Legislation

A Resolution Directing The House Of Representatives To Conduct An Inquiry Into the Proposal of The GSIS Board Of Trustees To Invest $1 Billion Pension Fund of The International Market Through The Pension Fund's Global Investment Program Even In The Light Of Small Dividends, Pension, And Retirement Pay Being Received by Government Employees And Former Government Employees, And To Recommend Measures That Such Surfeit Fund Will Be Firstly Utilized To Address The Apparent Nominal Benefits That GSIS Members Are Receiving And To Ensure Ways To Attain Improved GSIS Services And Promote The Welfare An  read more »

Resolution Directing The Committee On Housing And Urban Development To Conduct An Inquiry On The Plight Of The Lepers, Their Families And Other Residents Of Tala Estate In The Light Of Impending Implementation Of The Tala Development Project And If Warranted, Call For A Moratorium On The Implementation Of The Project Pending The Completion Of The Inquiry And Enactment Of Appropriate Measure

Resolution Directing The Committee On Agrarian Reform To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Impending Cancellation Of Emancipation Patents (EPs) Of The Residents Of Barangay Mascap In Rodriguez, Rizal, Review All Laws, Decrees And Orders Pertaining To The Same And If Warranted, Stop The Impending Cancellation And Maintain The Farmers' Peaceful Possession Of The Land

Resolution directing the Committee on Oversight to conduct an inquiry to review the implementation of R.A. 8371 or Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997, in the light of numerous violations of indigenous people's rights as enshrined in the IPRA and recommend measures that will ensure the genuine promotion and protection of indigenous peoples rights including their right to ancestral domain

A resolution urging the House Committee on Human Rights to conduct an immediate inquiry into the increasing practice of the Armed Forces of the Philippines of tagging or branding children in conflict areas as children combatants as in the case of Grecile Buya, a nine-year-old girl allegedly killed and tagged as child combatant by elements of the 28th and 67th batallion in New Bataan, Compostela Valley and recommending measures to ensure the protection and promotion of children in areas of conflict

A resolution urging the House Committee on Human Rights to conduct an immediate congressional investigation on the case of eight (8) children allegedly tortured psychologically in Sulu perpetrated by elements of Task Force Comet, 104th army brigade and joint special operation force in Indanan, Sulu and recommend measures thereof

An Act Prohibiting All Retired And Active Military And Police Personnel, Including Officers, From Being Appointed In A Concurrent Or Any Other Capacity To The Positions Of Secretary, Undersecretary, Head Or Member Of Governing Bodies Of Government-Owned Or Controlled Corporations And Agencies And Other Equivalent Positions

Resolution urging President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately address the plight of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are in the death row and languishing in jails all over the world by allocating adequate funds for their legal assistance and services, urgently asking host countries to put into halt the execution of their death sentences, and working towards their vindication or the commutation of their sentences to a lesser degree.

A resolution to conduct an immediate congressional inquiry through the Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs into the alleged involvement of some government officials who apparently influenced the lifting of the preventive suspension order by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) in favor of Sentosa Recruitment Agency charged by 27 Filipino nurses and physical therapist (SENTOSA 27) of violation of contract and illegal recruitment in New York and recommend measures thereof

An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8972, Otherwise Known As The Solo Parents' Welfare Act Of 2000, By Providing For Additional Benefits And Penal Provision For Violations Of The Act