AN ACT REQUIRING ALL PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITIES AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTRY TO INCREASE SERVICE COVERAGE AND DELIVER A MINIMUM STANDARD FOR INTERNET CONNECTION SPEED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE FUEL SPILLAGE PARTICULARLY OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (FPIC) PIPELINE IN BARANGAY BANGKAL IN MAKATI, DETERMINE THE CAPABILITY OF THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL GUARANTEE FUNDS TO RESPOND TO FUEL SPILLAGE AND TO CRAFT COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO FUEL SPILLAGE AND SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

AN ACT REQUIRING THE EMPLOYMENT OF QUALIFIED LIFEGUARDS IN ALL PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHING FACILITIES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT A REVIEW IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS OVERSIGHT POWERS, OR AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF THE REPORTED SHARE-SWAP DEAL AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS THEREON, IF ANY, BETWEEN PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, CO. (PLDT), AND DIGITEL MOBILE PHILS., INC. (SUN CELLULAR), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE TRANSACTION IS CONSISTENT WITH, OR ARE NOT IN VIOLATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES AND THAT THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO SET AND APPROVE THE BED CAPACITY AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF ALL DOH HOSPITAL

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

AN ACT DECLARING THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES AS THE ABACA CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN

AN ACT REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUARANTINE FACILITIES IN EVERY REGION IN THE COUNTRY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS; NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY AND ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NOVEMBER 29, 2007 TAKEOVER OF THE PENINSULA MANILA HOTEL, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE MASS ARREST OF CITIZENS INCLUDING MEDIA MEN, THE CURFEW DECLARED, THE PERCEIVED INEFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND THE ECONOMICS OF THE ISSUE AND ITS IMPLICATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF FORMULATING REMEDIAL MEASURES AND TO PROVIDE THE CITIZENS THE SO-CALLED 'TEACHING FUNCTION' OF THE OCCURRENCE

AN ACT DECLARING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AS THE 'EGG BASKET OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE ARREST AND 'PROCESSING' OF JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES AFTER THE MANILA PENINSULA STANDOFF ON 29 NOVEMBER 2007

AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL HIJAB DAY AND PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUSLIM TRADITION OF WEARING A HIJAB

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ARREST OF JOURNALISTS DURING THE SIEGE OF RENEGADE SOLDIERS AT THE MANILA PENINSULA HOTEL, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MEDIA PRACTITIONERS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR PROFESSION

AN ACT GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER TO SUSPEND THE SCHEDULED INCREASES IN PHILHEALTH PREMIUM CONTRIBUTION RATES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT'

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE WARRANTLESS ARRESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE MANILA PENINSULA STAND OFF LAST 29 NOVEMBER 2007

AN ACT MANDATING THE SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS, TO APPEAR SEMI-ANNUALLY BEFORE CONGRESS TO REPORT ON THE STATUS AND DIRECTION OF THE FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES OF THE STATE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE MILITARY AND POLICE OFFICERS WHO UNDERTOOK, OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATED IN, THE UNWARRANTED AND ILLEGAL ARREST OF MEDIA PERSONNEL DURING THE MANILA PENINSULA STANDOFF ON 29 NOVEMBER 2007 SHOULD BE METED OUT THE APPROPRIATE PENALTIES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ISSUANCE OF STERN REPRIMANDS AND THE RECORDING OF SUCH REPRIMANDS IN THE OFFICERS RESPECTIVE PERSONNEL OR 201 FILES

AN ACT REGULATING THE IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR THE USE OF PARKING SPACES LOCATED WITHIN COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PARKING FACILITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE PREPARATIONS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION (PSC) AND THE PHILIPPINE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (POC), IN THE NEARING INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS PARTICULARLY THE 2004 OLYMPICS IN ATHENS, GREECE; 2006 ASIAN GAMES IN DOHA, QATAR; AND THE 2005 SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA GAMES) IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ASSURING THE COUNTRY'S SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION IN THESE NEARING INTERNATIONAL SPORTING MEETS AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY'S READINESS IN HOSTING THE SEA GAMES NEXT YEAR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT COURTS, AMENDING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980,' AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1606, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10660, CREATING A SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS 'SANDIGANBAYAN', APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, BY THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE MURDER OF BROADCASTER ROGER MARIANO AND TO INSTITUTE REFORMS TO PROTECT MEDIA PRACTITIONERS IN THE EXERCISE OF THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10642 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE LEMON LAW AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED PROLIFERATION OF COUNTERFEIT MEDICINE IN THE MARKET

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941, ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS HEREFOR,' OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'PARTY-LIST SYSTEM ACT', AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS, TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ACTUAL STATE OF AFFAIRS OF PHILIPPINE SPORTS

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF BPA AND PFAS IN BABY FOOD PACKAGING AND CONTAINERS, AND OTHER CHILD CARE ARTICLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON TRADE AND COMMERCE; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT A JOINT INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROBLEM OF UNABATED SMUGGLING OF GOODS INTO THE COUNTRY TO THE DETRIMENT OF LOCAL PRODUCERS, MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS AND THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY IN GENERAL, WITH THE GOAL OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO END THE PROBLEM OF SMUGGLING IN THE COUNTRY

AN ACT PROMOTING THE 'ONE TOWN, ONE PRODUCT' CONCEPT TO ENHANCE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INQUIRY INTO THE PHILIPPINES' CAPABILITIES AND PLANS FOR HOSTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE 2005 SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 75 OF TITLE IV OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 227, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO RECONSTITUTE THE OFFICE OF THE ANTI-SMUGGLING TASK FORCE (NASTF), ANTI-SMUGGLING INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION CENTER (ASIIC), AS WELL AS THE CABINET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON ANTI-SMUGGLING (COCAS), IN LIGHT OF THE UNABATED ILLEGAL ENTRY OF VARIOUS COMMERCIAL GOODS INTO THE COUNTRY, WHICH HAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BOTH THE BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SECTOR, IN EFFECT FURTHER DAMAGING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

AN ACT AMENDING PROVISION SEC. 261 (W) OF THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE (BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 881)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS; AND TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE PROLIFERATION OF CELLULAR PHONE THEFT, MOST OF WHICH ARE REPORTED TO FIND ITS WAY BACK IN SHOPPING CENTERS, WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS FROM CELLULAR PHONE THEFT AND PROTECT THE CONSUMERS FROM SUBSTANDARD PRODUCTS

AN ACT CHANGING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN OFFICIALS FROM THREE (3) YEARS TO FIVE (5) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340 AND REPUBLIC ACT 9164, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE INCREASING NUMBER OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LEAVING THE COUNTRY

AN ACT ADDRESSING THE SYSTEM OF PROSTITUTION, IMPOSING PENALTIES ON ITS PERPETRATORS, PROVIDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ITS VICTIMS, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 202 AND 341 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED BIGTIME ONION AND VEGETABLE SMUGGLING SYNDICATES IN THE COUNTRY

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SAMAR ISLAND NATURAL PARK IN THE PROVINCES OF SAMAR, NORTHERN SAMAR AND EASTERN SAMAR AS A PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL PARK, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROLIFERATION OF FAKE DRUGS IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION IN RESPONSE TO THE SAID PROBLEM

PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 2013

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED RECRUITMENT-FOR-A-FEE SCAM IN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING THE FILING OF APPROPRIATE CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES AGAINST ERRING PNP PERSONNEL, AND REVIEWING AND/OR AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8551, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PNP REFORM AND REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1998

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 21 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SHOOTING RAMPAGE COMMITTED BY POLICE OFFICER 1 JONATHAN MORENO DURING THE `ATI-ATIHAN' FESTIVAL IN KALIBO, AKLAN THAT LEFT SEVEN (7) POLICEMEN AND CIVILIANS DEAD AND THIRTY-THREE (33) OTHERS WOUNDED, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE' GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS NOT ONLY WITH RESPECT TO THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS BUT MOST ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CURRENCIES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ILLEGAL SALE OF UNREGISTERED AND HIGH-RISK SECURITIES BY STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, WHICH RESULTED IN BILLIONS OF PESOS OF LOSSES TO THE INVESTING PUBLIC

AN ACT PROHIBITING AN ELECTIVE PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM RESIGNING FROM HIS ELECTIVE OFFICE TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT TO ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VALENTINE'S DAY BOMBINGS IN MAKATI, DAVAO CITY, AND GENERAL SANTOS CITY, WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO ENSURE PUBLIC SECURITY IN AREAS OF CONVERGENCE LIKE BUS TERMINALS, AIRPORTS, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND VITAL INSTALLATIONS NATIONWIDE

AN ACT CONVERTING THE ILIGAN - TAGOLOAN - BALOI - PANTAO RAGAT - MUNAI - TANGKAL - MAGSAYSAY - TUBOD - SALVADOR - SAPAD - NUNUNGAN - SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO ROAD WHICH PASSES THROUGH ILIGAN CITY AND THE PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE INTO A NATIONAL ROAD

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND ON THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN AND BOUND FOR JAPAN, OF THE CHANGE IN THE IMMIGRATION RULES OF JAPAN REGARDING THE ENTRY OF OVERSEAS PERFORMING ARTISTS, OR OPAS, ON THE CAUSES OF SUCH CHANGE, AND THE RESPONSE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE SAME