Malacañang was filled with glee as Filipino athletes shone in Saturday's Tokyo 2020 Olympics games with the Philippines getting a shot at another gold medal in the prestigious sports event. Filipino Olympians Nesthy Petecio, EJ Obiena, and Carlo Paalam (Manila Bulletin/AFP photos) Presidential...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it will ensure the speedy processing for the turnover of the different rewards promised to Filipino Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement following reports of many businesses pledging...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque asked Congress to pass a law that would exempt Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz's cash rewards from tax, saying no Filipino wanted to deduct from her much-deserved prizes. Hidilyn Diaz's gold medal-winning lift (Photo from AFP) Roque made the statement after the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Or, if you prefer, 224 kg. Hidilyn Diaz is worth her weight in gold. Although she weighs a mere 54.9 kg or 121 lb, she lifted 127 kg – more than twice her own weight -- to win the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal in nearly a century. Cheers! Mabuhay! Does her...
President Duterte pledged to give Filipino Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz P3 million and a fully furnished house in her hometown of Zamboanga City for giving the country pride at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this week. President Duterte's virtual courtesy call with Filipino Olympic Gold medalist...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has apologized to Filipino Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz if her inclusion in a 2019 Oust-Duterte matrix caused her pain but said her pain was "misplaced." Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo and Filipino Olympic Gold medalist...
The Department of National Defense (DND) lauded weightlifter and military reservist Hidilyn Diaz for delivering the country's first Olympic gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday night, July 26. "The Department of National Defense joins the nation in congratulating weighlifting champion...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is mulling the idea of contracting a Swiss sculptor to do the statue of Tokyo Olympic 2020 weightlifting gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin toyed on the idea as he praised...
Malacañang was elated as Filipino Olympian Hidilyn Diaz captured the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, July 26. File photo of President Duterte meeting Hidilyn Diaz in Malacañang on October 16, 2019. (MANILA BULLETIN/RICHARD MADELO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)...
Let the Games begin! Omega, the official timekeeper of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games With the developments of vaccines, a “new normal” finds its way to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Omega, the official timekeeper of the Olympics Games for a record of 28 times, is going to be there. The 100 days...
A man walks along a corridor past an official Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics advertisement board in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on November 30, 2020. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least an extra $2.4 billion, organisers said Friday, with the...
