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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ALLEGED CORRUPT PRACTICES AND IRREGULARITIES BY SEVERAL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD IN REGION XI

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT FOR A JOINT MARINE SEISMIC UNDERTAKING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, INCLUDING THE DISPUTED SPRATLY ISLANDS, WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ALLEGEDLY IN EXCHANGE FOR US $8 BILLION IN OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATIONS THAT WILL FURTHER PROTECT OUR INTEREST IN THE SAID ISLANDS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FOOD TERMINAL INCORPORATED (FTI)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE MINING EXPLORATION ACTIVITY IN THE DECLARED PROTECTED SEASCAPE AND LANDSCAPE IN PUJADA BAY, COVERING THE VILLAGE OF MACAMBOL IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF MATI, AND MT. HAMIGUITAN IN DAVAO ORIENTAL, THAT THREATENS THE LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD OF THE MANDAYA TRIBE RESIDING IN THE AREA AND TO REVIEW THE UNCHECKED ISSUANCE OF THE MINERAL PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENT (MPSA) EVEN WITH QUESTIONABLE FREE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT (FPIC) FROM THE AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED PILFERAGE OF RICE BY NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND TOURISM TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PENDING MASSACRE OF ESTIMATED THIRTEEN THOUSAND TREES IN CAMP JOHN HAY, BAGUIO CITY TO GIVE WAY TO THE EXPANSION OF THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE THEREIN WITH A PURPOSE OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION PARTICULARLY THE DECLARATION OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF BAGUIO AS AN ECO-TOURISM ZONE AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ITS STRICT PROTECTION AND BUFFER ZONES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPENDING CUTTING OFF OF ESTIMATED EIGHT HUNDRED TO THIRTEEN THOUSAND TREES IN CAMP JOHN HAY, BAGUIO CITY TO GIVE WAY TO THE EXPANSION OF THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE THEREIN WITH A PURPOSE OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION PARTICULARLY THE DECLARATION OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF BAGUIO AS AN ECO-TOURISM ZONE AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ITS STRICT PROTECTION AND BUFFER ZONES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED DISPARITY IN TRADED GOODS, AS REPORTED BY THE PHILIPPINE TRADE STATISTICS AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, AS WELL AS REPORTS ON RAMPANT AND UNABATED SMUGGLING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, DRUGS, STEEL PRODUCTS, CERAMIC TILES AND OTHER COMMODITIES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION AND STRENGTHEN THE FISCAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT BY ADDRESSING THESE REPORTED PROBLEMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED USE OF THE DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS AN EXIT POINT IN THE TRAFFICKING OF FILIPINA WOMEN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE FUNDAMENTAL RATIONALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT-APPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF A 300- MEGAWATT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN REDONDO PENINSULA, SUBIC BAY FREEPORT WHICH IS OPPOSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL, BUSINESS, TOURISM AND SOCIO-CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DISPLACEMENT AND HARASSMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN NUEVA VIZCAYA BECAUSE OF THE LAND-CLEARING AND EXPLORATION OPERATIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MINING FIRM OCEANAGOLD PHILIPPINES, INC.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ILLEGAL CARRIAGE OF THE TOXIC PESTICIDE ENDOSULFAN AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ON THE SUNKEN PASSENGER VESSEL MV PRINCESS OF THE STARS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STRICT REGULATION AND MONITORING OF COSMETIC SURGICAL CLINICS AND OTHER DERMATOLOGICAL FACILITIES LIKE SKIN AND BEAUTY CLINICS DUE TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES RESULTING THEREFROM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED INCREASE IN THEFT CASES INVOLVING AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES (ATMS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF 200,000 BAGS OF NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) RICE ROTTING IN AN ILOILO WAREHOUSE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED PROLIFERATION OF ACCIDENTS, SOMETIMES RESULTING TO DEATH, AT THE HANJIN SHIPYARD IN SUBIC

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE 24 JULY 2008 SHOOTING OF MARNEL BARACAEL OF THE FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY TAMARAWS IN RELATION TO ALLEGATIONS OF GAME-FIXING IN THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RAMPANT ILLEGAL LOGGING IN THE SIERRA MADRE NATURAL PARK

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SPATE OF KILLINGS OF FARMERS ALLEGEDLY RELATED TO AGRARIAN REFORM IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION OF DEPORTED FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS FROM SABAH, MALAYSIA AND THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE PHILIPPINE COUNTERPART IN THE PHILIPPINE-MALAYSIAN WORKING GROUP ON MIGRANT WORKERS TASKED TO ASSIST THE UNDOCUMENTED AND DOCUMENTED FILIPINO MIGRANTS IN SABAH, MALAYSIA WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO MASSIVE CRACKDOWN BY THE HOST GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE'S (NSO) CLAIM THAT 10.6 MILLION FILIPINOS IN MINDANAO HAVE NO BIRTH RECORDS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE HIGHLY IRREGULAR DOUBLE ENTRY IN THE BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE C-5 ROAD EXTENSION, RENAMED PRES. CARLOS P. GARCIA AVENUE EXTENSION, FROM THE SOUTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY TO SUCAT ROAD IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2008, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING FUTURE OCCURRENCES AND RECOMMENDING SANCTIONS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO SECRETARY PETER FAVILA TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE ZTE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LIMITED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES WHICH INCLUDE AMONG OTHERS THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF MINING AREAS IN DIWALWAL WHICH CONSTITUTE A CLEAR VIOLATION OF SECTION 2, ART. XII OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995' WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING SUCH UNWARRANTED ACTS FROM BEING REPEATED IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED EXPLOITATIVE PRACTICE OF SOME HOSPITALS THAT EMPLOY REGISTERED NURSES AND NURSING GRADUATES AS 'ON-THE-JOB TRAINEES' (OJTS) INSTEAD OF HIRING THEM AS REGULAR EMPLOYEES AND WITHOUT GIVING PROPER COMPENSATION, AND THE ALLEGATION THAT THESE HOSPITALS CHARGE THE NURSES ADDITIONAL FEES FOR TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ONEROUS UNIFIED CONTRACT SCHEME BEING UNILATERALLY IMPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY THE SAUDI NATIONAL RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE (SANARCOM) ON THE PHILIPPINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW FO ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT FILIPINO CONTRACT WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RATIONALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE GRANTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES ALLOWING THE BUILDING OF A 164-MEGAWATT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN HISTORIC ILOILO CITY NOTWITHSTANDING OPPOSITION FROM CHURCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE THE APPARENT DETERIORATION OF LAGUNA LAKE AND REVIEW THE POLICIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS THAT REPORTEDLY OVERLAP AND/OR IN CONFLICT WITH THE MANDATE OF THE LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE GROWING PRESENCE OF FOREIGN SEX WORKERS IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF IDENTIFYING THE 'ESCORT SERVICE' SYNDICATES THAT FACILITATE THEIR ENTRY AND PUTTING A STOP TO THEIR OPERATION