RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO), WHICH CONCLUDED THAT CELLPHONES ARE POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES; AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RAMPANT USE OF PRE-PAID WIRELESS PHONES AS FAVORED TOOLS IN COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES DUE TO THEIR NATURE OF BEING UNREGISTERED AND UNTRACEABLE WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT CAN EFFICIENTLY NEUTRALIZE THE USE OF PRE-PAID CELLULAR PHONES BY ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ELEMENTS OF THE SOCIETY IN CARRYING OUT EFFECTIVELY ITS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY LOOKING AT THE VIABILITY OF REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF PREPAID PHONE SUBSCRIBERS, AND INSTALLATION OF A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) SOFTWARE IN ALL CELLULAR PHONE SIM CARDS TO EASILY TRACE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE USER OR RECOMMEND THE POSSIBLE BANNING OF PREPAID CELLULAR PHONES IF THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY VIABLE MEANS OF ERADICATING PREPAID CELLULAR-AIDED CRIMES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROLIFERATION OF TEXT SCAMS THAT ARE DIRECTED AT POSTPAID SUBSCRIBERS OF TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS AND INQUIRE ON THE MEASURES BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES TO PUT A STOP TO THESE UNSCRUPULOUS TRANSACTIONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) TO ACT SWIFTLY ON THE SIM SWAP SCAM AND CASES OF IDENTITY THEFT INVOLVING POSTPAID MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS, JEOPARDIZING SENSITIVE AND CONFIDENTIAL BANKING INFORMATION AND POSING A THREAT TO THE BANKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE PUBLIC