RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO NUMEROUS MARITIME ACCIDENTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING MARITIME SAFETY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF CREW AND PASSENGERS ON-BOARD SEA VESSELS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN THE COUNTRY PARTICULARLY THE RECENT SEA ACCIDENT IN PUERTO GALERA, MINDORO, AND THE DROWNING INCIDENT IN NASUGBU, BATANGAS WITH THE VIEW OF FORMULATING POLICIES AND ADOPTING BEST PRACTICES FOR A SAFER AND MORE ORGANIZED TRAVEL IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SINKING OF ABOITIZ TRANSPORT SYSTEM'S SUPERFERRY 9 AND OTHER MARITIME ACCIDENTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MARITIME SAFETY REGULATIONS AND REVIEWING CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAPABILITY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SUCH INCIDENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SINKING OF THE SUPER FERRY 9 AS ITS RELATED TO MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY

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 PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT SEA DISASTER THAT HAPPENED NEAR ROMBLON PROVINCE TO PREVENT OTHER SUCH DISASTERS FROM HAPPENING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SINKING OF MV PRINCESS OF THE STARS, WHICH RESULTED TO LOSS OF LIVES AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO PROPERTIES WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MARITIME POLICIES TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC SAFETY MORE EFFECTIVELY

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CAPSIZING OF SULPICIO LINES' M/V PRINCESS OF THE STARS, INCLUDING RELATED CONCERNS SUCH AS THE DISCOVERY OF THE PRESENCE OF 10 METRIC TONS OF THE PESTICIDE ENDOSULFAN INSIDE THE SHIP'S HULL AND THE INSUFFICIENT INSURANCE COVERAGE OF THE SHIP, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING MARITIME SAFETY REGULATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GLOBAL MARINE DISTRESS SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) PROJECT THAT THE GOVERNMENT ENTERED INTO IN 1998 WITH THOMSON CSF NCS OF FRANCE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED AND ACTIVATED AT PRESENT, AND WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED SEA MISHAPS SUCH AS THE M/V PRINCESS OF THE STARS DISASTER