RESOLUTION INFORMING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE SENATE AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD SHOW COURTESY TO A CO-EQUAL INSTITUTION AND URGE THE PRESIDENT TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING STATEMENTS INTENDED TO DIMINISH THE RESPECT DUE TO THE SENATE OR ANY OF ITS MEMBERS

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPRIETY OF GRANTING SPECIAL OR EMERGENCY POWERS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO IMMEDIATELY SOLVE THE WORSENING TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN METRO MANILA AND SURROUNDING PROVINCES

RESOLUTION URGING HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE TO INCLUDE BOTTOM-UP BUDGETING (BUB) ALLOTMENTS IN THE PROPOSED 2017, AND SUBSEQUENT, GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACTS (GAA) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE, THUS LAYING A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR FEDERALISM

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CONVENE THE JOINT JUDICIARY, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY AND CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL (JJELACC) TO STRENGTHEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AS A MEANS TO END CRIMINALITY AND DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE TO AUTHORIZE THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL SOCIAL FUND TO AUGMENT THE RESOURCES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF DRUGS-USERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES SUBJECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CURRENCIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT (AMLA) BY NO LESS THAN PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE AND MAYOR SARA DUTERTE-CARPIO BASED ON THE BANK DOCUMENTS SHOWING UNDISCLOSED ‘COVERED TRANSACTIONS’ AS DEFINED BY THE AMLA, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO PROMOTE EFFICIENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMLA AND FURTHER IMPROVING THE SAID LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMPLIANCE OF THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL AND THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN WITH THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT AND THE OMBUDSMAN ACT, SPECIFICALLY ON THE MATTER OF INVESTIGATING THE PLUNDER COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE OMBUDSMAN AGAINST PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, AND SIMILAR CASES OF MONEY-LAUNDERING HIDDEN OR ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH COMMITTED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE TO CONVENE THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE DECISIVE COURSES OF ACTION TO ADDRESS CHINA’S MILITARIZATION OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION INFORMING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE SENATE AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE’S ORDER TO THE MILITARY TO TEMPORARILY TAKE OVER THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO RECONSIDER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECOND TRANCHE OF THE EXCISE TAX ON FUEL IN 2019 OR AT THE LEAST SUSPEND SUCH IMPLEMENTATION WITH DISPATCH AT ANYTIME IN THE SAME YEAR ONCE THE DESIGNATED THRESHOLDS ARE AGAIN ABOUT TO CAUSE HIGH INFLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPRIETY OF GRANTING POWERS NECESSARY AND PROPER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO IMMEDIATELY SOLVE THE WORSENING TRAFFIC AND FLOODING PROBLEMS IN METRO MANILA AND NEARBY PROVINCES

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DECLARE THE YEAR 2013 AS THE YEAR OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COURAGE, DETERMINATION AND SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO ALLOCATE A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE MALAMPAYA NATURAL GAS PROJECT FOR THE YEAR 2014, AS WELL AS THE SO CALLED COCONUT LEVY FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING AND/OR REBUILDING POWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND REHABILITATING THE COCONUT INDUSTRY RESPECTIVELY, IN AREAS RAVAGED BY SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA; AND FURTHER URGING THE PRESIDENT TO ORDER THE ADVANCED RELEASE OF INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHARES IN NATIONAL WEALTH TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN SAID AFFECTED AREAS; ALL IN ORDER TO CUSHION THE IMPACT OF THE SEVERE DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE SAID SUPER TYPHOON

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANAGEMENT, CUSTODY, AND ACCESS TO PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO LOWER THE RATE OF VALUE ADDED TAX TO TEN PERCENT (10%), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 106 (A), 107 (A), AND 108 (A) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT (R.A.) NO. 9337

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCY POWERS TO ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION CRISIS IN URBAN AREAS

AN ACT GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SPECIAL POWERS, PRESCRIBING URGENT AND RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES OR THE SURVIVING SPOUSES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5059, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2087, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT SETTING THE LIMITS ON THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO REAPPOINT BYPASSED NOMINEES

AN ACT GRANTING THE PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY POWERS TO MANAGE, MITIGATE AND SOLVE THE TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION CRISIS ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES, TO EXPEDITIOUSLY AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT MEASURES THAT SHALL PROVIDE REAL LASTING SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS THE EARLIEST RESPITE FROM TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE EMERGENCY POWERS, TO ADDRESS THE AIR TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY AND PRESCRIBING THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL POLICY

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES OR THEIR SURVIVING SPOUSES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5059, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2087, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF SELECTING AN ACTING PRESIDENT, AS REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7 OF THE CONSTITUTION

AN ACT REFORMING ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN BY INSTITUTING TWO ROUNDS OF ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, REQUIRING COMELEC-SPONSORED CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENT AND TOWN-HALL STYLE DEBATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT, FOR A LIMITED PERIOD AND SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS, TO EXERCISE EMERGENCY POWERS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION CRISIS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE ORDER OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF SELECTING AN ACTING PRESIDENT, AS REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7 OF THE CONSTITUTION

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES OR THEIR SURVIVING SPOUSES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5059, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2087, AND FOR THE PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERMITS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

AN ACT GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER TO SUSPEND THE SCHEDULED INCREASES IN PHILHEALTH PREMIUM CONTRIBUTION RATES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT

AN ACT GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER TO SUSPEND THE SCHEDULED INCREASES IN PHILHEALTH PREMIUM CONTRIBUTION RATES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ASSUME LIABILITIES WHICH MAY ARISE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF APPROVED VACCINES, ESTABLISHING A VACCINE INDEMNIFICATION FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER TO LOWER THE RATE OR SUSPEND THE IMPOSITION OF VALUE-ADDED TAX ON PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY OR STATE OF CALAMITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 106 AND 107 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

RESOLUTION INFORMING HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, THAT THE SENATE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED WITH THE ELECTION OF ITS OFFICERS AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PROFOUND GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION OF THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE FOR HIS STELLAR AND INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE NATION AS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. TO RESUME BILATERAL TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR PURPOSES OF COOPERATION ON OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION INFORMING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, THAT THE SENATE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED WITH THE ELECTION OF ITS OFFICERS AND THAT THIS BODY HAS ENTERED UPON THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS FOR THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, BOTH IN THE EXERCISE OF SENATE’S BROAD OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS AND IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SUPPOSED FISHING AGREEMENT ALLEGEDLY ENTERED INTO WITH CHINA BY PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING ITS LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT, IF ANY, IN RELATION TO ART. VII, SEC. 21 AND ART. XII, SEC 2 OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS THE LEGAL ACTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE SENATE AS A BODY INSOFAR AS ITS TREATY-CONCURRING POWER IS CONCERNED