009

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF HARASSMENTS AND KILLINGS OF LAWYERS AND JUDGES

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE MONTREAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING DENNIS 'ROBOCOP' ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE 2011 WPA WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN FUJAIRAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LEGALITY OF THE GUN BAN IMPOSED BY WESTERN VISAYAS POLICE DIRECTOR, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT CIPRIANO QUEROL JR. IN EIGHT ILOILO TOWNS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ALLEGED OVERPRICING OF THE CATANDUANES CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD PROJECT

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOEIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER LABOR RELATED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS ON THE ADEQUACY OF FUNDS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ASSESSING THE PREPAREDNESS OF PHILIPPINE POSTS ABROAD IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THEREBY ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND OTHER FILIPINOS RESIDING ABROAD

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE, AND COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY AND THE PITFALLS, IF ANY, OF THE REPUBLIC ACT 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, WITH THE INTENTION OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ALLEGED USE OF TORTURE METHODS BY THE PHILIPPINE POLICE AND MILITARY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE HONARABLE AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR., FOR HIS INVALUABLE AND EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SENATE DURING THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS; AND YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO REVISIT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT OF 2006, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING AND ENSURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MEASURE TO FULLY ACHIEVE THE NOBLE OBJECTIVES OF THE LAW

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO REPORTS THAT OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE REQUIRED EXIT CLEARANCE FROM THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS AND ELIMINATING RED TAPE IN SECURING THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF CHILD TRAFFICKING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ERADICATE IT

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE HONORABLE FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN FOR HIS DEDICATED LEADERSHIP IN GUIDING THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE SENATE DURING THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES