RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SITUATION OF THE TUMANDUKS, WHOSE ANCESTRAL LAND IS DEMARCATED WITHIN A MILITARY RESERVE, IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING AND RAMPANT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST THEM ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE RP-US MILITARY EXERCISES BEING CONDUCTED IN TUMANDUK ANCESTRAL DOMAINS WITH THE PURPOSE OF SECURING THE PROPOSED REPEAL OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 67 S. 1962

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE BLAST MINING ACTIVITIES OF T.V.I. RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PHILIPPINES (TVIRD) IN MOUNT CANATUAN, SIOCON, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE WHICH HAVE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THE ENVIRONMENT AND DESECRATED THE SUBANEN ANCESTRAL DOMAIN THEREBY ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED HIDDEN, BUT GROWING HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME PROBLEM (AIDS) IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE BRUTAL ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF 20-YEAR OLD REBELYN PITAO, DAUGHTER OF NPA COMMANDER LEONCIO PITAO, ON THE PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CPP-NPA-NDF, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ABUSE OF FILIPINO WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAUSED BY THE FOREIGN MILITARY EXERCISES CONDUCTED IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IS ON THE RISE IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE SECOND MAJOR OCEAN POLLUTER IN THE WORLD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP) INMATES MAY BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 393 (B) (4) AND SECTION 434 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 'THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE' ON THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND THEIR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN OFFICIALS FROM THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AND MATRICULATION FEES FROM STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, LOCAL OIL COMPANIES' INCONSISTENT AND UNEXPLAINED INCREASES IN GASOLINE PRICES ALLOWED UNDER THE DOWNSTREAM OIL INDUSTRY DEREGULATION ACT OF 1998 RESULTING IN THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF THE CONSUMER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF SIX (6) RETIRED ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ONE (1) FOREIGNER CARRIED OUT BY THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME COMMISSION (PAOCC), HEADED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARIANO JOSE 'BONG' VILLAFUERTE III, AT THE CLARK EAGLE FIRING RANGE AT THE CLARK ECONOMIC ZONE IN PAMPANGA LAST 23 APRIL 2009, THURSDAY, PURPORTEDLY IN RELATION WITH AN ALLEGED DESTABILIZATION PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH ACTION REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN RESORTED TO ONLY FOR THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF HARASSING AND FORCING THE OWNER/S OF THE CLARK EAGLE FIRING RANGE TO ASSIGN AND/OR GIVE-UP THE PREMISES OF SAID FACILITY IN FAVOR OF THE SON OF A HIGH-RANKING ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ARREST MADE BY OFFICERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME COMMISSION ON FORMER MAGDALO SOLDIERS FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING A RESCUE ATTEMPT OF DETAINED MAGDALO SOLDIERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION'S (NHMFC) AUCTION OF MORE THAN 53,000 DELINQUENT HOUSING LOANS TO DEUTCH BANK REAL ESTATE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES (GLOBAL) IN 2004 AND THE CONSEQUENT CREATION OF A JOINT VENTURE SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE CALLED BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE INC. (BALIKATAN) WHICH OTHERWISE RESULTED IN HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND EXORBITANT DOWNPAYMENT HOUSING LOAN RESTRUCTURING SCHEME TANTAMOUNT TO A QUESTIONABLE PUBLIC SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY PURSUANT TO CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY MANDATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PREPARATIONS BEING DONE BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR THE 25TH SOUTHEAST ASIAN (SEA) GAMES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUING INCIDENTS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF AND ARBITRARY ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF FILIPINO DRUG MULES WHICH IS HEAVILY DAMAGING THE COUNTRY'S REPUTATION ABROAD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT HALF OF METRO MANILANS INHALE SECOND-HAND SMOKE DAILY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DISBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS FOR REFORM (NASECORE), THE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF NASECORE IN THE USE OF THESE FUNDS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE AWARDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OF A COAL MINING CONTRACT WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AND DEGRADATION IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A PHILIPPINE ATTACHE BY A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYNDICATE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFICACY OF THE EXISTING STATUTES, RULES, ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES AND PROCEDURES ON INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION IN THE LIGHT OF REPORTED INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILD TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS AND UNSCRUPULOUS ADOPTION CASES USING FAKE DOCUMENTS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE DIGNITY OF THE ADOPTED CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE GUNS SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN MARIVELES, BATAAN AS IT AFFECTS THE EXISTING GUN AMNESTY PROGRAM AND THE PROPOSAL TO GRANT FREEPORT STATUS TO THE BATAAN ECONOMIC ZONE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS MULTI-BILLION LAND TRANSACTION BETWEEN CAPITOL HILLS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, INC. (CHGCCI) AND AYALA LAND INC. (ALI), WITH THE ALLEGED CULPABLE COMPLICITY AND/OR NEGLECT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) IN FAILING TO EXERCISE ITS JURISDICTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF CHGCCI), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL MEASURES TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF SIMILAR TRANSACTIONS IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNREGULATED TAXI BOUNDARY RATES IMPOSED BY TAXI OPERATORS AND THEIR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW ON LABOR STANDARDS OF TAXI DRIVERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF THE PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE IN FUJIMI-CHIYODA-KU (KUDAN), TOKYO, JAPAN, CONSIDERED AS THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR FOREIGN SERVICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED PHP1.1 BILLION FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM RENDERED USELESS ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE OF NEGLECT BY THE METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; AND HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE AERIAL SPRAYING OF CHEMICALS PRACTICED BY BANANA PLANTATIONS IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC), THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AND OTHER SIMILAR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHO ARE MANDATED BY LAW TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE LAWS RELATING TO MARITIME OPERATIONS AND SAFETY FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN THE WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS BY FERRY OPERATORS THEREBY CAUSING AVOIDABLE SEA TRAGEDIES AND LOSS OF LIVES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND), ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NON-FEASANCE OF THEIR DUTIES RESULTING IN AN ALLEGED GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED DISTRIBUTION AND/OR PROLIFERATION OF HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS AND MILITARY ARMAMENTS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS IN MAGUINDANAO THEREBY CAUSING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CONDUCT OF AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUING INCIDENTS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF DR. FRANCIS EDWARD C. CUSTODIO, A FIRST YEAR RESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC CENTER, WHO DIED ON JULY 01, 2006 FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL 'WELCOME' TRADITION FOR INCOMING RESIDENTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVISITING THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8049, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-HAZING LAW AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THE PESO RISING IN VALUE AS AGAINST THE US DOLLAR AND ITS' IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE FAMILIES OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND TO INSTITUTE SAFEGUARD MEASURES TO MITIGATE WHATEVER ITS' NEGATIVE IMPACT MAY BE ON THE LIVES OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INQUIRE AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED DIRECT KNOWLEDGE AND INVOLVEMENT OF RANKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE RECENT AMBUSH AND MUTILATION BY EXTREMIST GROUPS OF FOURTEEN SOLDIERS BELONGING TO THE PHILIPPINE MARINE CORPS, WITH THE END VIEW OF DETERMINING THE CULPABILITY AND LIABILITY OF SAID OFFICIALS AS WELL AS TO DETERMINE THE TRUE NATIONAL POLICY AS REGARDS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN MINDANAO

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; AND PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY AS WELL AS THE PEACE AND ORDER SITUATION IN MINDANAO AMID THE CONTINUING HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY AND THE ABU SAYYAF RENEGADES IN THE PROVINCE OF BASILAN, WHERE A CONTINING WAR MIGHT SPREAD THE TENSION NOT ONLY IN THE WHOLE REGION OF MINDANAO BUT WORSE IN THE ENTIRE ARCHIPELAGO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED FACTUAL, CONCEPTUAL AND GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, AND INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE APPEARING IN TEXTBOOKS USED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF U.P. STUDENT CHRIS ANTHONY MENDEZ ALLEGEDLY DUE TO HAZING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BROADBAND CONTRACT WITH ZTE AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED IN GETTING IT CONSUMMATED, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HALE TO THE COURTS OF LAW, THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ANOMALY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND TO PLUG LOOPHOLES, IF ANY, IN THE BOT LAW AND OTHER PERTINENT LEGISLATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE DEPARTMENT FO EDUCATION'S US$465.5 MILLION OR P26.48 BILLION CYBER EDUCATION PROJECT (CEP) FINANCED BY THE SAME CHINESE LOAN PACKAGE AS THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK (NBN) DEAL (WHICH AT PRESENT IS THE SUBJECT OF NATIONWIDE CONTROVERSY BECAUSE OF ALLEGED CORRUPTION AND ANOMALIES) DUE TO SERIOUS QUESTIONS OF GROSS OVERPRICING, MISALLOCATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE REAL NEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE FILIPINO YOUTH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREAS ALONG OR WITHIN THE VISAYAS SEA, CENTRAL PHILIPPINES, BICOL AND SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGIONS OF THE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATIONS BY FOREIGN CORPORATIONS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED COMPILATION OF A SECRET BLACKLIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND CRITICAL OF THE MACAPAGAL-ARROYO ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE BANNED BY THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE BRUTAL SLAYING OF ENVIRONMENTALIST COUNCILOR ARMIN MARIN OF SAN FERNANDO, ROMBLON, AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INQUIRE INTO THE ISSUANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AD NATURAL RESOURCES, UNDER FORMER SECRETARY ANGELO REYES, OF ALL LOGGING PERMITS IN THE ISLAND OF SIBUYAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CAUSING THE CANCELLATION OF THESE PERMITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, INVESTIGATE, AND LOOK INTO IN AID OF LEGISLATION THE RECENT EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED LAST OCTOBER 19, 2007 IN GLORIETTA 2, MAKATI CITY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF SECRETARY NORBERTO GONZALES AND GEN. HERMOGENES ESPERON

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE HEIGHTENED MILITARIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAGGAO AND CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED INEFFICIENT, IRREGULAR AND ONE-SIDED POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS) THAT POSE A GROWING BURDEN ON ITS MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO COMPOSE 40% OF ITS MEMBERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EXERCISE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POWERS OF LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 IN RELATION TO REPUBLIC ACT 6975 KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) LAW AND REPUBLIC ACT 8551 KNOWN AS THE PNP REFORM AND REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1998

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7076 OR THE PEOPLE'S SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991, PARTICULARLY THE USE OF LARGE-SCALE MINING PRACTICES BY SMALL-SCALE MINING COMPANIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON); NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO JOINTLY INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RIGGED BIDDING OF THE NATIONAL TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (TRANSCO) IN FAVOR OF A CHOICE BIDDER AS SHOWN BY THE APPARENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF THE HEAD OF POWER SECTOR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (PSALM) AND HIS ALLEGED RELATION WITH THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE PRE-QUALIFIED BIDDER AS WELL AS THE ALLEGED RELATION OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO'S BROTHER TO THE BIDDER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE A.F.P. AND THE INTER-AGENCY LEGAL ACTION GROUP (IALAG), HEADED BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, IN THE PATTERN OF SUMMARY KILLINGS AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OF ACTIVISTS AS CITED BY THE ADVANCED FINAL REPORT OF THE U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND TO MAKE THE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN RELATION TO THE OWN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SAID U.N. REPORT