Marikina City 1st district Rep. Marjorie Ann "Maan" Teodoro (Facebook) Marikina City 1st district Rep. Marjorie Ann "Maan" Teodoro wants to help the city produce its first Olympic gold medalist. This, as she revealed plans of...
Carlos Yulo version of Carika Doll from Baras, Rizal Carika Dolls, maker of unique hand crafted doll-like figurines made of foam materials from Baras in Rizal Province, have made their version of 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist Carlos Edriel "Caloy" Yulo. The doll makers, twin sisters...
Are you familiar with the name Aljay Villena? Former AGHAM Party-list Rep. Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones thinks you should be. Former AGHAM Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones (left) and Aljay Villena (Facebook) According to Palmones, Villena, a 15-year-old table tennis prodigy, could become the next...
The House of Representatives on Monday, August 2, adopted a resolution conferring the Congressional Medal of Excellence on Hidilyn Diaz for ending a nearly century-long Olympic gold medal drought for the Philippines. Hidilyn Diaz It was House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco who led in filing House...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE - OUR NEW ABNORMAL On July 4th, this column talked about my pipe dream that one day we’d send an all-female contingent to the Olympics. At the risk of being branded a traitor to my gender, I observed how these Filipina athletes seemed to have real drive and...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to affirm that all Olympic-related prizes, awards and incentives given to Gold Medalist Hidilyn Diaz should be tax exempt. Drilon said that until now the rules with regard to the treatment of such perks...
Various La Salle campuses lit up to celebrate the Philippines' first Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. (Photo from DLS-CSB) The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), De La Salle University, and La Salle Green Hills illuminated their campuses in honor of Diaz. "Mabuhay ang Atletang...
The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) and La Salle Greenhills President Dr. Edmundo "Dodo" Fernandez FSC congratulated Hidilyn Diaz on becoming the first Filipino to win an Olympic gold medal. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hidilyn has lifted the Filipino pride and spirit with this historic...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has nothing but praises for Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (File photo: Malacañang/Manila Bulletin) Panelo said Diaz brought pride to the country after winning the country's first ever Olympic...
Malacañang is not about to apologize to Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz after her name was dragged in an alleged conspiracy to oust President Duterte back in 2019. President Rodrigo Duterte poses with Hidilyn Diaz, Olympic silver medalist, during a courtesy call at the Presidential Guest...
The long-awaited quest by the Philippines for its first Olympic gold has finally ended. Filipinos on Monday night, July 26, applauded weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz after she delivered the first-ever Olympic gold medal for the country. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Diaz ruled the women's 55kg weightlifting...
