RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON CREATING MIGRATION POLICIES THAT WILL ADDRESS THE ALLEGED BRAIN DRAIN DAMAGE PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VIABILITY OF USING BIOPLASTICS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRY USE GEARED AT FORMULATING A FRAMEWORK TO SOLVE INCREASING SOLID WASTES PROBLEM

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON TRADE AND COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AFFAIRS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING THEIR E-COMMERCE CAPABILITIES, AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PHILIPPINES' OPERATING CONDITIONS VIS-A-VIS OTHER COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A PREFERRED SITE FOR SHARED/BACKROOM INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) SERVICES IN THE GLOBAL REVOLUTION TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO JOINTLY HOLD A PUBLIC INQUIRY THAT WILL LEAD TO THE PHILIPPINES' PARTICIPATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO CREATE A TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON A NATIONAL SCALE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF PREVENTING OR MINIMIZING THE ILL-EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY HUMAN CASUALTIES, BROUGHT ABOUT BY NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS TYPHOONS, EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VIABILITY OF USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PHILIPPINES' PREPAREDNESS FOR TSUNAMI THREATS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO MITIGATE A TSUNAMI'S DISASTROUS EFFECTS