* The Philippines: The Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature for Short Story for Children in English and Filipino Language ( Maikling Kathang Pambata ) since 1989 and Children's Poetry in English and Filipino Language since 2009.

* Tenement 2, a 2009 Filipino film

In 2009 as part of the stimulus package the Congress awarded lump-sum payments of $ 15, 000 to Filipino veterans who are American citizens and $ 9, 000 to those who are noncitizens.

10 new languages were added from 2007 up to January 2009, with Filipino being the newest language to be included.

In February 2009, a bill was filed in the Philippine House of Representatives by Rep. Antonio Diaz seeking to confer honorary Filipino citizenship on Filner, Senators Daniel Inouye, Daniel Akaka and Ted Stevens, for their role in securing the passage of benefits for Filipino World War II veterans.

Elvie's Turo-Turo, the longest standing Filipino business in the area, closed in late 2009 after almost 20 years of operation.

* Boy ( 2009 film ), a Filipino film directed by Auraeus Solito

As of the 2009 – 2010 school year, PVPHS students were 43 % White, 40 % Asian, 8 % Hispanic, 4 % Filipino, and 3 % African American.

In 2008 – 2009 Rivermaya performed at the Marina Bay New Years ' Countdown in Singapore and became the first Filipino band invited to perform at the 2009 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.

Rivermaya has played in Singapore at the Marina Bay New Year Countdown in December 31, 2008 while in September 2009, the group is the first Filipino band invited to perform on 3 different stages at the 2009 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix and in the same month and year, the band released the album Closest Thing To Heaven with the track " Dangal " as the carrier single.

* Independencia ( film ), a 2009 Filipino film

There are about 353, 000 Hongkonger Catholics ( as of August 2009 ) and 130, 000 Filipino Catholics in Hong Kong.

* BFF: Best Friends Forever, a 2009 Filipino comedy film

In 2009, it added a category for Poetry for children in both Filipino and English.

* Cris Comerford is Filipino And Proud, 25 August 2009

Francis Michael Durango Magalona ( October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009 ), also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer.

All ten of the current top 10 highest grossing Filipino films of all time are all from Star Cinema with titles such as The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin ( 2011 ), No Other Woman ( 2011 ), You Changed My Life ( 2009 ), A Very Special Love ( 2008 ), One More Chance ( 2007 ) ÜnOfficially Yours ( 2012 ), My Amnesia Girl ( 2010 ), Miss You Like Crazy ( 2010 ) and Caregiver ( 2008 ).

In 2009, MMK celebrated their 18th anniversary by presenting five special episodes and four of which were filmed in the United States, in association with The Filipino Channel.

One of the many variants of the orange logo, commonly known for the ' splat ' design, used from October 8, 1984 to September 28, 2009 ; this particular version was used as the main logo from April 2003 to September 28, 2009, and was still used on Nickelodeon Arabia | the Arabian version of Nickelodeon until its closure in 2011, and is still used on newer products in tandem with the current logo.

Huell rides in a tandem IndyCar racecar at the 2009 Long Beach Gran Prix

Missions management has been seeking a new stadium since 2009, hoping to work in tandem with the University of Texas at San Antonio to bring a viable project about.

Praise continued for Betts on January 24, 2009, when Larry Brooks, columnist for The New York Post, wrote that Betts and teammate Fredrik Sjöström could be the best penalty kill tandem in Rangers history.

In August 2009 Cracknell attempted to break the non-stop Land's End to John O ' Groats mixed tandem world record along with Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Romero.

2009 saw the shutdown of the Brainwashed h3o site, the renunciation of conventional CD releases, almost all internet activity, and the exclusive concentration on methods of " complementary education " and related disciplines referenced by and developed in tandem with the work of The Hafler Trio since its inception, under the umbrella of Simply Superior, which is now the only official source of information about The Hafler Trio and related matters.

In 2009, Efren starred in the comedy American Summer with Matthew Lillard as well as appearing as a contestant on MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar.

The Mets opened Citi Field in 2009, but were not a factor due to a rash of injuries to numerous key players including, but not limited to, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Oliver Perez and Livan Hernandez.

After a video of the December 18, 2009 " Matutino Express " was posted online and virally distributed on January 2010, controversy spread about the Arce's question and comments around sexual orientations vs sexual behavior, during the program Arce asked whether homosexual orientation was " normal " to the program's recurrent ( sexologist Elsy Reyes ) quite repeatedly since the sexologist failed to provide a straight answer to whether it was or not ; during the exchange Elsy said that among some mammals homosexuality was a known behavior to which Arce replied that indeed the behavior exists although is considered " animal dementia ".

Reyes played for the New York Mets from 2008 – 2009, joined the Jackals in 2010, and was sold by the team to the Boston Red Sox in July 2011.

* Kris Reyes ( 2009 – 2010 )

* Jean-Pierre Marquis and Gonzalo E. Reyes ( 2009 ).

On May 3, 2009, Reyes was placed on the DL due to a calf injury.

Wright, along with Jose Reyes, arrived at the Mets's Spring Training camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida two weeks early to get a head start on preparing themselves after a disappointing 2009 campaign.

Manfred Reyes Villa ( born April 20, 1954 ) is a Bolivian politician, who was mayor of Cochabamba four times in a row and ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2002 and 2009 against Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and Evo Morales Ayma.

In the Apertura 2009, the club began the tournament by signing players Jared Borgetti, Nicolás Martínez, Nicolás Vigneri, Carlos Ruíz Reyes and the ruturn of Joaquín Velázquez and Nicolás Olivera, who had been on loan to Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz.

On March 15, 2009, Guerrera made a surprise return to AAA at the annual Rey de Reyes event.

He has been awarded the following prizes: Premio Cervantes 2009, Reina Sofía ( 2009 ), Federico Garcia Lorca ( 2005 ), Octavio Paz ( 2003 ), Pablo Neruda ( 2004 ), Ramón López Velarde ( 2003 ), Alfonso Reyes ( 2004 ), José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature ( 2000 ), National José Asunción Silva Poetry Award ( 1996 ), and Xavier Villaurrutia Prize.

The coalition's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was NFR's leader Reyes Villa.

Vampiro defeated Konnan at Rey de Reyes ( 2009 ) with the help of Marco Corleone.

On March 15, 2009, El Zorro, Hart and Evans defeated Charly Manson and D-Generation Mex ( X-Pac and Alex Koslov ) at Rey de Reyes.

As of fall 2009, Kumbia All Starz and Super Reyes feature a combined 18 touring members.

Along with other BB alumni, including Mike " Boogie " Malin and Danielle Reyes, Janelle returned to Big Brother in September, 2009 for a round table discussion of Season 11.

Reyes and her boyfriend George Valencia have a daughter, Leila Rey, born on November 27, 2009.

* 2009 Winner, Best Children's Show Hosts ( Pia Archangel, Tonypet Gaba & Krystal Reyes )