RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED P10-BILLION PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND SCAM.

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO ABOLISH THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND AND ITS ALLIED CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVE ALLOCATION COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS PORK BARREL.

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REGULATION AND USE OF NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS IN QUESTIONABLE GOVERNMENT TRANSACTIONS IDENTIFIED RECENTLY BY THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) WITH THE INTENTIONS OF TIGHTENING THE PRESENT LAW GOVERNING NGOS, MEANINGFULLY HELPING TRUE TARGET BENEFICIARIES OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND HONORING THE PRINCIPLE OF INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE) TO APPOINT A SPECIAL INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR IN THE PERSON OF FORMER SENATOR PANFILO PING LACSON TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THE USE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) BY LEGISLATORS WITH THE INDISPENSABLE PARTICIPATION OF THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES AND THEIR BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEES, SOME NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SUPPLIERS AND STRONGLY ENJOINING ALL SENATORS TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THEIR PDAF FINANCIAL RECORDS IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND REFORM.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) SPECIAL AUDITS OFFICE (SAO) REPORT NO. 2012-03 ON THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) AND VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURES INCLUDING LOCAL PROJECTS (VILP) FOR CYS 2007 TO 2009, TO DETERMINE ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, REVIEW AND STRENGTHEN BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE PROPRIETY OF FUND RELEASES, THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF FUNDS AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS, THEREBY ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

RESOLUTION TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND TO APPROPRIATE THESE FUNDS TO STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, CLASSROOMS, COMPUTERS, TEACHER TRAINING, AND OTHER ACITIVITIES, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION

RESOLUTION URGING HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III, TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE MISUSE OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS PURSUANT TO POLICY OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE IN ITS ONGOING PROBE INTO THE PORK BARREL SCAM AN INQUIRY ON THE EXPENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DETENTION OF JANET LIM NAPOLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO IMMEDIATELY SUMMON AS RESOURCE PERSONS FOR THE ONGOING PROBE INTO THE PORK BARREL SCAM, RHODORA MENDOZA AND VICTOR ROMAN CACAL, FORMER OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL AGRI-BUSINESS CORPORATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE IN ITS ONGOING HEARING ON THE PORK BARREL SCAM THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT THAT PORK BARREL FUNDS COURSED THROUGH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS WENT TO NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS REPORTEDLY LINKED TO JANET LIM-NAPOLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED GHOST DELIVERIES OF RELIEF PURCHASED WITH THE P25-MILLION PORK BARREL ALLOTMENTS OF TWO PARTY-LIST LAWMAKERS MEANT FOR VICTIMS OF CALAMITY IN ISABELA PROVINCE IN 2013

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT P2.7B IN PORK WAS WASTED BY LOCAL EXECUTIVES IN 2013

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE RECENT COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINE FOREST CORP. RELEASE P115 MILLION IN PORK BARREL FUNDS TO THREE NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT LEGAL BASIS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PDAF (PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND) SHOULD BE HALVED IN 2014, THE REMAINING SUM TO BE HALVED AGAIN IN 2015, THUS PHASING OUT THE PORK BARREL IN 2016