Proposed Senate Resolution No. 732, 16th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION INVESTIGATING IN AID OF LEGISLATION THE SLOW RESPONSE OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES TO IMMEDIATELY ACT, TO INVESTIGATE AND FILE APPROPRIATE CASES AGAINST RECRUITMENT AGENCIES THAT VICTIMIZE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) BY CHARGING ILLEGAL AND EXORBITANT PLACEMENT AND OTHER FEES AND BY CAPTURING THEIR AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) CARDS AS MEANS TO EXACT PAYMENT THEREOF

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 928, 16th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING REPORTED RECRUITMENT OF FILIPINOS IN THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA (ISIS), WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF PREVENTING THE SAME, AS WELL AS THWARTING ANY ACTIVITY OR PLAN OF SAID GROUP FROM PROSPERING IN THE COUNTRY, THEREBY AFFIRMING THE PHILIPPINES' ZERO TOLERANCE REGARDING ANY ACT OF TERRORISM, EXTREMISM AND VIOLENCE