Tag: Rio Olympic Games

Pres. Duterte hails heroism of Olympian Diaz; gives Php 2M additional prize

Eagle News — President Rodrigo Duterte has given Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz an additional 2 million pesos for bringing great pride and honor to the Philippines. Diaz arrived at the Panacan presidential guesthouse almost 10 pm, Thursday for a courtesy call to the president. Pres. Duterte said it is with “great pride” to share the honor with the Olympian. Diaz thanked the president for the additional cash prize. She now has a total […]

Another Filipino boxer qualifies for Rio Olympic Games

ANOTHER Filipino boxer, Charly Suarez, has earned ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after beating Chinese bet Jun Shan in the ongoing Aiba Asian/Oceanian Olympic qualifying tournament in Qian’an, Hebei province, China. Suarez shattered the nose of Shan in the first round and forced his retirement before the start of the third in the lightweight division to join light flyweight Rogen Ladon in the gold medal bout and the plane bound […]