RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENATE'S GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR ITS ESTEEMED PRESIDENT, THE HONORABLE MANNY VILLAR, FOR HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP DURING THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION INFORMING HER 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 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE HONORABLE FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, FOR HIS DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN STEERING THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE SENATE DURING THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION INFORMING HER EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE SENATE HAS ELECTED THE HONORABLE MANNY VILLAR AS ITS PRESIDENT

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING MANNY 'THE PACMAN' PACQUIAO FOR WINNING HIS WORLD BOXING COUNCIL (WBC) LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT AGAINST MEXICAN DAVID DIAZ ON 29 JUNE 2008 (PHILIPPINE TIME), IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, MAKING HIM THE FIRST FILIPINO WBC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION AND THE FIRST ASIAN TO WIN WORLD TITLES IN FOUR DIFFERENT WEIGHT CLASSES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION OF THE SENATE TO THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN M. DRILON FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE SENATE AS ITS PRESIDENT

RESOLUTION COMMENDING CARMELA ANTOINETTE S. LAO, GABRIELLE ANGELA G. SANTOS AND FRED NYLL S. TUPAS FOR EACH RECEIVING AN INTERNATIONAL GOLD MEDAL FROM THE AMERICAN REGIONS MATH LEAGUE (ARML) IN THEIR RECENTLY CONCLUDED ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE UNABATED MURDER OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS BY ARMED GROUPS WHETHER FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NPA AND URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG) TO CONDUCT AIN IMMEDIATE PROBE

RESOLUTION COMMENDING SAMANTHA GLO REVITA FOR WINNING A GOLD MEDAL IN THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED 9TH ASEAN AGE GROUP CHESS COMPETITION HELD IN VIETNAM LAST JUNE 8-18, 2008

RESOLUTION COMMENDING RYAN 'BAD BOY' MENDOZA FOR HIS EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN WINNING THREE INTERNATIONAL DUATHLON TITLES FROM JANUARY TO JULY 2006

RESOLUTION COMMENDING DENNIS ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE INAUGURAL QATAR INTERNATIONAL 9-BALL OPEN BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1701 CALLING FOR AN END TO THE 2006 LEBANON WAR

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 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING JOHN GOKONGWEI JR. FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION THROUGH HIS VARIOUS CHARITABLE DONATIONS IN DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION INFORMING HER 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 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF 2006

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION FOR ITS LAUDABLE EFFORTS IN THE SPEEDY DISPOSITION OF CASES RESULTING IN THE DRAMATIC DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF DETAINEES AT ITS DETENTION CENTER

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING FILIPINO BILLIARDS DUE EFREN 'BATA' REYES AND FRANCISCO 'DJANGO' BUSTAMANTE FOR WINNING THE WORLD CUP OF POOL HELD FROM AUGUST 22 TO 27, 2006 AT THE NEWPORT CENTRE IN NEWPORT, SOUTH WALES IN GREAT BRITAIN

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MUNICIPALITY OF GLAN, SARANGANI FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT

RESOLUTION DECLARING AS READ AND APPROVED THE JOURNAL OF THE 90TH SESSION OF THE SENATE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING SARAH CUA FOR WINNING THE SUDOKU OPEN IN THE ASIA PACIFIC HELD IN SINGAPORE

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF TWO HUNDRED (200) COPIES EACH OF THE JOURNAL AND THE RECORD OF THE SENATE FOR THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE KILYAWAN BOYS CHOIR FOR SHOWING THE WORLD THAT THE FILIPINO TALENT IS WORLD-CLASS IN WINNING THE 5TH WORLD CHOIR GAMES IN GRAZ, AUSTRIA

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE HONORABLE AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR., FOR HIS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION AS THE CHAMBER'S FISCALIZER DURING THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING HAZEL ABIGAIL LIM OF HOPE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, KEEFE COLLIN TAN OF ST. JUDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, NEIL BENJAMIN DT. KHO OF SAN BEDA COLLEGE-ALABANG, MICHAEL BRODETH OF COLEGIO SAN AGUSTINE-MAKATI, AUDREY CELINE LAO OF ST. JUDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, KENNETH CO AND BRENDON MATTHEW GO OF XAVIER SCHOOL WHO ACHIEVED PERFECT SCORES IN THE PO LEUNG KUK 12TH PRIMARY MATH WORLD CONTEST HELD IN HONG KONG LAST JULY 11-15, 2008

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

RESOLUTION COMMENDING ALEX PAGULAYAN FOR SHOWING TO THE WHOLE WORLD THE GREATNESS OF THE FILIPINO TALENT IN WINNING THE GUINNESS 9 BALL TOUR 2008

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, THE HONORABLE JUAN M. FLAVIER, FOR PERFORMING HIS DUTIES WITH UTMOST DEDICATION DURING THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING GOVERNOR GRACE PADACA FOR EXEMPLIFYING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE , AND FOR BEING BESTOWED WITH THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND GRATITUDE OF THE SENATE TO ITS ESTEEMED PRESIDENT, THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN M. DRILON, FOR HIS IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY, WISDOM, AND FIRM LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE DURING THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING RAFAEL 'PAENG' NEPOMUCENO FOR HAVING BEEN CONFERRED HIS THIRD GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS CERTIFICATE IN HONOR OF HIS NEW WORLD RECORD FOR THE MOST NUMBER OF WORLDWIDE CAREER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING EFREN 'BATA' REYES, THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION, FOR HIS SKILL AND DETERMINATION THAT LED TO HIS VICTORY IN THE INTERNATIONAL POOL TOUR 2006 WORLD OPEN 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) DECLARATION URGING ALL PARLIAMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 AS PROCLAIMED BY THE UNITED NATIONS (UN)

RESOLUTION FOR THE SENATE TO INTERVENE IN THE SPECIAL CIVIL ACTION FO CERTIORARI AND MANDAMUS FILED BY SIGAW NG BAYAN AND UNION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE SUPREME COURT

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE 2008 OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF THE METROBANK FOUNDATION

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SENATOR JOKER P. ARROYO TO ARGUE, TOGETHER WITH THE COUNSEL-OF-RECORD, THE CASE OF THE SENATE IN THE PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS OF CAMILO L. SABIO

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO COMMENCE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FULL AUTOMATION OF THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE SPECIAL ACTION FORCE FOR ITS ASSISTANCE IN TAKING INTO CUSTODY THE OFFICIALS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN SAN JUAN CITY WHO WON TWO GOLD AND ONE BRONZE MEDALS IN PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS IN TURKEY, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA AND GEORGIA

RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS AND COMMENDATION TO ENGELBERTO BIBOY RIVERA OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR CAPTURING THE MASTERS TITLE IN BOWLING BY ROLLING A PERFECT GAME DURING THE FINA LS EVENT IN THE PRESTIGIOUS 'WORLD MEN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE HIGHER ORDER IN THE SPORTS OF BOWLING, LAST SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 AT THE ASIAD BOWLING CENTER IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA

RESOLUTION COMMENDING GERALDINE BANIQUED, ANGELINE BANIQUED AND STEPHANIE ANNE OLIVEROS FOR WINNING IN THE 7TH MATH OLYMPIAD HELD IN CHINA

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND CAMARINES SUR ROWING TEAMS FOR AN OVERALL GOLD-SILVER FINISH FOR THE PHILIPPINES IN THE SAVA SPRING INTERNATIONAL 2006 DRAGON BOAT RACES AT THE BEDOK RESERVOIR IN SINGAPORE

RESOLUTION HONORING AND REMEMBERING IBRAHIM 'TOTO' PAGLAS III FOR HIS UNPARALLELED DEDICATION IN BRIDGING THE GAP CREATED BY CONFLICT AND POVERTY, AND HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION COMMENDING FIVE-YEAR OLD JUSTIN DANIEL JUNIO FOR SETTING A RECORD SWIM AS THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER CROSS THE MACTAN CHANNEL IN CEBU

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE BRAVERY OF LT. COL. ANGEL M. BENITEZ DURING THE MILF ATTACK IN KOLAMBUGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING WILLY WANG FOR WINNING A GOLD MEDAL IN THE WUSHU DEMONSTRATION EVENT IN THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS

RESOLUTION COMMENDING RONATO "RONNIE CALAMBA" ALCANO FOR WINNING THE PRESTIGIOUS 2006 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP (WPC) HELD IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES ON NOVEMBER 4-12, 2006, THUS BRINGING HONOR AND PRIDE TO THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE FILIPINO MATH OLYMPIANS WHO WON IN THE CHINA PRIMARY MATH OLYMPIAD HELD IN HUBEI, CHINA

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PHILIPPINE SENATE'S ACCLAMATION OF TIME MAGAZINE'S RECOGNITION OF HER EXCELLENCY CORAZON C. AQUINO, MRS. EUGENIA APOSTOL AND MRS. LETTY JIMENEZ-MAGSANOC AS HEROES OF ASIA, AND EXTENDING TO THE DISTINGUISHED LADIES THE PHILIPPINE SENATE'S CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE WELL-DESERVED HONOR