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

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING SENATOR EMMANUEL ‘MANNY’ PACQUIAO FOR SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING HIS WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION (WBA) WELTERWEIGHT TITLE, BEATING ADRIEN ‘THE PROBLEM’ BRONER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION ON JANUARY 19, 2019 AT THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS, USA

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL

RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE EDSEL MOSCOSO, VISUAL ARTIST, FOR HIS LIFE-LONG LOVE FOR THE ARTS AND FOR HIS MASTERFUL DEPICTION OF RURAL LIFE OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

RESOLUTION HONORING THE MEMORY OF SENATOR JOKER P. ARROYO AND EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND SINCERE CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE ON HIS PASSING

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO STRONGLY CONDEMN THE JANUARY 27, 2019 BOMBINGS OF THE JOLO CATHEDRAL, TO CONDOLE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, AND TO URGE ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO IMMEDIATELY SOLVE THIS CRIME

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND SINCERE CONDOLENCE OF THE SENATE ON THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE ERNESTO BOY F. HERRERA, FORMER SENATOR (1987-1998) AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1998-2001)

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO DECLARE EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF FEBRUARY STARTING THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS THE NATIONAL SYNCHRONIZED INTERFAITH NATIONAL PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA FOR HER APPOINTMENT AS A GLOBAL CHAMPION FOR RESILIENCE BY THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (UNISDR)

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN (TOYM ) 2018 AWARDEES FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WELFARE OF THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN (TOYM) OF THE PHILIPPINES 2015 HONORED BY THE JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL - PHILIPPINES, INC., TOYM FOUNDATION, INC., AND GERRY ROXAS FOUNDATION, INC.

RESOLUTION HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATE MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SECRETARY DATU ABUL KHAYR ALONTO TO THE PEACE-KEEPING EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ON THE LONG-STANDING CONFLICT IN MINDANAO AND IN THE CULTIVATION OF PROGRESS, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND UPLIFTMENT OF THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF MINDANAOANS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING PIA ALONZO WURTZBACH FOR HONORING THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS MISS UNIVERSE 2015 TITLE ON 20 DECEMBER 2015 AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT AND CASINO IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE GHAZALI JAAFAR, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BANGSAMORO TRANSITION COMMISSION, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PURSUIT OF PEACE IN THE BANGSAMORO REGION

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND SINCERE CONDOLENCE OF THE SENATE ON THE DEATH OF LETTY JIMENEZ-MAGSANOC, EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

RESOLUTION HONORING THE LATE PROSPERO C. NOGRALES FOR HIS STERLING RECORD AS A STATESMAN AND DRIVEN PUBLIC SERVANT, HAVING BEEN ELECTED AS THE FIRST SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM MINDANAO, AND FOR DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF HIS COUNTRYMEN

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MS. MARGARETA WAHLSTROM, THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, FOR HER INVALUABLE ROLE IN MAINSTREAMING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS AND SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER BRILLANTE MENDOZA FOR BEING CONFERRED THE LA NAVICELLA VENEZIA CINEMA AWARD BY THE RIVISTA DEL CINEMATOGRAFO AND THE P. NAZARENO TADDEI AWARD SPECIAL MENTION DURING THE 69TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ON 29 AUGUST TO 8 SEPTEMBER 2012 FOR THE FILM SINAPUPUNAN (THY WOMB)

RESOLUTION CALLING A CAUCUS OF ALL SENATORS IN THE 14TH CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH STRATEGIC MEASURES AND PRIORITY LEGISLATION TO SOLVE THE MOST URGENT PROBLEMS OF OUR NATION AND RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT