Pop artist Pink is helping these women take a stand. Pink is extending her help to the Norwegian women beach handball team after the latter was fined for refusing to wear bikini bottoms to their games. The Norwegian women beach handball team wore shorts instead of the sports bikini top and bottoms...
Resolutions of commendation and congratulations started flooding the House of Representatives as many jubilant lawmakers aired their elation over Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz’s gold medal feat in the Tokyo Olympics. House of Representatives facade Philippine Olympics Committee president and...
Shown in this file photo is Hidilyn Diaz's mother Emelita, second from left, during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila. (MB File Photo) Recently crowned Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz turned to one of the most important people in her life after that historic achievement in...
A few years after her name was dragged in an alleged ouster plot against President Duterte, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has congratulated Filipino weight lifter Hidilyn Diaz for winning the first-ever Olympic gold for the Philippines. Gold medallist Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz...
A rainbow is seen during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021, as Tropical Storm Nepartak approached Japan's northeast coast. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) A tropical storm churned towards Japan and the Olympic Games on Tuesday, whipping up welcome waves...
Japan's Naomi Osaka competes against Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles third round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Japan's Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa...
Photo from AFP Judoka Kiyomi Watanabe absorbed a stunning defeat at the hands of Spain’s Cristina Cabana Perez to make a early exit the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday, July 27. The Spaniard beat the Fil-Japanese via ippon, 10-0, in just 38 seconds of their women’s -63kgs Round of 32 match. The world...
Senators on Tuesday, July 27 moved to commend Hidilyn Diaz and give her the highest honor for giving the Philippines it's first-ever gold medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. At least four resolutions filed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate Minority Franklin Drilon, Senators Risa...
Artists and empowered Filipino women celebrate the victory of the Pinay weightlifter An Olympics history has been made for the Philippines as weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz snagged not just one but two gold medals on July 26, 2021, a first in the 97 years of the country joining the highly-prestigious...
Yoko Ono and John Lennon from the John Lennon Official Facebook Account In case you missed it, music figured significantly in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In particular, John Lennon’s “Imagine” was featured as the opening festivities of the 2020 Japan Olympics kicked into...
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz was wearing another medal when she won the country’s first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. CBCP-ECMI The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People said Diaz was also wearing the Miraculous Medal of Our Lady....
Angel Locsin (left) and Filipino Olympian Hidilyn Diaz in 2016 Filipinos celebrated the historic win of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who ended the 97-year drought for the Philippines in its quest for an Olympic gold medal. Diaz, 30, a native of Zamboanga City, ruled the 55-kilogram category in...
