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- HB00189 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRONTLINE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN DUMAGUETE CITY, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF - HB00654 [History] [Text As Filed
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AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 2010" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HB01129 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRONTLINE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN MAASIN CITY, SOUTHERN LEYTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF - HB01930 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRONTLINE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN DUMAGUETE CITY, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF - HB02124 [History] [Text As Filed , 426k]
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HB03435 [History] [Text As Filed , 2836k]
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996 - HB03924 [History] [Text As Filed , 732k]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING SOCIAL WELFARE ATTACHES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HB03965 [History] [Text As Filed , 289k]
AN ACT REQUIRING A VOTER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PASSPORT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996" - HB04035 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRONTLINE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN MARAWI CITY, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TEHREOF - HB04153 [History] [Text As Filed , 1218k]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANES IN THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS, PRESCRIBING THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF FOREIGN SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT EXERCISING THE RIGHT OF ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANES PASSAGE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANES AND PROVIDING FOR THE ASSOCIATED PROTECTIVE MEASURES THEREIN - HB04185 [History]
AN ACT TO DEFINE THE MARITIME ZONES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES - HB04313 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - PASSPORT SATELLITE OFFICE IN NOVALICHES, DISTRICT 2, QUEZON CITY AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR - HB04580 [History] [Text As Filed , 86k]
AN ACT CREATING A FULL CONSULATE GENERAL OFFICE IN NAGOYA, JAPAN AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR - HB05453 [History] [Text As Filed , 200k]
AN ACT AMENDING THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1991 BY PROVIDING A LEGAL AID DESK AND A LEGAL SERVICE HOTLINE IN ALL EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HB06126 [History] [Text As Filed , 757k]
AN ACT CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HB06430 [History] [Text As Filed , 402k]
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7157, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1991, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HB06457 [History] [Text As Filed , 58k]
AN ACT CREATING THE CENTER FOR WEST PHILIPPINE SEA STUDIES ATTACHED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HCR0015 [History]
CONCURRENT HOUSE RESOLUTION GIVING CONSENT TO HONORABLE EDGARDO J. ANGARA TO ACCEPT THE GRAND CORDON OF THE ORDER OF THE RISING SUN, CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN - HJR0033 [History]
JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 02 EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE STATUS OF VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA - HR00153
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO TWIN INCIDENT'S INVOLVING U.S. TROOPS WHO FIGURED IN A FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY IN ZAMBOANGA CITY LAST JULY 19, 2010 AND A BAND CONCERT BRAWL IN BASILAN LAST JULY 3, 2010, RESPECTIVELY, IN BLATANT VIOLATION OF PHILIPPINE LAWS AND THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT - HR00168 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO OPEN ADDITIONAL PHILIPPINE CONSULATES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF FILIPINOS AND FILIPINO-AMERICANS RESIDING AND/OR WORKING IN THE SAID COUNTRY - HR00308
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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTIES UTILIZED BY PHILIPPINE POSTS AND MAINTAINED BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - HR00309 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF OUR PHILIPPINE POSTS - HR00359 [History]
A RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE'S REJECTION ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1991 OF A 10-YEAR BASES TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND URGING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LEADERS TO RELIVE THE LESSONS OF THE HISTORIC SENATE VOTE BY REJECTING LOPSIDED FOREIGN MILITARY AGREEMENTS THAT ARE AN AFFRONT TO OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNITY - HR00361
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMPLIANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WITH THE VIEWS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DATED 23 MARCH 2010 IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF PHILIPPINE NAVY ENSIGN PHILLIP ANDREW PESTAÑO - HR00366 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AGAINST THE RACIST REMARKS UTTERED BY FLOYD MAYWEATHER AS AN AFFRONT AGAINST THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND THE INSTITUTION TO WHICH MANNY "PACMAN" PACQUIAO BELONGS - HR00382
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATIONING OF THE US NUCLEAR-POWERED USS GEORGE WASHINGTON NAVAL FLEET CARRIER IN MANILA BAY LAST SEPTEMBER 4 TO 7, 2010 WHICH EXPLICITLY VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON THE ENTRY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE COUNTRY, EXPOSED THE PEOPLE TO THE DANGER OF A NUCLEAR-RELATED DISASTER AND UNDERMINED PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY - HR00399
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY TO CLARIFY AND ESTABLISH WHETHER THE VISIT OF THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON NAVAL CARRIER FLEET AND SUCH SIMILAR FUTURE VISITS BY OTHER US WARSHIPS, IS COVERED BY THE RP-US VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT - HR00401
[History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE CONDESCENDING AND INSULTING LETTER FROM THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION THAT OUR PRESIDENT, BENIGNO C. AQUINO, RECEIVED IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE HOSTAGE CRISIS LAST AUGUST 23, 2010 - HR00405 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ENACTMENT OF LAWS FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION - HR00409 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III TO INITIATE THE ABROGATION OF THE RP-US VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT AND DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY ON HIS US VISIT ON SEPTEMBER 20 TO 26, 2010 - HR00469
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LEGALITY OF REQUIRING DOCUMENTS SUCH AS AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT FROM FILIPINOS WHO WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE CITY OF MACAU IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, EVEN IF SUCH DOCUMENT IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION - HR00513 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO LOBBY FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE SAVE ACT IN THE UNITED STATES - HR00525 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PERSUADE THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO LIFT THE BAN ON THE ENTRY OF BANANAS COMING FROM THE PHILIPPINES - HR00548 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) TO ESTABLISH A PHILIPPINE CONSULATE IN THE PROVINCE OF MALAYSIA NEAREST SABAH - HR00576 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT URGES THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, APOLOGIZE FOR AND ACCEPT ITS RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE SEXUAL SLAVERY OF YOUNG WOMEN COMMONLY KNOWN AS COMFORT WOMEN BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS - HR00605
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESENCE OF US TROOPS IN HACIENDA LUISITA, THEIR ROLE IN COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE FARM WORKERS' SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THEIR CONTINUING STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TOWARDS THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF JOINT US-RP MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE AREA AND THE ABROGATION OF THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT - HR00606 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE U.S. TRAVEL ADVISORY AS A PREMATURE DISCLOSURE OF OTHERWISE RAW INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION YET TO BE VALIDATED AND REVALIDATED BY MORE COMPETENT AUTHORITY - HR00636 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO, TO TRANSMIT TO THE PHILIPPINE SENATE FOR ITS CONCURRENCE THE 1998 ROME STATUTE CREATING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND FOR THE PHILIPPINE SENATE TO GIVE ITS CONCURRENCE TO THE SAID TREATY IN ORDER FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RATIFY THE ROME STATUTE - HR00647 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT THRU THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO SUPPORT THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS IN ASKING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) TO GIVE THE PHILIPPINES A GREATER ROLE IN THE IMF - HR00656 [History]
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF, AND CALLING ON ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES, AND GOVERNMENT OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO USE, "PH" OR "PHL" WHEN REFERRING TO THE PHILIPPINES - HR00667 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO NEGOTIATE THE RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES OF ONE OF THE BALANGIGA BELLS WHICH IS NOW IN SOUTH KOREA - HR00696 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DENOUNCING THE NORTH KOREA'S ARTILLERY ATTACK ON A CIVILIAN-POPULATED SOUTH KOREAN ISLAND ON NOVEMBER 23, 2010 - HR00794
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION IN THE SPRATLY ISLANDS AMIDST RECENT REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NEW STRUCTURES BUILT BY CHINA IN THE ISLANDS - HR00816
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE FILIPINO WITNESSES CALLED UPON BY THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT TO TESTIFY ON THE MANILA BUS HOSTAGE INCIDENT ARE NOT PROSECUTED IN HONG KONG AND TO GIVE THEM MAXIMUM LEGAL AID AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - HR00817 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO EXTEND ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO GUINOO TAMONDE, WHO IS CURRENTLY LOCKED UP IN AN IRANIAN PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING - HR00896 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY TO THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT AND APPLAUDING THEIR BRAVERY AND DETERMINATION TO FIGHT THE 30-YEAR AUTHORITARIAN RULE OF HOSNI MUBARAK AND ESTABLISH A GENUINE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT - HR00904 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS WITH THE US GOVERNMENT TO GIVE RECOGNITION AND ASSISTANCE TO AMERASIANS IN THE PHILIPPINES SO THAT THEY WILL NOT BECOME VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION - HR00920 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SOLIDARITY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE IMMEDIATE OUSTER OF THE US-BACKED AUTHORITARIAN REGIME OF HOSNI MUBARAK AND CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL FILIPINOS IN EGYPT - HR00935
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DIPLOMATIC PROTEST FILED BY TAIWAN - HR01048 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDEMN THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S BULLYING AND SNUBBING OF THE DIPLOMATIC PROTEST LODGED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ON THE RECENT INCIDENT IN THE DISPUTED SPRATLY GROUP OF ISLANDS AND EXPRESS SUPPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE THROUGH DIPLOMATIC AND PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS - HR01062
[History]
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION, BY THE APPROPRIATE HOUSE COMMITTEE, REGARDING THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW IMPLICATIONS OF THE RECENT CHINESE INTRUSIONS IN PHILIPPINE TERRITORY - HR01106 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR REHABILITATION EFFORTS FROM THE RAVAGES OF THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ON 11 MARCH 2011, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HR01119 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FOR AND EXTEND SIGNIFICANT ASSISTANCE TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATIONS FOLLOWING THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI WHICH THE COUNTRY SUFFERED - HR01142 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDEMNATION OVER THE ARMED AGGRESSION BEING LAUNCHED BY THE UNITED STATES (U.S.), THE UNITED KINGDOM (U.K.), FRANCE AND THEIR ALLIES AGAINST LIBYA, USING AS PRETEXT THE NO FLY ZONE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION TO OVERTHROW THE GADHAFI GOVERNMENT AND INSTALL A PUPPET REGIME, FURTHER URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DENOUNCE THE SAME AND JOIN THE CALL FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT ANCHORED ON RESPECTING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE LIBYAN PEOPLE - HR01232 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO MANIFEST SUPPORT AND MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE INCLUSION OF THE PHILIPPINES AS ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES UNDER THE GUAM-COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (CNMI) VISA WAIVER PROGRAM - HR01235
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE UNWARRANTED DELAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN PROCESSING, RENEWING AND RELEASING OF PASSPORTS TO FILIPINO APPLICANTS - HR01277
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION TO TAKE STEPS TO SPEED UP THE PROCESSING OF VISAS, SET UP A SPECIAL EXPRESS LANE OR ESTABLISH A NEW KIND OF VISA FOR EXPATS FROM JAPAN IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK AND INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINES - HR01306 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND TO IMMEDIATELY ADOPT A MORE OPEN, INCLUSIVE AND MERIT BASED SYSTEM OF SELECTING ITS MANAGING-DIRECTOR IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL WHEREIN THE FUND'S MANAGING-DIRECTOR, MR. DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN, WAS ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHAMBERMAID IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL ROOM - HR01350
[History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROCESS OF RENAMING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TO WESTERN PHILIPPINE SEA OR "KANLURANG DAGAT NG PILIPINAS" - HR01401 [History]
RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE THAT IT SUPPORTS AND IS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STATEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT WITH RESPECT TO CHINA'S INTRUSIONS IN PHILIPPINE WATERS SINCE FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, THE FOLLOWING LONG ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE IS BEING AGGRESSIVELY VIOLATED: "THE RULE OF LAW IS THE BEDROCK OF PEACE, ORDER AND FAIRNESS IN MODERN SOCIETIES. THE RISE OF A RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN THE GREAT EQUALISER IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS. RESPECT AND ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW HAVE PRESERVED PEACE AND RESOLVED CONFLICTS. INTERNATIONAL LAW HAS GIVEN EQUAL VOICE TO NATIONS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC OR MILITARY STATURE, BANISHING THE UNLAWFUL USE OF SHEER FORCE..WE EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS..." - HR01420
[History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INCURSIONS OF CHINA AND THE HEIGHTENING OF TENSIONS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FINDING PEACEFUL AND DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS TO THE TERRITORIAL DISPUTES SANS UNITED STATES MEDDLING AND WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 2002 DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA SIGNED BY ASEAN MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - HR01482
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNFAIR AND INAPPROPRIATE TREATMENT THAT TWO FILIPINA TOURISTS EXPERIENCED AT THE HANDS OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS IN THE BALI AIRPORT IN INDONESIA - HR01678 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THE PHILIPPINES ACCEDE TO THE MADRID PROTOCOL AND BECOME A SIGNATORY TO THE AGREEMENT - HR01737 [History]
A RESOLUTION FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO UNEQUIVOCALLY ENDORSE THE NOMINATION OF SEN. MIRIAM SANTIAGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT THEREBY IMPLYING FULL AND AFFIRMATIVE RATIFICATION OF CONGRESS OF THE ROME STATUTE WHICH ESTABLISHED SUBJECT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - HR01752 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN LED BY ITS PRESIDENT SLAVA KIIR MAYARDIT AS THE NEWEST INDEPENDENT NATION IN THE WORLD - HR01924
[History]
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REVIEW OF THE TRIPOLI AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER BILATERAL PEACE AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO THE MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS - HR01930 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO ENJOIN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO ENDORSE TO THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) THE CHARTER FOR UNIVERSAL HUMAN RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WILL BE FORGED BY MEMBER STATES IN THE FORTHCOMING RIO+20 EARTH SUMMIT TO BE HELD AT RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL ON JUNE 2012 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - HR02001 [History]
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE INITIATIVE OF THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE AND THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE IN ESTABLISHING A MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT - HR02003 [History]
RESOLUTION REITERATING ADHERENCE TO THE ONE-CHINA POLICY AND CALLING FOR THE CIRCULATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 313 AND MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 148 TO ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT - HR02086
[History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS AND DETAILS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENTS THAT WILL LEAD TO A MORE EXPANSIVE AND HEIGHTENED U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY UNDER THE GUISE OF JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES AND VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT (VFA) - HR02100 [History]
RESOLUTION STRONGLY OPPOSING RENEWED EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO HEIGHTEN INTERVENTION IN PHILIPPINE DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND FURTHER EXACERBATE THE CURRENT TENSION WITH VARIOUS ASIAN COUNTRIES IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA UNDER THE GUISE OF INCREASED MILITARY TRAINING AND COOPERATION FOR "SEARCH AND RESCUE","FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION", "COUNTER-TERRORISM" AND "ANTI-PIRACY" UNDER THE LOPSIDED RP-US VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT AND CALLING FOR THE ABROGATION OF THE SAID AGREEMENT - HR02127 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ISSUE AN APOLOGY FOR THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY ITS MILITARY FORCES AGAINST THE FILIPINO PEOPLE DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR OF 1899-1901 AND THE IMPOSITION OF U.S. COLONIAL RULE - HR02148 [History]
A RESOLUTION CALLING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN URGING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO FILE A DIPLOMATIC PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA IN RELATION TO THE RIOT TRANSPIRED DURING THE BOXING MATCH WHERE OUR COMPATRIOTS WERE HUMILIATED - HR02166 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONDEMNING THE MURDER OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN EL SALVADOR AND URGING EL SALVADOR TO INVESTIGATE THE SAID KILLINGS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CANADIAN FIRM PACIFIC RIM MINING CORPORATION - HR02221 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE US GOVERNMENT REGARDING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAT US HOUSE BILL 3696 OR THE US CALL CENTER AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT WOULD BRING TO THE PHILIPPINES - HR02322 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT TO THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES IN ITS CLAIM THAT BAJO DE MASINLOC OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SCARBOROUGH SHOAL IS PART OF THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES - HR02330 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ASSAILING CHINA FOR ITS LATEST INCURSIONS INTO PHILIPPINE TERRITORY IN RELATION TO THE POACHING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IN PANATAG (SCARBOROUGH) SHOAL BY CHINESE FISHING VESSELS AND INVESTIGATING THE FAILURE OF PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES TO ASSERT NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND ENFORCE THE LAW ON ILLEGAL FISHING - HR02361 [History]
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDEMN THE ACT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT TO FILIPINA WORKERS REPORTEDLY DONE BY AMBASSADOR MOOSA ABDULWAHID ALKHAJAH OF THE EMBASSY OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO DECLARE THE SAME PERSONA NON GRATA - HR02362 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH ALL-OUT DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS IN ASSERTING PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY TO END CHINA'S INTRUSION IN THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES (EEZs), DEPLORE THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION FOR INVITING U.S. MEDDLING IN THE REGIONAL DISPUTE AND CONDUCTING WAR EXERCISES AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SCARBOROUGH TENSION, AND DEMAND FOR THE EXPULSION OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES WHO ARE USING THE PHILIPPINES TO ADVANCE ITS IMPERIALIST INTERESTS IN ASIA AND IN CHINA - HR02369 [History]
A RESOLUTION SEEKING THE INTERVENTION OF THE HONORABLE MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO TO EXHAUST EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS IN HER CAPACITY AS INTERNATIONAL COURT CRIMINAL JUDGE TO URGE THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO BRING TO BEAR PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA (ITLOS) AND ONCE AND FOR ALL PROCLAIM THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL AS FALLING UNDER THE MARITIME SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PHILIPPINES - HR02381 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE AQUINO III ADMINISTRATION TO START BILATERAL TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE SCARBOROUGH SHAOL ISSUE, WITHDRAWING IMMEDIATELY FROM FORMAL MEETINGS WITH OTHER STATES AND/OR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OVER THE SAME ISSUE - HR02465 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO SEEK INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE PHILIPPINES' POSITION ON SCARBOROUGH SHOAL OR BAJO DE MASINLOC AND THE WATERS WITHIN ITS VICINITY - HR02469 [History]
RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES OF THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY AT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF AMBASSADOR MARIA CLEOFE R. NATIVIDAD - HR02782 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT IT STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE ISSUANCE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 29 NAMING THE MARITIME AREAS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO AS THE 'WEST PHILIPPINE SEA' - HR02785 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXTENDING ITS HAND OF SUPPORT TO CAMBODIA IN ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PARLIAMENTARY AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY IN LIGHT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR - HR02822 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG SUPPORT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN CAMBODIA - HR02868 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF ELATION OF CONGRESS ON THE REELECTION WIN OF PRESIDENT BARACH OBAMA WITH THE HOPE THAT THE NEW FOUR YEAR MANDATE WILL USHER WELL FOR WORLD PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN GENERAL AND IN SMOOTH RP-US RELATIONS IN PARTICULAR - HR02874 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BECAUSE OF THE RECENT TROPICAL STORM 'SANDY' THAT HIT THE EAST COAST OF THE COUNTRY - HR02875 [History]
A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR WINNING IN THE 2012 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND COMMENDING ALL WINNERS IN THE 2012 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ELECTIONS WHO HAVE FILIPINO ANCESTRY - HR02928 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT IT STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO PROTEST THE NEW E-PASSPORT BEING ISSUED BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BY NOT STAMPING THE PHILIPPINE VISA THEREON - HR02934 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONDEMNING THE INDISCRIMINATE AND EXCESSIVE MILITARY AIRSTRIKES BY ISRAEL AGAINST CIVILIANS IN GAZA, WHICH VICTIMIZED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FURTHER URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO TO CONDEMN THE SAME - HR02935 [History]
A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO EXPRESS ITS CONDEMNATION IN THE STRONGEST TERMS ON THE RECENT MOVES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO INCLUDE IN ITS NEW ELECTRONIC PASSPORT A MAP WHICH DEPICTS THE DISPUTED AREAS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AS BELONGING TO CHINA AND ITS PLAN TO INTERDICT VESSELS THAT PASS THROUGH THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA WHICH SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR AS THESE ARE ILLEGAL, IMPEDE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION AND POSE A THREAT OF FURTHER ESCALATING THE TENSION IN THE SAID DISPUTED AREA - HR02955 [History]
A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ISRAEL'S INHUMANE ATTACKS AGAINST PALESTINE AND THE PEOPLE OF GAZA - HR02962 [History]
A RESOLUTION DEMANDING A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM MR. JUSTIN BIEBER FOR THE DISTASTEFUL COMMENTS HE MADE AFTER THE PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ FIGHT, LEST HE BE DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA - HR03000 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONDEMNING THE UNITED STATES NAVY FOR WANTONLY AND ABUSIVELY ENCROACHING ON PHILIPPINE INTERNAL WATERS RESULTING IN USS GUARDIAN'S RUNNING AGROUND ON THE TUBBATAHA REEF, A WORLD HERITAGE SITE, FURTHER CONDEMNING THE IRRESPONSIBLE ACTS OF THE SHIP'S OFFICERS AFTER THE INCIDENT AND REITERATING IN THE STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE THE FILIPINO WOMEN'S CALL FOR THE REVOCATION/TERMINATION OF THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES - HR03012 [History]
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE REFUSAL OF THE U.S. WARSHIP USS GUARDIAN TO RECOGNIZE PHILIPPINE AUTHORITY, TO COMMUNICATE, AND TO HEED WARNING FROM THE PARK RANGERS WHEN THEY ENTERED THE TUBBATAHA REEFS NATIONAL PARK, WHICH RESULTED TO THE GROUNDING OF THE VESSEL AT THE REEF AND POSSIBLY CAUSING IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO A NATIONAL TREASURE, CALLING TO STOP ALL PORT CALLS, WARSHIP DOCKING, AND OTHER MILITARY EXERCISES BY THE U.S. FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES - PS00115 [History]
DEPORTATION OF FILIPINO ACTIVIST IN SOUTH KOREA - PS00189 [History]
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEPORTATION OF THE 14 TAIWANESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA NECESSITATING A REVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINES ONE CHINE POLICY (CALLED FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINES "ONE CHINA POLICY") - PS00263 [History]
FOREIGN POLICY ON THE SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE - PS00270 [History]
ON THE SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE - PS00371 [History]
ENSURE SOVEREIGNTY - INVESTIGATE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS US-RP RELATIONS - PS00415 [History]
- PS00418 [History]
- PS00501 [History]
SITUATION IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA