Lower House welcomes and honors Filipino Olympians, vows to boost efforts to further raise, develop PH sports
Lower House welcomes and honors Filipino Olympians, vows to boost efforts to further raise, develop PH sports
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00:00Less than 12 hours after last night's grand welcome, reception dinner, and presidential
00:05citation and incentives award in Malacañang, the Paris Olympians kicked off this auspicious
00:11day at the House of Representatives headquarters for a congressional salute and honor ceremonies
00:17led by House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
00:20Our Mela Lesmoras has the details on the affair that ended with cash rewards distributed to
00:25the athletes.
00:28The House of Representatives warmly welcomed earlier today the Philippine delegation from
00:33the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics.
00:37During the congressional reception, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, along with other
00:41House leaders, personally handed copies of the resolutions they adopted to honor the
00:46country's athletes.
00:48Among them, Congressional Medal of Excellence awarded to Olympic double gold medalist Carlos
00:53Yulo and the Congressional Medal of Distinction for bronze medalist Neste Pateso and Ira Villegas.
00:59According to Speaker Romualdez, our Filipino Olympians can be considered as modern-day heroes
01:05for bringing pride and glory to the country and for uniting our countrymen.
01:09He assured, they at the lower house will intensify efforts to further raise and develop sports
01:15in the country.
01:16We will conduct a review of our legislation among others, Republic Act 10699, the National
01:24Athletes and Coaches Benefits Incentives Act.
01:38So we shall be conducting a review, I will ask our chairman, Mike Lee, to conduct a review
01:43on how we can further improve the legislation so that we can support sports in the Philippines
01:51and to make the appropriate appropriations.
01:55Apart from honoring the athletes, the House also awarded them cash incentives.
02:00Overall, Yulo took home more than 14.5 million pesos.
02:05Pateso and Villegas got 4 million pesos each, while the rest received 1 million pesos each.
02:11On behalf of the entire delegation, Yulo expressed deep gratitude, not just for the
02:16awards they received, but also for the overwhelming support from the Filipino people.
02:41Pateso and Villegas were also overjoyed, they even promised they won't give up.
03:12Meanwhile, even though he didn't win a medal, Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena was still
03:28mobbed by many fans.
03:30He emphasized, the fight is not yet over.
03:42I do appreciate it big time and I hope, as I said, I'm going to do you proud.
03:47Melales Moras from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.