RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST CHORALE (UEC) AND THE HIMIG SINGERS OF DAVAO CITY FOR BRINGING HOME INTERNATIONAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS FROM TWO INTERNATIONAL CHORAL SINGING COMPETITIONS THIS NOVEMBER 2007, THUS CEMENTING THE REPUTATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AS A NATION OF WORLD CLASS SINGERS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO ACTRESS GINA PARENO FOR WINNING THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AWARD AT THE 3RD ASIAN FILM AWARDS IN HONG KONG, CHINA FOR THE MOVIE SERBIS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING AMELIA CLAIRE 'MIA' LEGASPI FOR WINNING THE GIRLS' 10-YEAR OLD DIVISION OF THE 2009 UNITED STATES KIDS GOLF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A. ON 6-8 AUGUST 2009

RESOLUTION HONORING AND REMEMBERING ODETTE ALCANTARA FOR HER EXEMPLARY WORKS AS A PASSIONATE ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADER WHO WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME WHEN THE EARTH IS DRAMATICALLY IN DANGER FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE IN COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING

RESOLUTION HONORING THE 95TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO AND EXTOLLING THE LEADERSHIP OF KA ERAÑO G. MANALO AND KA EDUARDO V. MANALO

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE HALILI-CRUZ SCHOOL OF BALLET DANCERS FOR BAGGING THE GRAND PRIZE AND EMERGING AS THE GRAND WINNER IN THE 11TH ASIA-PACIFIC DANCE COMPETITION IN BANGKOK, THAILAND ON 17-19 JULY 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE JESUS IS LORD CHURCH WORLDWIDE, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BRO. EDDIE C. VILLANUEVA ON THE CELEBRATION OF ITS 31ST ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 4, 2009

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS THE RECENT BOMBING AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXTENDING SYMPATHIES TO THE VICTIMS, AND CALLING ON AUTHORITIES TO CONDUCT A SWIFT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS TO FILIPINO WORKERS AND RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES FOR IMMEDIATE ALLEVIATION OF DETERIORATING UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING CARMELA ANTOINETTE LAO OF SAINT JUDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR BEING THE FIRST FILIPINA MEDALIST, SECURING A BRONZE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD IN BREMEN, GERMANY ON 10-22 JULY 2009 AND WINNING THE COUNTRY'S FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL IN THE 8TH CHINA GIRLS' MATH OLYMPIAD IN XIAMEN, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON 11-16 AUGUST 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND HONORING THE LIVES OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS VENANCIO ANCHETA AND CORPORAL ADRIANO REGUA OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, AND THEIR COMRADES, FOR THEIR HEROIC PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES IN RESCUING THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON ONDOY IN LAGUNA, SACRIFICING THEIR OWN LIVES IN THE COURSE, THUS BRINGING HONOR TO MILITARY SERVICE AND PRIDE OF HEROISM OF FILIPINOS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE WORLD VISION IN THE PHILIPPINES ON THE OCCASION OF ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THIS DECEMBER 2007 AND TO RECOGNIZE ITS FIFTY YEARS OF MINISTRY TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY AMONG THE CHILDREN AND THE POOREST OF THE POOR

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE OUTSTANDING PHILIPPINE SOLDIERS (T.O.P.S.) OF 2009 AWARDED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI METRO AND THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE AWARDEES FOR THE 2009 SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS HONORED BY THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC.

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF MUELMAR MAGALLANES WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD BROUGHT BY TYPHOON ONDOY, EXHIBITING AN EXEMPLARY ESSENCE OF HEROISM

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO BOXERS NONITO DONAIRE JR., REY 'BOOM BOOM' BAUTISTA AND AJ BANAL FOR BEATING THEIR FOES IN SEPARATE BOUTS, DEFENDING THEIR PROFESSIONAL BOXING STATURE AS INTERNATIONAL BOXING CHAMPIONS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING DENNIS ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE 9TH ANNUAL PREDATOR INTERNATIONAL 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP HELD ON 17 MAY 2009 AT THE RIVIERA HOTEL AND CASINO IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A.

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY LAW DEBATE TEAM FOR BEING THE CHAMPION IN THE SECOND SEASON OF THE ABS-CBN NEWS CHANNEL (ANC) SQUARE OFF LAW DEBATES ON 12 AUGUST 2009, BRINGING HONOR AND PRIDE NOT ONLY TO THEIR OWN UNIVERSITY BUT ALSO TO OTHER PROVINCIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INSPIRING THEM TO EXCEL IN THEIR DIFFERENT FIELDS, AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL CONCERN

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO FILMMAKER RAYA MARTIN FOR WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE IN THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN COMPETITION AND THE NETPAC (NETWORK FOR THE PROMOTION OF ASIAN CINEMA) JURY PRIZE AWARD AT THE 7TH BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HELD ON 24-30 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT BANGKOK, THAILAND FOR THE MOVIE INDEPENDENCIA

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE 2007 GAWAD GENY LOPEZ, JR. BAYANING PILIPINO AWARDEES, A STERLING INSIGNIA OF COMMITTED OUTSTANDING SELFLESS FILIPINOS IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KABABAYANS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO POET, CRITIC AND UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES PROFESSOR GEMINO H. ABAD FOR BEING NAMED ITALY'S PRIZE PREMIO FERONIA-CITTA DI FIANO 2009 IN THE FOREIGN AUTHOR CATEGORY FOR HIS WORK 'IN ORDINARY TIME: POEMS, PARABLES, POETICS' TO BE CONFERRED DURING THE NOMINATION CEREMONIES ON JULY 11, 2009 AT THE CASTLE OF FIANO ROMANO, ITALY

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE TEN (10) WINNERS OF THE 2009 METROBANK FOUNDATION SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THROUGH THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO DEFER THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX (DST) ON REMITTANCES MADE BY REGISTERED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE PLIGHT OF FAMILIES OF OFWS AFFECTED BY TYPHOONS ONDOY AND PEPENG

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE WORLD VISION IN THE PHILIPPINES ON THE OCCASION OF ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN DECEMBER 2007 AND FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN AND THE POOREST OF THE POOR, FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS

RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A SENATE CODE OF CONDUCT, HERE ATTACHED AS ANNEX A.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE MEMBERS OF THE MATHEMATICS TRAINERS GUILD-PHILIPPINES FOR WINNING 102 MEDALS, INCLUDING 16 GOLDS, IN THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS CONTEST (IMC) HELD IN SINGAPORE FROM 20-24 AUGUST 2009

RESOLUTION HONORING THE HEROISM OF PEOPLE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES IN SAVING OTHERS DURING THE ONSLAUGHT OF TYPHOON ONDOY, ESPECIALLY MUELMAR P. MAGALLANES AND ROLANDO G. TOCAYON WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN SAVING THEIR NEIGHBORS IN BARANGAY SILANGAN, QUEZON CITY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING SEN. PILAR JULIANA COMPANERA PIA S. CAYETANO FOR HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO HER ATHLETIC ENDEAVOURS AND TO CONGRATULATE THE SENATOR FOR HER EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN THE GRUELING 2007 AVIVA IRONMAN WESTERN AUSTRALIA COMPETITIONS

RESOLUTION COMMENDING DENNIS ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE 9TH ANNUAL PREDATOR INTERNATIONAL 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE CONTINGENT TO THE 5TH ASEAN PARA GAMES IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA ON 15-19 AUGUST 2009 FOR CAPTURING A TOTAL OF 23 GOLD, 24 SILVER AND 27 BRONZE MEDALS IN THE 11-NATION SPORTS MEET FOR ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA JR. AND THE DYNAMIC TEEN COMPANY (DTC) FOR BEING CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE TEN (10) CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) HEROES OF THE YEAR, A STERLING TESTAMENT TO FILIPINOS' SELFLESS VOLUNTEERISM AND TRUE SPIRIT OF BAYANIHAN

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS IN THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND THE CURRENT MANNER OF VOTING WHICH ENTITLES EACH OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CONGRESS TO A FULL VOTE SHOULD BE UPHELD

RESOLUTION COMMENDING DR. BALDOMERO OLIVERA FOR BEING THE FIRST FILIPINO MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED AND CONTINUING ACHIEVEMENTS IN ORIGINAL RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING ANTHONY SY AND REYNALDO LUZ OF FOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR WINNING BRONZE MEDALS CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION DURING THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER PROJECT OLYMPIAD IN ANKARA, TURKEY

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILM DIRECTOR RAYA MARTIN, THE CAST, THE TECHNICAL AND PRODUCTION CREW OFTHE FILM 'INDEPENDENCIA' FOR WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA COMPETITION AND THE NETWORK FOR THE PROMOTION OF ASIAN CINEMA (NETPAC) AT THE SEVENTH BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE FOUR FILIPINO MEMBERS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) FOR BEING RECIPIENTS OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR 2007 FOR THE COMMITMENT AND CONTRIBUTION IN THE MOVEMENT TO BUILD UP CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING DENNIS ORCOLLO FOR WINNING THE 9TH ANNUAL PREDATOR INTERNATIONAL 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MAY 16, 2009, IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE TEN (10) OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF THE 2009 SEARCH OF THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO TRIATHLETE AND AQUATHLETE LEA COLINE LANGIT FOR WINNING A GOLD AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE 2009 PALEMBANG ASIAN CUP AQUATHLON AND TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN PALEMBANG, INDONESIA ON 10-11 OCTOBER 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE BRILLIANT STUDENTS OF GRACE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, ALYSSA SHEENA TAN, BRYAN LAO, AND MARK IAN TAN, FOR HONOURING THE PHILIPPINES WITH A GOLD IN THE 2007 WORLD ROBOTICS OLYMPIAD HELD IN TAIWAN ON NOVEMBER 17, 2007, A BEAMING SYMBOL OF FILIPINO STUDENTS COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE AND ADVANCED SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO CONDEMN THE CRIMINAL CHARGES BROUGHT BY THE MYANMAR GOVERNMENT AGAINST AUNG SAN SUU KYI FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING HER HOUSE ARREST

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING REYNALDO LUZ AND ANTHONY SY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS IN THE 5TH E-BIKO INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER OLYMPIAD HELD IN ANKARA, TURKEY

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO BOXER REY 'BOOM-BOOM' BAUTISTA FOR WINNING THE INTERIM WORLD BOXING COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE ON 16 OCTOBER 2009 AT THE WATERFRONT HOTEL AND CASINO IN CEBU CITY, THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THIS 2007 AND FOR ITS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ON HUMANITARIAN SERVICES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO FILMMAKER BRILLANTE MENDOZA FOR BAGGING THE PRIX DE LA MISE EN SCENE (BEST DIRECTOR AWARD) AT THE 62ND LE FESTIVAL DE CANNES (THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL) HELD ON 13-24 MAY 2009 AT THE PALAIS DES FESTIVALS ET DES CONGRES, CANNES, FRANCE FOR THE MOVIE KINATAY

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO FILMMAKER RALSTON JOVER FOR WINNING THE SPECIAL MERIT IN THE DRAGONS AND TIGERS AWARD FOR YOUNG CINEMA COMPETITION FOR THE MOVIE 'BASECO: BAKAL BOYS' DURING THE 28TH ANNUAL VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HELD AT VANCOUVER, CANADA ON 1-16 OCTOBER 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE WOMEN AND MEN COMPRISING THE TEAM PHILIPPINES FOR WINNING FORTY-ONE (41) GOLD, NINETY-ONE (91) SILVER AND NINETY-SIX (96) BRONZE MEDALS LED BY THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE GAMES, SWIMMER MIGUEL MOLINA, IN THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED 24TH EDITION OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES HELD IN NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND AND PROVING THAT MORE THAN MEDALLIONS, OUR ATHLETES ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF FILIPINO COMPETITIVENESS AND HIGH SPORTSMANSHIP

RESOLUTION COMMENDING FILIPINO INDEPENDENT FILM DIRECTOR MR. BRILLANTE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO FILMMAKER GIUSEPPE BEDE 'GB' SAMPEDRO FOR RECEIVING THE SPECIAL MENTION CITATION IN THE NEW CURRENTS AWARD OF THE 14TH PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HELD IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA ON 8-16 OCTOBER 2009 FOR THE MOVIE ASTIG (SQUALOR)