RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO JUNIOR CHESS PLAYER STEPHEN ROME PANGILINAN FOR WINNING THE SUSAN POLGAR WORLD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS IN THE BOYS UNDER EIGHT DIVISION OF THE LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL HELD ON 4-7 JUNE 2009 AT THE SOUTH POINT HOTEL, CASINO AND SPA IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SM RETAIL GROUP FOR WINNING THE BEST OF THE BEST AWARD DURING THE 2009 RETAIL ASIA-PACIFIC TOP 500 AWARDS HELD AT THE COEX INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL IN SEOUL, KOREA ON 15 OCTOBER 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING POWERADE-TEAM PILIPINAS FOR WINNING THE 8TH SOUTHEAST ASIAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (SEABA) MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE ANGKASAPURA LANUD BASKETBALL HALL IN MEDAN, INDONESIA ON 6-9 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING MANNY PACQUIAO FOR WINNING OVER MIGUEL COTTO DURING A BOXING MATCH CALLED 'FIREPOWER' HELD ON 15 NOVEMBER 2009 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO TENNIS PLAYER FRANCIS CASEY ‘NIÑO’ ALCANTARA FOR WINNING THE JUNIOR DOUBLES TITLE OF THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT OF OFFENBACH/MAIN 2009 IN OFFENBACH/MAIN, GERMANY HELD ON 9-14 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING DR. MARIA JUNEMIE HAZEL LEONIDA LEBATA-RAMOS FOR BEING AWARDED THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2009 FOR YOUNG AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TOKYO, JAPAN ON 4 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR HER RESEARCH WORK ENTITLED STOCK ENHANCEMENT OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT AND THREATENED MARINE INVERTEBRATES IN TROPICAL AREAS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING VETERINARIAN TEODULO M. TOPACIO JR. ON HIS CONFERMENT AS NATIONAL SCIENTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE CONTINGENT FOR WINNING 18 MEDALS, INCLUDING ONE GOLD AND EIGHT SILVERS, AT THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE OLYMPIAD FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (IMSO) HELD IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA FROM 8 - 14 NOVEMBER 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING SIMON ANTHONY LORENZO, HANNAH CARIZE SANGALANG, ROWELL CASTRO, JEREEL ARON SAHAGUN, CARISSA MAY ENRIQUEZ AND KEVIN BRYAN JOSE FOR WINNING THE MAJOR AWARDS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES IN THE 2009 INTER-NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE WORLD ENERGY, ENGINEERING, AND ENVIRONMENT PROJECT (I-SWEEEP) OLYMPIAD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, LAST APRIL 15-20, 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO ACTIVIST ILLAC ANGELO DIAZ FOR BEING THE ONLY FILIPINO TO MAKE IT IN CNNGO'S 'THE HOT LIST: 135 PEOPLE TO WATCH', RANKING NUMBER 10, FOR HIS RELENTLESS CAMPAIGN ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HIS PROJECT DESIGNER VILLAGE CHALLENGE

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING PHILIPPINE TAEKWONDO TEAM FOR WINNING THE OVERALL TITLE IN THE 2009 SOUTHEAST ASIAN TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HO CHI MINH CITY IN VIETNAM LAST JUNE 5-8, 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO LONG JUMPER MARESTELLA TORRES FOR WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE WOMEN'S LONG JUMP AT THE 2009 ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE GUANGDONG OLYMPIC CENTER IN GUANGZHOU, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON 10 NOVEMBER 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING KAMMERCHOR MANILA FOR WINNING THE GOLD DIPLOMA IN THE MIXED CHOIR AND THE SILVER DIPLOMA IN THE SACRED CATEGORIES AT THE 2ND ANTON BRUCKNER INTERNATIONAL CHOIR COMPETITION IN LINZ, AUSTRIA HELD LAST JUNE 10-14, 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA FOR WINNING AND BEING NAMED '2009 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR' FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN BRINGING EDUCATION TO POOR STREET CHILDREN AND OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING CHERRY ANN MEJIA, PAULO BERSAMINA, SHEIDER NEBATO, LENNON HART SALGADO, JULIUS GONZALES, JEDARA DOCENA, AKIKO CHAIRMAINE SUEDE, MIKEE CHAIRMAINE SUEDE AND MIRA MIRANO FOR WINNING THE MAJOR AWARDS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES IN THE 10TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HUE, VIETNAM, LAST JUNE 6-15, 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA FOR BEING CHOSEN AS THE 2009 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR

RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING OLIVER BARBOSA FOR WINNING AS THE OVER-ALL CHAMPION IN THE 6TH ANNUAL GEORGE WASHINGTON OPEN INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST JUNE 13-14, 2009 IN STERLING, VIRGINIA, U.S.A.

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MR. EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA FOR HIS SELECTION AS CNN'S 2009 HERO OF THE YEAR IN THE THIRD ANNUAL CNN HEROES: AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE AT THE KODAK CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD, USA, IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS EFFORTS IN BRINGING EDUCATION TO POOR CHILDREN IN COMMUNITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GANG MEMBERSHIP THROUGH HIS 'KARITON KLASRUM' PROJECT

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE COUNTRY’S OUTSTANDING POLICEMEN IN SERVICE (C. O. P. S.) OF 2009 AWARDED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW MANILA-EAST, METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC. AND PSBANK

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA FOR BEING CHOSEN AS THE 2009 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SMART TAEKWONDO TEAM FOR REAPING GOLD MEDALS IN THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR KYORUGI (SPARRING) DIVISIONS OF THE 9TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TAEKWONDO FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON 4-7 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA JR. FOR BEING NAMED 2009 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SMART TAEKWONDO TEAM FOR REAPING SILVER MEDALS IN THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR KYORUGI (SPARRING) DIVISIONS OF THE 9TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TAEKWONDO FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON 4-7 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO FILMMAKER MILO SOGUECO FOR WINNING A SILVER IN THE NEW ASIAN CINEMA AWARD AND A BRONZE IN THE GRAND PRIX DU PUBLIC AUDIENCE AWARD IN THE 15TH LYON ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL HELD ON 3-8 NOVEMBER 2009 IN LYON, FRANCE FOR THE MOVIE SANGLAAN (THE PAWNSHOP)

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SMART TAEKWONDO TEAM FOR REAPING BRONZE MEDALS IN THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR KYORUGI (SPARRING) DIVISIONS OF THE 9TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TAEKWONDO FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON 4-7 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO ADVERTISING AGENCIES CAMPAIGNS AND GREY AND DDB PHILIPPINES FOR WINNING A SILVER AND BRONZE STATUE, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE 2009 LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO TAEKWONDO ATHLETES FRANCESCA CAMILLE ALARILLA, MA. CARLA JANICE LAGMAN AND SHANEEN CHED SIA FOR WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE TEAM FEMALE POOMSAE (FORM) DIVISION OF THE 9TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TAEKWONDO FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON 4-7 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING MR. EFREN PEÑAFLORIDA FOR BEING NAMED THE 2009 CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) HERO OF THE YEAR

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SMART TAEKWONDO TEAM FOR REAPING SILVER MEDALS IN THE POOMSAE (FORMS) DIVISION OF THE 9TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TAEKWONDO FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON 4-7 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO BOXER RODEL BRYAN GENERALAO MAYOL FOR WINNING THE WORLD BOXING COUNCIL (WBC) LIGHT FLYWEIGHT TITLE VIA SECOND ROUND TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT AGAINST MEXICAN BOXER EDGAR SOSA ON 21 NOVEMBER 2009 AT CHIAPAS, MEXICO

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE SMART TAEKWONDO TEAM FOR REAPING BRONZE MEDALS IN THE POOMSAE (FORMS) DIVISION OF THE 9TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TAEKWONDO FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON 4-7 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING EFREN 'BATA' REYES AND RUBILEN 'BINGKAY' AMIT OF TEAM PHILIPPINES GROUP A FOR WINNING THE 1ST WORLD MIXED DOUBLES CLASSIC TITLE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO PASTRY CHEFS RIA LINGAD, CHARLENE NGO, AND ROEL VARGAS OF THE PASTRY ALLIANCE OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL FOR LIVE BAKERY COMPETITION IN THE HONG KONG INTER-NATIONAL CULINARY CLASSIC 2009 AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTER HELD ON 6-9 MAY 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE CONTINGENT TO THE 2009 SOUTH EAST ASIAN GAMES HELD IN VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ON 9-18 DECEMBER 2009 FOR BRINGING HOME A TOTAL OF 38 GOLD, 35 SILVER AND 51 BRONZE MEDALS IN THE 11-NATION SPORTS MEET

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PASTRY ALLIANCE OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR EMERGING VICTORIOUS AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CULINARY CLASSIC 2009 AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTER HELD ON 6-9 MAY 2009

RESOLUTION HONORING AND REMEMBERING PETTY OFFICER THREE (PO3) ARMAN BONIFACIO OF THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD FOR HIS EXEMPLARY BRAVERY AND COURAGE IN THE CALL OF DUTY

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE 135 FILIPINO SOLDIERS OF THE 11TH PHILIPPINE PEACEKEEPING CONTINGENT SERVING WITH THE UN MISSION IN LIBERIA (UNMIL) WHO WERE AWARDED UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MEDALS BY THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN LIBERIA ON 16 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO POOL LEGEND EFREN 'THE MAGICIAN' REYES FOR BEING NAMED PLAYER OF THE DECADE, ALONG WITH ALLISON FISHER, BY THE UNITED STATES BILLIARD MEDIA ASSOCIATION ON 2 FEBRUARY 2010 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO STUDENTS MELISSA ANGELA PEÑAFIEL AND MIGUEL OCAMPO FOR BEING AMONG THE SIX GLOBAL WINNERS, REPRESENTING THE ASIAN REGION, IN THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED DEMOCRACY VIDEO CHALLENGE WITH THEIR SHORT FILM ENTITLED ‘LONG LIVE THE FEARLESS MAN’ ANNOUNCED LAST 16 JUNE 2009 FROM WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO BOXER NONITO DONAIRE JR. FOR RETAINING HIS WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE VIA THIRD ROUND KNOCKOUT AGAINST MEXICAN BOXER MANUEL VARGAS ON 13 FEBRUARY 2010 AT THE LAS VEGAS HILTON PAVILION IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO CHURCH CHOIR KAMMERCHOR MANILA FOR BAGGING THE GOLD DIPLOMA IN THE MIXED CHOIR, THE SILVER DIPLOMA IN THE SACRED CATEGORIES AND A SPECIAL PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG PAMUGUN AT THE 2ND ANTON BRUCKNER INTERNATIONAL CHOIR COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL HELD IN LINZ, AUSTRIA ON 10-14 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO FASHION DESIGNER MICHELLE DIANNE 'MICH' LOPEZ DULCE FOR WINNING THE INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FASHION ENTREPRENEUR AWARD (IYFE) 2010 IN LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 21 FEBRUARY 2010 FOR HER MILLINERY COLLECTION

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO JUNIOR CHESS PLAYER SHEIDER NEBATO FOR BAGGING THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE STANDARD CHESS-OPEN 20 DIVISION OF THE 10TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HUE, VIETNAM ON 6-15 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE HONARABLE AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR. FOR HIS EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE AS SENATOR AND FOR HIS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SENATE

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO JUNIOR CHESS PLAYER CHERRY ANN MEJIA FOR BAGGING THE GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS IN THE STANDARD CHESS-GIRLS 14 DIVISION AND BLITZ PRELIMINARY-GIRLS 14 DIVISION, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE 10TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HUE, VIETNAM ON 6-15 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND MAJORITY LEADER, HONARABLE JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, FOR HIS DEDICATED STEWARDSHIP OF THE DELIBERATION OF THE SENATE DURING THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO JUNIOR CHESS PLAYER AUSTIN JACOB LITERATUS FOR BAGGING THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE RAPID CHESS-OPEN 12 DIVISION OF THE 10TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HUE, VIETNAM ON 6-15 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE HONORABLE JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA FOR HIS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION AS SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE DURING THE THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FILIPINO JUNIOR CHESS PLAYER AKIKO CHARMAINE SUEDE FOR BAGGING THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE STANDARD CHESS GIRLS 16 DIVISION OF THE 10TH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN HUE, VIETNAM ON 6-15 JUNE 2009

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND PROFOUND GRATITUDE OF THE SENATE TO ITS ESTEEMED PRESIDENT, HONARABLE JUAN PONCE ENRILE