RESOLUTION INFORMING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE SENATE AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION TO HONOR EMPOWERED AND OUTSTANDING WOMEN FOR THEIR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF SOCIETY IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S MONTH

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO FULLY PROMOTE, SUPPORT, AND ENHANCE THE PHILIPPINES-ISRAEL RELATIONS, A PHILIPPINES-ISRAEL PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION BE ESTABLISHED

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO REQUEST THE GOVERNMENT PEACE NEGOTIATING PANEL TO SECURE FROM THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) AND/OR THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING TEAM (IMT) A COPY OF THE MILF INVESTIGATION REPORT ON THE JANUARY 25 MAMASAPANO INCIDENT

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING FILIPINO RING SENSATION SENATOR MANNY 'PACMAN' PACQUIAO FOR DEFEATING THE REIGNING WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION (WBA) WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION LUCAS MATTHYSSE TO CLAIM THE TITLE IN THEIR BOXING MATCH, HELD ON JULY 15, 2018 AT THE AXIATA ARENA IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING ICONIC ACTRESS MARIA LEONORA TERESA CABALTERA AUNOR POPULARLY KNOWN AS NORA AUNOR FOR BEING HONORED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY THE ASEAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS (AIFFA) AT THE BORNEO CONVENTION CENTRE IN KUCHING, MALAYSIA ON 11 APRIL 2015

RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 104TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO (INC), RECOGNIZING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY, AND COMMENDING THE LEADERSHIP OF KA EDUARDO V. MANALO

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE REPUBLIC OF NEPAL FOR THE TRAGIC LOSS OF MORE THAN 2,500 LIVES AND WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION BROUGHT ABOUT BY A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OFF KATHMANDU ON 25 APRIL 2015

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE MANILA SYMPHONY JUNIOR ORCHESTRA FOR WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE WITH OUTSTANDING SUCCESS AT THE 12TH SUMMA CUM LAUDE FESTIVAL HELD IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA FROM JULY 6 TO 11, 2018

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE DEEP SYMPATHY AND SINCERE CONDOLENCE OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF THE PHILIPPINE ENVOY TO PAKISTAN HON. DOMINGO LUCENARIO JR.

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 CONCURRING IN THE ACCESSION TO THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS ARISING FROM THEIR UTILIZATION TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

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 CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PARTNERSHIPS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE SEAS OF EAST ASIA (PEMSEA) ESTABLISHING THE PEMSEA RESOURCE FACILITY CENTER

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 CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK

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 CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION (ARTICLE 3 BIS)

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 CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE AWARDEES OF THE 2018 METROBANK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED OUTSTANDING FILIPINOS

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE ACCESSION TO THE 1999 MONTREAL CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE 2018 GAWAD SA PINAKATANGING KOOPERATIBA (GAWAD PITAK) OUTSTANDING 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 HONORING FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE LETICIA RAMOS SHAHANI WHO CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NATION AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WITH UTMOST DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE, RECOGNIZING HER REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION AS LEGISLATOR, DIPLOMAT, EDUCATOR, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES ON ITS FIFTY-FIFTH (55TH) YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND COMMENDING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY ITS LOAN PROGRAM AND CLIENT RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO COOPERATIVES, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, LARGE CORPORATIONS AND ENTERPRISES, COUNTRYSIDE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND MICRO-FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

RESOLUTION DECLARING AS READ AND APPROVED THE JOURNAL OF THE 85TH SESSION OF THE SENATE

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE TANAUAN LITTLE LEAGUE FOR BEING THE CHAMPIONS ON THE 2018 SENIOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) PRINTED AND DIGITAL COPIES EACH OF THE JOURNAL AND THE RECORD OF THE SENATE FOR THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE METRO MANILA COUNCIL TO RECALL MMDA REGULATION NO. 18-005 ‘ESTABLISHING THE EXPANDED HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES IN EDSA’ AND CALLING FOR METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ANY TREATY RATIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD BE CONCURRED IN BY THE SENATE, OTHERWISE THE TREATY BECOMES INVALID AND INEFFECTIVE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING WEIGHTLIFTER HIDILYN DIAZ FOR WINNING THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST GOLD MEDAL IN THE 18TH ASIAN GAMES BY CAPTURING THE WOMEN’S 53-KILOGRAMS CATEGORY IN THE WEIGHTLIFTING EVENT HELD AT JAKARTA AND PALEMBANG, INDONESIA

RESOLUTION INFORMING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE SENATE, AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING EIGHT OUTSTANDING FILIPINO SCIENTISTS FOR BEING AMONG THE HONOREES OF THE 2018 EDITION OF ‘ASIAN SCIENTIST 100’

RESOLUTION INFORMING HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE SENATE, AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MOON JAE-IN, IN THE EFFORTS TO BRING RECONCILIATION AND DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA BUT ALSO IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE OUTSTANDING PHILIPPINE SOLDIERS (TOPS) OF 2015 AWARDED BY THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC. AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI METRO

RESOLUTION HONORING, RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING ‘JESUS IS LORD CHURCH’ IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 40TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 27, 2018

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE WORK OF LORENZO LUCERO MATA FOR HIS DEDICATION AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY THROUGH THE CULTURAL DOCUMENTATION OF HERITAGE TOWN SAN VICENTE IN ILOCOS SUR

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING DR. GAY JANE PEREZ FOR BEING AWARDED AS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER AT THE 2018 ASEAN-US SCIENCE PRIZE FOR WOMEN

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE AWARDEES FOR THE 2015 SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS HONORED BY THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC.

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 CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE 2015 COUNTRY'S OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICERS IN SERVICE (C.O.P.S.) AWARDED BY THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC., AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW MANILA-EAST CO-PRESENTED WITH PSBANK

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 HONORING AND REMEMBERING FORMER SENATOR AGAPITO 'BUTZ' AQUINO, FOR HIS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION AND UNWAVERING DILIGENCE AS A LEGISLATOR

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 COMMENDING LIGAYA FERNANDO-AMILBANGSA AS A CULTURAL ADVOCATE OF PANGALAY, A TRADITIONAL DANCE FROM MINDANAO, FOR HER INSTRUMENTAL ROLE AS DOCUMENTOR, PERFORMER, SCHOLAR, AND ADVOCATE OF THIS UNIQUE CULTURAL TREASURE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING CATRIONA ELISA GRAY FOR WINNING THE PRESTIGIOUS MISS UNIVERSE 2018 TITLE HELD IN BANGKOK, THAILAND

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING CARINA DAYONDON FOR BEING THE FIRST FILIPINA TO CONQUER THE SEVEN SUMMITS OF THE WORLD

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION, SIGNED AT ROME, ON 5TH DECEMBER, 1980