RESOLUTION GIVING CONSENT TO AMBASSADOR HILARIO G. DAVIDE, JR., PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE UNITED NATIONS, TO ACCEPT THE PAPAL AWARD OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST. SYLVESTER AWARDED TO HIM BY THE HOLY SEE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENERGY; AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACTS OF COAL POWER PLANTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TO CALL FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT A PROGRAM PROMOTING LESS DEPENDENCE ON COAL AND A SHIFT TOWARDS RENEWABLE ENERGY

AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT POSTPONING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR, INSTITUTIONALIZING MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO LOOK INTO THE TAXES WHICH THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR), ITS LICENSEES, PARTNERS, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS SHOULD BE REMITTING TO THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE TAX COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY AND ASSESSMENT IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE STATUS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN DEATH ROW, WITH FOCUS ON THE ASSISTANCE EXTENDED TO THEM AND THE SHORT-AND LONG TERM POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE COUNTRY RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE PRESCRIBED INCREASES AND ADJUSTMENTS IN THE WAGE RATES OF WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6727, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'WAGE RATIONALIZATION ACT' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ENHANCING ECONOMIC COORDINATION, ADOPTING THE APPROPRIATE MECHANISM THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AND ESTABLISHING THE CODE OF THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE PRACTICE OF POLITICAL PUBLIC RELATIONS

RESOLUTION COMMENDING CARLA GISELA YSABEL CONCEPCION FOR WINNING IN THE 2008 BPI-DOST SCIENCE AWARDS FOR HER POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING STUDY ON TRACKING CANCER CELLS USING GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN FROM SOFT CORAL REEF ABUNDANT IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION COMMENDING JOE DATUIN, FOR WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE FOR SCULPTURE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPORT AND ART CONTEST IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF TRICYCLE DRIVERS AND OPERATORS, INSTITUTIONALIZING MECHANISMS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 83 OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF TOTALLY WRECKED VEHICLE INCLUDING ITS REGISTRATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 386, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, ARTICLE 2180

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MEASURES THAT CAN BE ENACTED TO ALLEVIATE THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROLIFERATION OF DOUBLE-DEAD MEAT IN THE MARKET

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002' AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MOTORCYCLE LANES ON ALL MAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY OF TENURE AND FOR THAT PURPOSE, AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUMMARY TITLING OF REAL PROPERTIES USED AS SITES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE GRAVE SITE OR A MEMORIAL IN THE LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI TO HONOR THE HEROISM OF ALL THE FILIPINO SOLDIERS WHO COURAGEOUSLY FOUGHT IN THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DECLINE OF THE BUSINESS SECTOR'S CONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMY

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INCREASING THE RECRUITMENT QUOTA REQUIREMENT OF FEMALE PNP OFFICERS, AMENDING SECTION 58 OF REPUBLIC ACT 8551, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT LIMITING THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES BY-PASSED BY THE COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS (CA)

AN ACT UPGRADING THE BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES OF BARANGAY TANOD BRIGADES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SEC. 393 (D) OF REPUBLIC ACT 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POLICY OF REQUIRING US$ 5,000.00 REPATRIATION BOND AND PERFORMANCE BOND EQUIVALENT TO THREE MONTHS SALARY FROM EMPLOYERS OF DIRECTLY HIRED FILIPINOS AS COVERED BY POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 4, SERIES OF 2007, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE LABOR LEGISLATION FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME

AN ACT MODERNIZING THE CRIME INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO COVERED EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 9165 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION COMMENDING CARLA GISELA YSABEL CONCEPCION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN, WINNER OF THE 2008 BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE AWARDS, IN RECOGNITION OF HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT RATIONALIZING GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN LABOR DISPUTES BY ADOPTING THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES CRITERIA IN THE EXERCISE OF THE ASSUMPTION OR CERTIFICATION POWER OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, AND DECRIMINALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED IMPACT OF THE WORSENING CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES ON ITS ELIGIBILITY FOR UNITED STATES ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL AND ITS PROTOCOL

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7183 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT REGULATING THE SALE, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF FIRECRACKERS AND OTHER PYROTECHNIC DEVICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ALL CONTRACTUAL AND CASUAL EMPLOYEES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE BE PAID CORRESPONDING WAGES DURING SPECIAL PUBLIC AND LOCAL HOLIDAYS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION DATABASE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND-CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCS) AND AGENCIES TO ASSIGN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES FOR ADVERTISEMENT IN THE REGIONAL, PROVINCIAL, MUNICIPAL AND CITY PUBLICATIONS AND RADIO STATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RAMPANT TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN ORGANS

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AT PRESENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE ALLEGED QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF 3G-FREQUENCY TO THE CONNECTIVITY UNLIMITED RESOURCES, INC. WHICH EVENTUALLY SOLD ITS ASSETS TO SMART TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL AS THE GRANT OF BWA/WIMAX BANDWIDTH TO EXISTING AND NEW PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION ENTITIES, WITHOUT PROMULGATING THE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE GUIDELINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING IMMEDIATE REMEDIAL MEASURES TO ENSURE NON-DISCRIMINATION AND FAIR COMPETITION AMONG THE INDUSTRY PLAYERS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROTECT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CONSUMERS.